Occupational Therapist
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Job summary
Band 6 Forensic Occupational Therapy Post
- Interested in forensic mental health and looking for a new opportunity?
- Experienced and a motivated Occupational Therapist who is passionate to provide excellent patient care?
- Would you like to work in an innovative trust delivering the best in care for our patients, where a strong focus on staff development exists?
If so, our Band 6 Occupational Therapy role is the post for you.
Main duties of the job
The role:
- The role is based on in the forensic inpatient service at the North London Forensic Service.
- The successful candidate will have a designated caseload. You will provide assessment, treatment and evaluation of clinical interventions.
- Carry out functional assessments and contributing to multidisciplinary team care planning and risk assessment verbally and through written documentation.
- Supervise junior staff.
- As a band 6 OT you will be able to support the wider service with your clinical experience and knowledge and share this with the team, e.g., through training, students etc.
- Providing OT assessment and intervention to patients detained under The Mental Health Act, 1983 (amended 2007), many of whom suffer from a severe and enduring mental illness and have a history of offending behaviour.
- Working alongside a robust multi-disciplinary team including Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, Dual Diagnoses, Employment Advisors, Peer Workers and Experts by Experience (EbE's).
- Liaising with internal and external services, e.g., community mental health / OT teams to support and prepare for discharge from hospital, EBE's, vocational and educational services, housing etc.
- The OT role focusses on functional daily living skills, establishing structured routines and managing specific mental health and risk issues.
- Working with Band 5 OT and band 4 Technical Instructors (TI) to deliver 1:1 session and a group programme to meet individual needs of the specified ward.
About us
The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Health Partnership.
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services 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, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. 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.
Details
Date posted
29 July 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£40,701 to £48,054 a year per annum including Outer London Allowance
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
306-BEH-2136
Job locations
North London Forensic Service, Chase Farm Hospital
The Ridgeway
Enfield
EN2 8JL
Employer details
Employer name
Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
Address
North London Forensic Service, Chase Farm Hospital
The Ridgeway
Enfield
EN2 8JL
Employer's website
http://www.beh-mht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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