NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapy Assistant

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the NELFT Acute Mental Health Occupational Therapy Service.

The Occupational Therapy profession within NELFT is a highly valued, vibrant group based across a wide range of health services.

Occupational Therapy Assistants work with multi-disciplinary teams contributing their unique knowledge and skills, supporting service users to increase their independence and achieve their personal goals while supporting recovery and social inclusion.

Within this service you will have the opportunity to work with service users throughout the acute mental health care pathway, supporting the provision of specialist OT assessment and interventions to service users as inpatients, in the community and in their homes.

You will work alongside Occupational Therapists and other OT Assistants to provide a recovery focussed occupational therapy service including 1:1 and group work.

The successful candidate with receive professional supervision from an Occupational Therapist in the A&RD Acute Mental Health Occupational Therapy Team.

Main duties of the job

The succussful candidate will:

Work as part of the A&RD Occupational Therapy team to provide care to service users within the Acute Mental Health Care Pathway.
Be responsible for own work and actions.
Carry out and monitoring treatment programmes as directed.
Form part of an interdependent multi-disciplinary team helping to ensure that their input is integrated in to the service user's overall care & treatment plans.
Promote the recovery of service users and maintaining their independence.

About us

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.

High Cost Area Supplement -

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,108 to a maximum of £5,177).

Date posted

15 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pa plus 15% hcas

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

395-AR390-23

Job locations

Sunflowers Court, Goodmayes Hospital

Barley Lane

Goodmayes

IG3 8XJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will work along side an Occupational Therapist to provide OT assessment and interventions to patients with acute mental illness.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification when completing your application

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will work along side an Occupational Therapist to provide OT assessment and interventions to patients with acute mental illness.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification when completing your application

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a mental health setting

Experience

Desirable

Experience of working with an Occupational Therapist

Knowledge

Essential

Awareness of the needs of people with mental health conditions

Skills

Essential

Ability to facilitate group and 1:1 interventions

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a mental health setting

Experience

Desirable

Experience of working with an Occupational Therapist

Knowledge

Essential

Awareness of the needs of people with mental health conditions

Skills

Essential

Ability to facilitate group and 1:1 interventions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Sunflowers Court, Goodmayes Hospital

Barley Lane

Goodmayes

IG3 8XJ

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Sunflowers Court, Goodmayes Hospital

Barley Lane

Goodmayes

IG3 8XJ

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)