# Occupational Therapist

**Company**: NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
**Location**: Wanstead
**Job type**: Permanent
**Salary**: £39959.00 to £48117.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a motivated and skilled Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic multidisciplinary team with the Mental Health and Wellness Team in Redbridge based at Mellmead House.

The MHWT is a community mental health service providing assessment, intervention and recovery focused support for adults. As a key member of the team, you will deliver high quality, person centred Occupational Therapy interventions, promoting independence, social inclusion and meaningful engagement in daily life.

You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary and OT team pathway, contributing to holistic care planning, risk formulations and evidence based interventions. The role offers opportunities to develop specialist skills, support service development, co-production, and contribute towards a recovery orientated service model.

This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist who is passionate about community mental health and committed to improving outcomes for individuals within a supportive and forward thinking team.

**Main duties of the job**

- Provide high quality Occupational Therapy.

- Undertake comprehensive standardised assessments to co-produce meaningful goals and intervention.

- Develop and co-facilitate group therapy programmes.

- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to support service delivery.

- Maintain accurate records and ensure compliance with Trust policies.

- Participate in team meetings.

- Support system flow and service user transitional pathways.

- Act as a Practice Placement Educator for OT students and apprentices.

- Engage in activities related to clinical effectiveness and service improvement e.g. audit, QI, Research and Development.

- Responsible for clinical supervision and co-ordination of junior staff and students/apprentices.

**Benefits**

- High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137) pro rata for part time staff.

**Induction and Probationary Period**

- 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.

- This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

## Skills

### Required
- Occupational Therapy
- community mental health
- person-centred interventions

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