Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic occupational therapist to lead our inpatient therapy AHP team here at Blossom Court.

We have a modern therapies department with good and well resourced spaces for providing therapy provision for the three acute wards on site.

The team is a motivated and experienced group of allied health professions, sports tech and support staff.

The role offers the opportunities for clinical work, with a small caseload of complex and delayed discharge cases, alongside oversight and running of the team and department.

Main duties of the job
To provide clinical and managerial oversight of the Haringey Acute Therapies AHP Team to deliver highly specialised interventions for the acute wards at Blossom Court, St Anne's Hospital.

o The postholder will be required to participate in the planning, development and evaluation of the Haringey Acute Therapies AHP Team input to ensure the provision of effective services to the Blossom Court wards.

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.

Job responsibilities
The postholder will hold and oversee a small specialist Occupational Therapy caseload and provide advice to other disciplines as required.

The postholder will manage and supervise members of the AHP team.

To work closely and in alignment with AHP teams and colleagues across the acute care-group.

To contribute to service development in collaboration with Lead AHPs for acute care.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Current registration with HCPC.
• Documented evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Leadership Training

Skills
Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Specialist application of current best practice in OT and mental health.
• Understanding and application of occupational therapy models, outcome measures and evaluation processes
• Group work skills with complex patients
• Ability to lead and co-ordinate the work of a team.

Experience
Essential

• Experience of supervising and managing staff
• Experience of implementing new ideas and practice
• Post registration experience of acute mental health in a variety of settings

Desirable

• Experience of working with and managing other Allied Health Professionals within a team

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. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).