Band 5: £34,521 to £41,956 a year per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS PERMANENT GOOD SALARY
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The team has a wealth of experience and opportunities to share to aid learning and development.
Learning Disability Service
Are you:
- A newly Qualified (or soon to be) Occupational Therapist who is passionate about high quality care?
- Or 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 (secure mental health unit).
- Want to work in a supportive service that offers a robust induction and learning environment
A fantastic opportunity has emerged for an enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our forward-thinking and dynamic inpatient team at the NLFS.
The OT team:
- You will be working alongside a large, diverse and experienced team of OTs (Band 8a, 7, 6, 5, 4 TIs).
- Robust supervision structure. Opportunities for ongoing learning and career development.
- 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. .
- Each OT is allocated to a specific case load / ward alongside a TI and overseen by Band 6 / Band 7 OT's.
The role:
- Is mostly based on a male forensic learning disability inpatient ward at the NLFS, Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, however there may also be requirement to work within the outreach team for discharged service users.
- Providing OT assessment and intervention to patients detained under The Mental Health Act, 1983 (amended 20, 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 Experts by Experience (EbE's)
- Liaising with internal and external services, e.g., community mental health / OT teams to support and prepare for discharge from hospital, EBE's, 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 with a Band 4 Technical Instructor (TI) to deliver 1:1 session and a group programme to meet individual needs.
- Supported by Band 6 and Band 6 OTs.
- The role will include the assessment, treatment and evaluation of clinical interventions, carrying out functional assessments and contributing to multidisciplinary team care planning and risk assessment verbally and through written documentation.
Full job description and person specification available as PDF
About us
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Learning Disability Service
Are you:
- A newly Qualified (or soon to be) Occupational Therapist who is passionate about high quality care?
- Or 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 (secure mental health unit).
- Want to work in a supportive service that offers a robust induction and learning environment
A fantastic opportunity has emerged for an enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our forward-thinking and dynamic inpatient team at the NLFS.
The OT team:
- You will be working alongside a large, diverse and experienced team of OTs (Band 8a, 7, 6, 5, 4 TIs).
- Robust supervision structure. Opportunities for ongoing learning and career development.
- 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. .
- Each OT is allocated to a specific case load / ward alongside a TI and overseen by Band 6 / Band 7 OT's.
The role:
- Is mostly based on a male forensic learning disability inpatient ward at the NLFS, Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, however there may also be requirement to work within the outreach team for discharged service users.
- Providing OT assessment and intervention to patients detained under The Mental Health Act, 1983 (amended 20, 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 Experts by Experience (EbE's)
- Liaising with internal and external services, e.g., community mental health / OT teams to support and prepare for discharge from hospital, EBE's, 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 with a Band 4 Technical Instructor (TI) to deliver 1:1 session and a group programme to meet individual needs.
- Supported by Band 6 and Band 6 OTs.
- The role will include the assessment, treatment and evaluation of clinical interventions, carrying out functional assessments and contributing to multidisciplinary team care planning and risk assessment verbally and through written documentation.
Full job description and person specification available as PDF
About us
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
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