Job summaryWe are seeking a motivated and passionate Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work in a dedicated mental health community team in a diverse, creative and connected London Borough. We encourage you to apply if you are keen to use your core OT skills, to champion high quality and innovative OT interventions working with adults in the community. The role will cover the community mental health team and assertive outreach and will be an opportunity to shape the service, to develop leadership skills within the service and across the Trust through training, individual and peer supervision opportunities. This role offers the chance to work creatively, offering strengths-focused individual and group interventions that empower and bring lasting change for our clients, in their homes and the local vibrant community of Camden Please apply or call for further information, if you are interested.
Main duties of the jobThe post holder will hold a case load and work as an Occupational Therapist in adult community mental health services, to provide assessment, plan and implement interventions, evaluate treatment and ensure safe discharge. They will offer time limited interventions with clear goals, using a recovery-focused approach that enhances daily living skills and supports engagement in meaningful and purposeful activities, for service users across the community. The occupational therapist will work closely with the multidiciplinary including voluntary sector staff developing a collaborative service offer and offering clinical supervision to other junior staff in the MDT, including Employment Support.
About usNorth 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:- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- 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.
Date posted 17 July 2026
Pay scheme Agenda for change
Band Band 6
Salary £47,951 to £56,863 a year Per annum including HCAS (pro-rata)
Contract Permanent
Working pattern Full-time, Part-time
Reference number 455-NLFT-1014
Job locations St Ann's Hospital, St Ann's Road, London, N153TH, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities- Manage a caseload of service users in the community and be key clinician for the service
- Deliver occupational therapy assessments and interventions including groups and individual
- Support people to develop daily living skills, independence, and meaningful activity
- Supervise, students and other junior staff members including employment support offering support from an OT perspective
- Work closely with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies
- Contribute to recovery-focused care planning and safe discharge
- Engage in community-based and home visit work
- Be an active member of the community occupational therapy team within the borough and across the care group
- Act as deputy to team lead when required, taking on some management tasks and attendance at senior clinical and network meetings
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- BSc or PGDip/MSc Occupational Therapy
- Registered with HCPC
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Desirable- Additional qualification in mental health
Experience/work historyEssential- Post graduate experience of working with people with mental health conditions relevant to specialty of pos
- Experience of delivering group and individual interventions
- Experience of relating to people form a range of social and ethnic backgrounds
- Knowledge and experience of work with Recovery principles
- Experience with service user involvement
Desirable- Experience of working within mental health setting
- Experience of using standardised assessments, e.g. MOHOST
- Experience/ knowledge of minor equipment/ adaptation
Skills and AbilitiesEssential- Ability to apply and develop core OT skills
- Experience of working autonomously and ability to sustain demands of working with a challenging and emotive client group
- Effective written communication skills to includes reports, assessments, supervision
- Able to be a proactive team member and willingness to contribute towards OT service development
Desirable- Ability in using MOHO assessments i.e. MOHOST and working with Recovery principles,
- Experience of co-facilitation of groups
- Ability to supervise junior staff
Personal QualitiesEssential- Ability to promote self and profession
- 'can do' attitude
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer detailsEmployer name North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address St Ann's Hospital, St Ann's Road, London, N153TH, United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact detailsFor questions about the job, contact: Head of AHP Community Care Group, Camilla Cox, camilla.cox2@nhs.net
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