Job description

Job responsibilities

Job overview

We are looking for a qualified and experienced Occupational Therapist who would like to further their skills within one of our Mental Health & Wellness Teams based in Waltham Forest. You will be working 100% clinically as an OT as our OTs do not provide care co-ordination or generic input into our community mental health services. You will therefore continue to provide high-quality client care within your particular team, working with existing clients open to the team (including liaising with Home Treatment/inpatient Team and in triage for new referrals to the team.

We have OTs within our other Mental Health & Wellness Teams including Junior OTs and an Advanced Practitioner OT so plenty of formal and informal support will be available to you.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high quality Occupational Therapy clinical expertise and service.
• Responsible for the delivery a range of evidence-based interventions which promote recovery, social inclusion and normalisation for service users.
• Manage challenging clinical situations and plan interventions whilst ensuring regular evaluation of the service users care plan.
• Critically evaluate effectiveness of therapy interventions, in collaboration with service users, carers and other professionals.
• Provide specialist clinical advice and contribute to clinical information on service users’ progress by attending meetings and ward rounds.
• Work in partnership with a range of other services to provide support and treatment to service users to facilitate the safe management of their needs.
• Work within the safeguarding adults and children’s frameworks across the Trust.
• Take responsibility for an evidence-based clinical audit.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See full Job Description and Person Specification

Working for Us Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Starting with NELFT (delete for internal only)

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period.

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High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, CEME) This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 p.a. pro rata for part time).

High Cost Area Supplement – Fringe (Basildon, Thurrock, Brentwood, Harlow and Dartford only) This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,303 to a maximum of £2,198 p.a. pro rata for part time)

Certificates of Sponsorship Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.

For an informal chat or to arrange a visit, please contact:

Name: Nick Bertram

Job title: Joint Lead OT & Recovery College/ISA placement Lead

Contact Number: 07785 720583

Email: [email protected]

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ level 2 or
• equivalent standard of
• literacy and numeracy
• BSc (Hons) or
• equivalent
• Occupational
• Therapy qualification
• Current HCPC
• Registration
• Evidence of
• Continuous
• Professional
• Development

Desirable

• Clinical Supervision
• training
• Evidence of post
• qualification training

Experience

Essential

• Preceptorship
• Completion
• Application Form
• Interview
• At least one years
• experience in the
• Application Form
• Interview
• health or social care
• system working as an
• occupational
• therapist
• Working as a band 5
• OT for a minimum of
• 12 months
• Assess, plan,
• implement, evaluate
• OT interventions
• Working with other
• teams and agencies
• Facilitate OT
• interventions within a
• range of different
• environments.
• Facilitate/lead groups
• for service users from
• variety of
• social/healthcare
• environments
• Work with people
• who present
• challenging
• behaviour
• Experience of
• working on inpatient
• mental health
• ward/forensic mental
• health/community
• Experience of
• application of
• Standardised
• Assessments and
• Outcome Measures
• Experience in
• conducting ADL
• assessments and
• producing clear and
• concise ADL reports
• Assessment
• Safeguarding adults
• and/or children

Desirable

• Membership of
• specialist interest
• group
• Involvement in
• clinical audit
• Successfully
• engaging community
• based partners and
• agencies in achieving
• outcomes for service
• users

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Jane Atkinson Centre

Waltham Forest

London

E17 3HP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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