occupational therapist

The Occupational Therapist will work across Enfield Crisis Home Treatment Team and Suffolk Crisis Prevention House to provide assessment, rehabilitation intervention and plan supportive discharge. In addition they will work alongside Lead Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapists from other community core teams to create streamlined Occupational Therapy offers across the borough; developing service improvements, QI projects and groups to meet the needs of the Enfield population. 1. To carry a case load for which you have clinical responsibility 2. To carry out a range of standardised/non-standardised assessments, e.g MOHOST, sensory assessments and recovery Star, AMPS in accordance with OT Pathway to provide a baseline for OT with clear treatment objectives 3. To plan, run and evaluate treatment sessions using graded activities to achieve treatment aims. 4. To facilitate group interventions and develop group program. 5. To be work with teams to assess suitability of accommodation and housing need to give OT feedback to MDT and other agencies as appropriate., The post holder will work closely with the OT and Therapy Lead, the Lead OT for community services and community teams to establish occupational therapy specific roles across the community mental health services in Enfield. The post holder will hold a case load and work as an occupational therapist across Enfield community core teams, to provide assessment, plan and implement interventions, evaluate treatment and ensure safe discharge. In particular the post holder will embed rehabilitation principles within the HTT. The post holder will provide both specialist occupational therapy assessments and offer a strengths based, recovery focused approach with the aim of enhancing daily living skills, and engagement in meaningful and purposeful activities for service users across the community. The occupational therapist will work across services providing specific time limited interventions with clear goals established with the service user and in conjunction with the supporting clinical team.

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. Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network
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.