Community Occupational Therapist

+ Working within our Forensic Community Team, across the boroughs of Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.
+ Providing OT assessment and intervention to patients detained under The Mental Health Act, 1983 (amended 2007), many of whom suffer from a severe and enduring mental illness and have a history of offending behaviour.
+ Working alongside a robust multi-disciplinary team including Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, Dual Diagnoses, Employment Advisors, Peer Workers and Care Coordinators.
+ Liaising with internal and external services, e.g., Inpatient / OT teams, experts by experience, vocational and educational services, housing, etc.
+ The OT role focusses on functional daily living skills, establishing structured routines and managing specific mental health and risk issues.
+ Working alongside Band 4 Technical Instructors and Band 6 and 7 Occupational Therapists to deliver 1:1 session and a group programme to meet individual needs.
+ Due to this being a community patient-facing role, the post holder has the flexibility to work within the community, from home and from Chase Farm Hospital.

+ A newly Qualified (or soon to be) Occupational Therapist who is passionate about high quality care?
+ An experienced Band 5 OT yearning to develop existing skills in a diverse but supportive area?
+ Driven, flexible and highly motivated individual who can adapt to a unique environment.
If any or a combination of these statements define you, then this may be the right role for you….
A fantastic opportunity has emerged for an enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our forward-thinking and dynamic Community team at the North London Forensic Service (NLFS).

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, + You will be working alongside a large team of inpatient and community OTs (Band 7, Band 6 and Band 4 Technical Instructors).
+ The team has a wealth of experience and opportunities to share to aid learning and development. We offer a robust induction programme, including preceptorship (if applicable), many training opportunities in house and externally, and frequent robust supervision.
The service:
The NLFS provides comprehensive mental health rehabilitation to an adult population and the services includes The Learning Disability Pathway, Women's services, Forensic CHOICES Community Hub and Healthcare provision within prison services.
The Community Team provide care and support for patients on the discharge pathway or those living in the community, who have received care within medium and low security due to presenting with complex mental health needs and a forensic / offending history., 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.