Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner

£34937

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, Islington

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 28 Sep | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: c9c4ae7964ee4c358dee4397a845869d

Full Job Description

The role of the Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner will be primarily to implement therapy plans which have been devised in collaboration with the resident and occupational therapist. This will include working with residents to develop their skills of daily living alongside supporting the residents to develop community connections and meaningful routines., The post will be 9am-5pm although some flexibility for working outside of these hours may be required to support residents in accessing evening or weekend activities. This will be done in agreement with the clinical team managers.
We are looking for an individual who is passionate about working in mental health rehabilitation and has previous experience working in this area. The successful post holder will receive regular supervision from an occupational therapist and will be a core part of the multi-disciplinary team across the two sites.

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.
+ Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
+ Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
+ Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
+ 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.