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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Job share
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
395-BD142-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Barking Community Hospital
Town
Barking
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 pa (plus HCAS)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/10/2024 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Occupational Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 5

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

‘Are you a newly qualified or existing Band 5 Occupational Therapist looking for an exciting career opportunity in community mental health? If so, the Barking & Dagenham community Mental Health and Wellness Team - East  is keen to recruit you to one of our new teams. These provide multi-disciplinary community-based support for service users living in the borough who have a diagnosis of a serious mental illness, the focus being on person centred recovery focused care within the individual’ s home and local community. Successful candidates will be enthusiastic and motivated to support service users with complex mental health needs to reach their recovery goals.

The post holder will deliver Occupational Therapy provision to a small, designated caseload focusing on functional daily living skills and the empowerment of mental health recovery. This will include the assessment, treatment, and evaluation of occupational therapy interventions, the carrying out of functional ADL assessments and the contribution to multidisciplinary team care planning and risk assessments. 

Main duties of the job

Effective written and verbal communication skills with a working knowledge of the occupational therapy process and application of the Model of Human Occupation are also essential.

Newly qualified Occupational Therapists will be supported through the Trust Preceptorship Programme. With direct supervision and line management support from the team’s Occupational Therapists, the opportunity exists for the successful applicant to further develop their skills and experience; enabling them to look forward to dynamic career progression within NELFT.

The team offers a blended approach of working from home with office-based work, whilst flexible working patterns are also supported. Free staff parking is available on site. We also have excellent public transport links to our base, Upney Lane Underground Station being on our doorstep!’

NELFT welcome applications from international candidates who if successful, will be support by the trust in their transition to the UK.

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles.  Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
Desirable criteria
  • Post Grad courses/training in paediatric OT

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Working on inpatient mental health ward/forensic mental health/community
  • Work with people who present challenging behaviour
Desirable criteria
  • engaging community based partners and agencies in achieving outcomes for users of services
  • Casework or CPA care co-ordinator/case manager

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate clinical knowledge and experience and adapt to various settings
  • Thorough understanding of OT processes, models and evidence based practice
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of basic equipment and adaptations

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Philip Tarima
Job title
Operational Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07834614514
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