Job summary
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.
Main duties of the job
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.
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:
- 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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
Skills
Essential
- 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.
Experience
Essential
- 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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
Skills
Essential
- 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.
Experience
Essential
- 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.
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).
