North London NHS Foundation Trust

Community Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 05 August 2025

Job summary

A fantastic opportunity has emerged for an enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our forward-thinking and dynamic Community team at the North London Foundation Trust. Are you:

A newly Qualified (or soon to be) Occupational Therapist who is passionate about high quality care?
An experienced Band 5 OT yearning to develop existing skills in a diverse but supportive area?
Driven, flexible and highly motivated individual who can adapt to a unique environment.

The OT team:

You will be working alongside a large team of inpatient and community OTs (Band 7, Band 6 and Band 4 Technical Instructors).
The team has a wealth of experience and opportunities to share to aid learning and development. We offer a robust induction programme, including preceptorship (if applicable), many training opportunities in house and externally, and frequent robust supervision.

The service:

We provide comprehensive mental health rehabilitation to an adult population and the services includes The Learning Disability Pathway, Women's services, Forensic CHOICES Community Hub and Healthcare provision within prison services.

The Community Team provide care and support for patients on the discharge pathway or those living in the community, who have received care within medium and low security due to presenting with complex mental health needs and a forensic / offending history.

Main duties of the job

Working within our Forensic Community Team, across the boroughs of Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. You may be required to work outside of these areas at times.
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 Care Coordinators.
Liaising with internal and external services, e.g., Inpatient / OT teams, experts by experience, vocational and educational services, housing, etc.
The OT role focuses on functional daily living skills, establishing structured routines and managing specific mental health and risk issues.
Working alongside Band 4 Technical Instructors and Band 6 and 7 Occupational Therapists to deliver 1:1 session and a group programme to meet individual needs.

About us

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.

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.

Date posted

22 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£35,763 to £43,466 a year Per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

455-NLFT-0274

Job locations

NLFS, Chase Farm Site

127 The Ridgeway

Enfield

EN2 8JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Person Specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

Dip. COT or BSc OT & Registered with HCPC

Desirable

Qualifications in specific activities e.g. craft, gym etc
Mandatory Training PSTS / PMCB training

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential

Experience of group work
Experience of working in an MDT

Desirable

Post graduate experience of working with people with mental health conditions relevant to specialty of post
Experience of carrying out functional assessments
Up to date knowledge of developments effecting OT practice

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Essential

Effective written communication skills to includes reports, assessments, supervision
Ability to apply and develop core OT Skills
Post graduate clinical experience in forensic Mental Health and a demonstrated ability to understand clinical needs of the forensic client group

Desirable

Experience of using MOHO assessments i.e. MOHOST, ACIS.
Experience in Recovery principles
Experience of co-facilitation of groups.

Person Specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

Dip. COT or BSc OT & Registered with HCPC

Desirable

Qualifications in specific activities e.g. craft, gym etc
Mandatory Training PSTS / PMCB training

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential

Experience of group work
Experience of working in an MDT

Desirable

Post graduate experience of working with people with mental health conditions relevant to specialty of post
Experience of carrying out functional assessments
Up to date knowledge of developments effecting OT practice

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Essential

Effective written communication skills to includes reports, assessments, supervision
Ability to apply and develop core OT Skills
Post graduate clinical experience in forensic Mental Health and a demonstrated ability to understand clinical needs of the forensic client group

Desirable

Experience of using MOHO assessments i.e. MOHOST, ACIS.
Experience in Recovery principles
Experience of co-facilitation of groups.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

NLFS, Chase Farm Site

127 The Ridgeway

Enfield

EN2 8JL

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

NLFS, Chase Farm Site

127 The Ridgeway

Enfield

EN2 8JL

Employer's website

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