An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Enfield Division of the North London Partnership Trust for a Specialist Occupational Therapist. This role is embedded within the Enfield Community Rehabilitation Team. The role will involve supporting the team and division to establish the Rehabilitation Pathway and to develop the OT Leadership role within that.
The post holder will be a part of the thriving AHP community within the Enfield Division and the Partnership. They will have access to AHP training programmes and development opportunities as relevant to their role. There will be opportunities to join AHP Quality Improvement projects and service developments e.g. the AHP Race Equalities Working Group.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with the OT & AHP Lead, and junior OT in the team to develop and establish high quality evidence based occupational therapy specific pathway in a community rehabilitation setting. The post holder will hold a caseload and work as an occupational therapist across Enfield Community Rehab Team, to provide assessment, plan and implement interventions, evaluate treatment, and ensure safe discharge. In particular the post holder will embed rehabilitation principles and develop the rehabilitation pathway within Enfield. 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 provide specific time limited interventions with clear goals established with the service user and in conjunction with the supporting clinical team. The post holder will provide expert clinical leadership and guidance within the Multi-Disciplinary Team, and relevant outside agencies. The role will entail offering an occupational therapy perspective to all elements of the rehabilitation pathway and inclusive of community and inpatient care planning. About us
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. Why choose to join the Partnership? We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart. We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more. Generous Annual Leave Allowance NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services. We have excellent internal staff network support groups. The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts' values and cultural pillars: We are kind We are respectful We work together We keep things simple We are proudly diverse In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services 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, 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. Job responsibilities
Kindly see the job description and person specification for full details of the role responsibilities. Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Dip. COT or BSc OT & Registered with HCPC Evidence of Continuous Professional Development AMPS Trained EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Post graduate experience of working with people with mental health conditions relevant to specialty of post. Experience of group and individual occupational therapy interventions. Demonstrates knowledge of Mental Health conditions specifically psychosis. Experience and skill in managing and supervising staff and students. Experience of being an active member in service changes and quality improvement. Experience of using specialised OT assessments, e.g., ACIS, VQ. Experience of working with supported and residential care providers. Experience of working closely with social care. SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Expert working knowledge of the occupational therapy process. Maintains professional standards of communication which demonstrates a highly skilled verbal and written communication ability across a wide variety of service user and staffing groups. Ability to reflect and understand personal perspectives and cultural background and how this influences your thinking. Experience in Recovery principles, e.g., Recovery Star. Experience of co-facilitation of groups with Experts by Experience. Other requirements
Willingness to travel for work. Full UK driving licence 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.
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The post holder will work closely with the OT & AHP Lead, and junior OT in the team to develop and establish high quality evidence based occupational therapy specific pathway in a community rehabilitation setting. The post holder will hold a caseload and work as an occupational therapist across Enfield Community Rehab Team, to provide assessment, plan and implement interventions, evaluate treatment, and ensure safe discharge. In particular the post holder will embed rehabilitation principles and develop the rehabilitation pathway within Enfield. 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 provide specific time limited interventions with clear goals established with the service user and in conjunction with the supporting clinical team. The post holder will provide expert clinical leadership and guidance within the Multi-Disciplinary Team, and relevant outside agencies. The role will entail offering an occupational therapy perspective to all elements of the rehabilitation pathway and inclusive of community and inpatient care planning. About us
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. Why choose to join the Partnership? We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart. We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more. Generous Annual Leave Allowance NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services. We have excellent internal staff network support groups. The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts' values and cultural pillars: We are kind We are respectful We work together We keep things simple We are proudly diverse In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services 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, 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. Job responsibilities
Kindly see the job description and person specification for full details of the role responsibilities. Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Dip. COT or BSc OT & Registered with HCPC Evidence of Continuous Professional Development AMPS Trained EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Post graduate experience of working with people with mental health conditions relevant to specialty of post. Experience of group and individual occupational therapy interventions. Demonstrates knowledge of Mental Health conditions specifically psychosis. Experience and skill in managing and supervising staff and students. Experience of being an active member in service changes and quality improvement. Experience of using specialised OT assessments, e.g., ACIS, VQ. Experience of working with supported and residential care providers. Experience of working closely with social care. SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Expert working knowledge of the occupational therapy process. Maintains professional standards of communication which demonstrates a highly skilled verbal and written communication ability across a wide variety of service user and staffing groups. Ability to reflect and understand personal perspectives and cultural background and how this influences your thinking. Experience in Recovery principles, e.g., Recovery Star. Experience of co-facilitation of groups with Experts by Experience. Other requirements
Willingness to travel for work. Full UK driving licence 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.
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