Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 455-CANDI-1099
- Employer
- Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southwood Smith Centre
- Town
- Islington
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 Per Annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
North London Mental Health Partnership includes Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I).
Together, our two trusts employ around 6,000 staff and support almost a quarter of a million adults and children with mental health conditions. We are a forward-thinking, innovative organisation, committed to delivering the very best care possible.
We provide a wide range of mental health specialist services, including children and young people’s mental health services, prison services, forensic services, eating disorders and drug and alcohol recovery. We also support the UK Armed forces community, including members of the Reserve Forces, providing specialist veteran services across London.
Both our trusts are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, with many areas judged to be Outstanding.
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide Apprenticeship opportunities as well as employment opportunities for care-leavers.
Why choose to join the Partnership?
- We are a great place to work for our staff with occupational health services, wellbeing initiatives and staff incentives.
- We offer flexible working,
- Our staff are eligible for the NHS Pension Scheme and receive a generous annual leave allowance.
- Discounts are offered to NHS staff in a wide range of stores and services
- We have excellent internal staff network support groups
- We support learning and personal development opportunities.
Job overview
We currently have an exciting vacancy for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist passionate about working with service users who find it difficult to engage with a traditional service model and who have complex needs. The service utilises a team-based approach and provide a wide range of interventions that are recovery orientated and client-centred.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will fully contribute to the team approach whilst also providing a specific Occupational Therapy service as identified by the needs of the service users.
Working for our organisation
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
In order to meet the need 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, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. 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. s of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Occupational Therapy role includes the provision of detailed assessments and specialised interventions, including working with service users to maximise their occupational performance and daily living skills. This post would be of particular interest to an Occupational Therapist interested in running and facilitating community groups.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Practice educator certificate or willingness to undertake
Skills
Essential criteria
- 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.
- Ability to maintain boundaries and form positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers and staff.
- Able to work as part and to lead a team
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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 a clear understanding of the Mental Health legislation or legislation relevant to older adults, its application and use in practice.
- Demonstrate an understanding of risk together with an ability to evaluate and contain risk with reference to the individual, staff and carers.
- Demonstrates practical experience of dealing with the needs of people with complex presentations including people with complex physical health/mobility issues and equipment needs
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ruth Watson
- Job title
- Head Occupational Therapist for Islington Division
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07867801485
- Additional information
Potential applicants are encouraged to speak to Ruth Watson (Occupational Therapy Head OT Islington) for further information or to arrange a visit.
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