Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

Come and work with an exciting team of allied health professionals! This post is within the occupational therapy department providing acute care to adults with mental health needs. This post specifically sits within Cumbria Villa, our stepdown unit. You will be working with adults from across North London, supporting them to get back home after an admission to acute care. This will involve assessment, interventions and recommendations for discharge.

This post is part-time and would suit someone wanting to work shorter days.

You will be responsible for providing occupational therapy assessments and intervention plans as a key part of the ward MDT. You will work alongside our established clinical support worker, activity worker and art therapist to provide a rehab-focused ward programme of groups and interventions.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care

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

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Main duties will include:

Occupational Therapy assessment and interventions;
Report writing and recommendations;
Falls risk assessments and interventions;
Overseeing the ward programme of activities;
Maintaining contemporaneous notes and recording contacts as per local policies.

This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

• Completed diploma, degree or MSc in Occupational Therapy
• Current registration with HCPC
• Evidence of further post-registration relevant training /ongoing academic study relevant to area of practice

• Excellent verbal and written communication skill
• Able to work autonomously and to deputise for senior staff in a variety of roles when required to do so.
• Able to work as part and to lead a team
• Ability to maintain boundaries and form positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers and staff.

• Demonstrable experience as an occupational therapist working with people with complex mental health and physical health issues in a community care or rehabilitation setting.
• To demonstrate a sound knowledge and experience of evidence based best practice and research in working with service users with mental health issues
• Demonstrate an understanding of risk together with an ability to evaluate and contain risk with reference to the individual, staff and carers.
• Demonstrable advanced understanding and experience of occupational therapy profession specific assessment tools and treatment modalities.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Head AHP for inpatient and same day emergency care

£44,485 to £52,521 a year

Per annum including HCAS