Job overview

We are seeking to recruit a forward thinking and highly motivated Art Therapist to join the Inpatient Therapy team in Enfield Acute Mental Health at Chase Farm Hospital.

The successful candidate will be involved in shaping and monitoring the quality of service provision against set standards. As a key member of the MDT the successful applicant will have clinical autonomy and will often work single-handed in providing individual and group art psychotherapy across 3 adult acute wards and complex rehabilitation ward.  

The team provides specialist therapy assessments to patients and offers a needs led, client centred individual and group based activity and therapy programme.

The post holder will:

• Be motivated, energetic and a flexible team player with excellent communication skills
• Be able to use initiative and have some responsibilities towards the management of the inpatient treatment programme.
• Demonstrate an interest and participation in evidence -based practice and professional development and working with recovery principles

Allied Health Professionals are essential and valued across the Trust and we are committed to providing ongoing support, professional development and guidance throughout your time with us. Ably led by our Trust Wide Allied Health Professionals Lead and strong senior AHP leaders, our recently reviewed AHP Strategy reflects our forward thinking, creative and diverse AHP community.

Main duties of the job

• To provide evidence based art therapy provision through weekly individual and group art therapy sessions for patients as inpatient ward programmes within the acute wards. Caseloads are referred through Multidisciplinary team including Medical and Nursing Team, Occupational Therapists, and Dramatherapist.
• To attend and chair team meetings, case studies and professional development meetings to share ideas, developing projects and promote good practice on the wards.
• To keep up to date with administration tasks such as clinical record keeping and mandatory trainings provided by the NOrth London Mental Health Partnership in order to keep up-to-date knowledge of mental health policies and legislations.
• To maintain therapeutic space and materials required for art therapy session as well as storage organisation of patients’ artwork as confidential records.
• Undertake Art Therapy/psychotherapy research/audit as per the Trust research strategy for the Arts Therapies/psychotherapies

Working for our organisation

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.

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

The postholder will be aligned with our Values:

·       We Are Kind

·       We Are Respectful

·       We Work Together

·       We Keep Things Simple

·       We Empower

·       We Are Proudly Diverse

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.