Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Enfield Community Services. We are setting up a brand new occupational therapy service across Enfield to provide OT specific treatment to persons across Enfield and this is your opportunity to take the next step in your career!
The Occupational Therapist will work across a core community teams to provide assessment, rehabilitation intervention and plan supportive discharge. In addition they will work alongside Lead Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapists from other community core teams to create streamlined Occupational Therapy offers across the borough; developing service improvements, QI projects and groups to meet the needs of the Enfield population.
If you apply to this post, in the first 250 words of your personal statement please describe how you have maintained your OT professional identity in a previous role and how this is relevant to working in a CMHT.
Main duties of the job
1. To carry a case load for which you have clinical responsibility
2. To carry out a range of standardised/non-standardised assessments, e.g MOHOST, sensory assessments and recovery Star, AMPS in accordance with OT Pathway to provide a baseline for OT with clear treatment objectives
3. To plan, run and evaluate treatment sessions using graded activities to achieve treatment aims.
4. To facilitate group interventions and develop group program.
5. To be work with teams to assess suitability of accommodation and housing need to give OT feedback to MDT and other agencies as appropriate.
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:
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We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
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With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
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We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
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We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
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We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
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NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
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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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work closely with the OT and Therapy Lead, the Lead OT for community services and community teams to establish occupational therapy specific roles across the community mental health services in Enfield. The post holder will hold a case load and work as an occupational therapist across Enfield community core teams, to provide assessment, plan and implement interventions, evaluate treatment and ensure safe discharge. In particular the post holder will embed rehabilitation principles within the core team. The post holder will provide both specialist occupational therapy assessments and offer a strengths based, recovery focused approach with the aim of enhancing daily living skills, and engagement in meaningful and purposeful activities for service users across the community. The occupational therapist will work across services providing specific time limited interventions with clear goals established with the service user and in conjunction with the supporting clinical team.The post holder will work with service users who have complex and substantial needs, often working with persons with dual diagnosis and coexisting conditions including physical health needs. Having a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act, 1983 (amended 2007) will be required as the post holder will support service users return to or adjust to new accommodation in the community following admission to hospital and with the aim of preventing hospital admissions.
Please see attached JD and person specification for further details relative to this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work closely with the OT and Therapy Lead, the Lead OT for community services and community teams to establish occupational therapy specific roles across the community mental health services in Enfield. The post holder will hold a case load and work as an occupational therapist across Enfield community core teams, to provide assessment, plan and implement interventions, evaluate treatment and ensure safe discharge. In particular the post holder will embed rehabilitation principles within the core team. The post holder will provide both specialist occupational therapy assessments and offer a strengths based, recovery focused approach with the aim of enhancing daily living skills, and engagement in meaningful and purposeful activities for service users across the community. The occupational therapist will work across services providing specific time limited interventions with clear goals established with the service user and in conjunction with the supporting clinical team.The post holder will work with service users who have complex and substantial needs, often working with persons with dual diagnosis and coexisting conditions including physical health needs. Having a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act, 1983 (amended 2007) will be required as the post holder will support service users return to or adjust to new accommodation in the community following admission to hospital and with the aim of preventing hospital admissions.
Please see attached JD and person specification for further details relative to this role.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Dip. COT or BSc OT
- Registered with HCPC
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualifications in related areas e.g. AMPS, CBT, DBT, sensory qualification/training
- Membership of RCOT/specialist networks e.g. RCOTMHSS
Experience /knowledge
Essential
- Post graduate experience of working with people with mental health conditions relevant to specialty of post
- Experience of group and individual occupational therapy interventions
- Experience of working in an MDT
- Experience of relating to people form a range of social and ethnic backgrounds
Desirable
- Experience of using standardised assessments, e.g. MOHOST
- Experience of supervising junior staff / students
- Knowledge and Experience of leading, service developments and quality improvement
skills and abilities
Essential
- Working knowledge of the occupational therapy process
- Ability to apply and develop core OT skills
Desirable
- Experience of using MOHO assessments i.e. MOHOST, ACIS
- Experience in Recovery principles, e.g. Recovery Star
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Empathy for people with mental health problems
Desirable
- Experience with service user involvement
- Experience with external network involvement
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Dip. COT or BSc OT
- Registered with HCPC
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualifications in related areas e.g. AMPS, CBT, DBT, sensory qualification/training
- Membership of RCOT/specialist networks e.g. RCOTMHSS
Experience /knowledge
Essential
- Post graduate experience of working with people with mental health conditions relevant to specialty of post
- Experience of group and individual occupational therapy interventions
- Experience of working in an MDT
- Experience of relating to people form a range of social and ethnic backgrounds
Desirable
- Experience of using standardised assessments, e.g. MOHOST
- Experience of supervising junior staff / students
- Knowledge and Experience of leading, service developments and quality improvement
skills and abilities
Essential
- Working knowledge of the occupational therapy process
- Ability to apply and develop core OT skills
Desirable
- Experience of using MOHO assessments i.e. MOHOST, ACIS
- Experience in Recovery principles, e.g. Recovery Star
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Empathy for people with mental health problems
Desirable
- Experience with service user involvement
- Experience with external network involvement
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.
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
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.
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).
