Activity Coordinator

Are you a motivated individual to looking to join a mental health Acute service? Based at Chase Farm Hospital Enfield, this service offers assessment and treatment to individuals who are admitted to the wards. It is an integral part of the local adult mental health care pathway and works in partnership with key stakeholders.
You will be part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team and therapy department within the hospital who provide input to service users to develop individualised care plans to prepare for discharge. The principles of coproduction and Values Based Practice are key to the delivery of the service.
The Inpatient Therapy Team is a supportive and dynamic team providing assessment and treatment to three acute psychiatric wards, PICU and the complex rehabilitation ward at Chase Farm Hospital.
A therapeutic group treatment programme runs across the wards to meet the needs of patients who are, experiencing an acute phase of their mental illness on the acute wards, and those on the rehabilitation unit who have a range of continuing mental health problems. The team works with a recovery focused approach with occupation, wellbeing and skill development at the core of treatment in line with individual care plans.
We are looking for an Activity Co-ordinator who enjoys working in a dynamic environment and who will be able to deliver high quality patient care & focussed outcomes., To be part of the Inpatient Therapy Team who provide occupational therapy based on the Model of Human Occupation.
- To be an active member of the multi-disciplinary teams on the wards and, with supervision, contribute to assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care. The post will support the delivery of the OT provision to a designated caseload, focusing on recovery and developing skills for life.
- This will include facilitating a range of therapeutic groups and individual sessions, contributing to multidisciplinary team care planning, formulation and risk assessment.
- You will work closely with the MDT to provide occupational therapy assessment and intervention as part of the acute clinical pathway. The team includes: Peer Activity Coordinators, Occupational Therapists, Arts Therapists, Health and Fitness Instructor and Technical Instructor.

Thank you for your interest for the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT), it is an exciting time to join us and being part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
+ Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
+ Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
+ Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
+ Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
+ Ensure that research, Quality Improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
+ Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
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 opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver, Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk, 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.
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.