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Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Job Title: Band 6 Occupational Therapist

Trust: North London NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Chase Farm Hospital

Ward: Enfield Acute Inpatient Therapy Team

Pay Rates: £20.82 per hour

Shift Patterns: 37.5 hours a week Mon-Fri - 09:00 - 17:00

Why might this job interest you?

Are you an experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist looking for a new opportunity? North London NHS Foundation Trust are seeking a talented Occupational Therapist to join a welcoming and highly regarded team for a temporary placement.

Main duties of the job

North London NHS Foundation Trust believe that by working together, the Trust can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and their patients than they can by working apart, transforming and creating a positive environment for their service users, staff and visitors. They develop and retain their staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities and promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. They also have excellent internal staff network support groups.

If youre passionate about making a difference in Occupational Therapy and working within a dynamic, forward-thinking team, wed love to hear from you!

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job description

Job responsibilities

In this role you will:

- You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team and independently manage a varied and complex caseload on Sussex Ward, a 17 bedded male acute inpatient mental health ward in the Enfield Mental Health.

- You will provide a variety of specialised Occupational Therapy Assessments and interventions, promoting a recovery approach and social inclusion on the wards, community settings and home visits as appropriate.

- You will work with other AHP staff in the team to provide a comprehensive therapy programme for service users across the three acute wards.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • What youll need and be able to provide evidence for:
  • -You will have demonstrable experience in using a range of standardised OT assessments.
  • -You will be HCPC registered.
  • -You must possess MSc/BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy.
  • -You will have demonstrable experience of acute inpatient and/or community areas, working with people going through a mental health crisis.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Chase Farm Hospital

127 The Ridgeway

Enfield

Middlesex

EN2 8JL


Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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