Haringey Community Occupational Therapist - Band 5
The closing date is 22 July 2026

Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist who would enjoy working in a small friendly team dedicated to Occupational Therapy (OT) provision for Haringey Community Mental Health Services. We encourage you to apply, whether newly-qualified or more experienced, if you are keen to use and develop your core OT skills, to learn about and offer innovate approaches, and to build confidence as an autonomous clinician. This role offers the opportunity to creatively offer strengths-focused individual and group interventions that empower and bring lasting change for our clients, in their homes and the local vibrant community of Haringey. Please apply or call for futher information, if you are interested.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will hold a case load and work as an Occupational Therapist across Haringey adult community mental health services, to provide assessment, plan and implement interventions, evaluate treatment and ensure safe discharge. 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.

About us
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:

• 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.

Details
Date posted: 06 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £38,488 to £46,852 a year Per annum including HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 455-NLFT-0970
Job locations: St Ann's Hospital, St Ann's Road, London, N153TH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• 01. To carry a caseload for which you have clinical responsibility, supported by Band 6 Occupational Therapist (OT) and multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs).
• 02. Using an evidenced based approach assess clients needs, establish aims and objectives, and plan Occupational Therapy treatment programme in consultation with members of the MDTs, involving the client in decisions regarding appropriate interventions.
• 03. To carry out a range of standardised/non-standardised assessments, e.g MOHOST and Recovery Star, AMPS, in accordance with OT Pathway to provide a baseline for OT with clear treatment objectives
• 04. To provide both specific individual assessment and treatment when indicated, involving motivating and adapting sessions and approach to allow full occupational participation.
• 05. To adapt activities and assessment to facilitate persons with cognitive difficulties, language difficulties, social skills deficits and challenging behaviour, to work with interpreters where required
• 06. To work with teams to assess suitability of accommodation and housing need to give OT feedback to MDT and other agencies as appropriate.
• 07. To plan, run and evaluate treatment sessions using graded activities to achieve treatment aims.
• 08. To maintain a flexible approach to treatment sessions, modifying activities, according to the fluctuating clinical presentation of the service user.
• 09. To attend multi-disciplinary clinical meetings, to support and share information regarding professional practice with other disciplines and work in collaboration to provide a coordinated package of care and in compliance with the care programme approach as necessary
• 10. To actively contribute to the risk assessment process

This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• BSc, MSc/PGDip Occupational Therapy

Desirable

• Additional qualification in mental health

Work experience
Essential

• OT course placements completed

Desirable

• Experience of working within mental health setting

Understanding of mental health
Essential

• Understanding of impact of mental health on client function

Desirable

• Experience of interventions in mental health setting

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.

Applications 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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details
Employer name: North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: St Ann's Hospital, St Ann's Road, London, N153TH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Haringey Community Occupational Therapy Lead
Adrienne Smith
adrienne.smith@nhs.net
02087025758