Job overview

The post holder will work as a member of the large Occupational Therapy team with the North London Forensic Service (NLFS). The NLFS provides medium and low secure in-patient services for male and female clients diagnosed with major mental illness, Learning Disability, and Autism, who have been in contact with the criminal justice system. Also provided are specialist forensic outreach services.

This post sits specifically within the inpatient Learning Disabilities and Autism pathway of the forensic service. The pathway is made up of a medium secure ward, a low secure ward and a community forensic Learning Disability team.

The post will involve delivery of the OT provision to a designated caseload with the Leaning Disability and Autism pathway, focusing on functional daily living skills and specific mental health, and risk issues. This will include the assessment, treatment and evaluation of clinical interventions, planning and running a range of therapeutic individual and group work, carrying out functional assessments and contributing to multidisciplinary team care planning and risk assessment.

The post holder will work closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and relevant outside agencies, as well as with the Clinical Specialist OT lead for the pathway, Band 5 OT’s and Technical Instructors to provide a quality service, which is responsive to client’s needs.

Main duties of the job

1.     To be responsible for the Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment and evaluation of an allocated clinical caseload, and in compliance with the care programme approach

2.     To undertake the MOHOST and any other identified assessments with designated caseload as directed by service OT pathway.

3.     To be responsible for planning and providing group and individual assessment and treatment sessions within the service.

4.     To ensure daily feedback is received from nursing staff before starting work on designated ward.

5.     To carry out standardised assessments and provide detailed feedback to the multidisciplinary team about clients’ abilities and also information about future plans and requirements for progress.

6.     To undertake treatment planning, involving the client in all possible occasions.

7.     To prompt and motivate the clients to attend and participate in Occupational Therapy treatment sessions.

8.     To communicate treatment plans and clinical reasoning for interventions to other members of the multidisciplinary team and to work in collaboration with other disciplines and staff in clinical work.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Working for our organisation

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:  

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology. 

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.