Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 18 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 455-BEH-0071
- Employer
- 306 North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chase Building, Chase Farm Hospital
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Thank you for your interest for the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT), it is an exciting time to join us and being part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
- Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
- Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
- Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
- Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
- Ensure that research, Quality Improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
- Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver, Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit a forward thinking and highly motivated Occupational Therapist to join the Inpatient Therapy Team in Enfield Rehab Mental Health team at Chase Farm Hospital.
The successful candidate will be involved in shaping and monitoring the quality of service provision. As a key member of the MDT the successful applicant will hold a designated caseload and be able to work independently providing OT assessments, addressing occupational performance, enabling the client in areas of self-care, productivity and leisure, and will:
- Be motivated, energetic and a flexible team player with excellent communication skills
- Be able to use initiative and have some responsibilities towards the management of the inpatient treatment programme.
- Demonstrate an interest and participation in evidence -based practice and professional development and working with recovery principles.
- Be familiar with the MOHO and other evidence- based assessment tools in order to establish a baseline functional assessment from which recommendations can determine further on-going care and treatment to enable optimum functioning.
When applying for this role please include a paragraph about why you enjoy being an OT and an example of an intervention you have done which you are proud of.
Main duties of the job
- To be part of the Inpatient Therapy Team who provide occupational therapy provision to the rehabilitation wards based on the MOHO model.
- To be an active member of the multi-disciplinary teams on the wards and, with supervision, be involved in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care. The post will involve delivery of the OT provision to a designated caseload, focusing on recovery and developing skills for life.
- This will include planning and running a range of therapeutic groups and individual sessions, carrying out functional assessments and contributing to multidisciplinary team care planning, formulation and risk assessment.
- You will work closely with the MDT to provide occupational therapy assessment and intervention as part of the acute clinical pathway. The team includes: Occupational Therapists , Art Therapist, Technical Instructors and Activity Coordinators, Fitness instructor, Physiotherapist
Working for our organisation
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
· We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
· We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
· NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
· Excellent internal staff network
The postholder will be aligned with our Values:
· We Are Kind
· We Are Respectful
· We Work Together
· We Keep Things Simple
· We Empower
· We Are Proudly Diverse
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful applicant will manage a caseload of mixed client group with a range of mental health needs across both the short and long stay rehab using evidence based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. Clients with complex needs will be managed by the OT inpatient rehab team lead who also oversees the wards the successful applicant will be based on.
Under the guidance and support of the Inpatient OT Rehab lead the successful applicant will plan, assess and provide group and 1.1 treatment sessions for patients.
To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and support for the OT team and other disciplines, as appropriate.
To contribute to service improvement in the OT service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MSc/BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered OT
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of other relevant Postgraduate education/ relevant CPD
- Membership of RCOT/specialist networks eg RCOTMHSS
- Practice placement Educator Course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of mental health inpatient and/or community areas, working with people going through a mental health
- Experience in using a range of standardised OT assessments
- Ability to write comprehensive ADL reports and make appropriate recommendations to optimise patient functioning
- Experience of facilitating a variety of groups
- Ability to address physical health needs of patients
- Experience with supervising junior staff
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in research, clinical audit, quality improvement projects
- Able to prescribe small pieces of equipment/maintain equipment stores
- Knowledge of the MOHO model and its application
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate effectively within a multi-professional team.
- Confidence to work autonomously and use own initiative.
- Awareness of risk assessment/ management in an acute and/or community setting.
- Sensitive to cultural, dynamic and diverse needs
Desirable criteria
- Building links with local community services
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anna Lowe
- Job title
- Inpatient Rehab Therapy Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087025231
- Additional information
Please email me to arrange a visit or a telephone call about the post at [email protected].
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