Job summary
- Main area
- Technical Instructor
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (will need to work some weekends)
- Job ref
- 455-NLFT-0214
- Employer
- North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Devon Ward, Chase Farm Hospital
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £31,081 - £33,665 Per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Technical Instructor
Band 4
Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
- Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
- Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
- Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
- Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
- Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
- Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver, Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/
Job overview
The Enfield Adult Inpatient Therapies team has a fantastic opportunity for a full time Band 4 TI to join our welcoming and dynamic team.
We are a well-established, friendly and supportive inpatient therapies team covering 6 adult wards at Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield including acute, psychiatric inpatient care unit (PICU) and rehabilitation.
You will embedded in the Devon Ward PICU team and receive regular supervision from a senior member of staff and participate in regular team meetings which incorporates embedded reflective practice.
We are extremely committed to team training and CPD opportunities and are constantly striving for excellence through Quality Improvement and evidence based practice.
Devon Ward won the NLFT 2025 'Team of the Year; staff awards out of approximately 140 nominations so this really is a unique opportunity for a motivated and versatile individual to come and join a high quality team!
Main duties of the job
Devon Ward provide care and treatment of inpatients who are residents of Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, Camden and Islington supported by the Inpatient Therapies team provides assessment, intervention, and a varied therapeutic group/1:1 programme.
They work alongside the Occupational Therapist, an Art Therapist and Health and Fitness instructor. We also work closely with our physiotherapy colleagues. We are a dynamic team and provide opportunities for professional development and the ability to work creatively.
The main duties of the job include (as guided by the ward OT / supervisor / Therapy lead).
- Facilitate a variety of group activities i.e. cooking. This can also consist of functional sessions across the week including weekends.
- Facilitate one to one intervention.
- Facilitate functional assessments as guided by the ward OT.
- Accompany the ward OT on home visits / community access.
- Have regular supervision & annual appraisal.
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:
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We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
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With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
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We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
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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. 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To work alongside the Occupational Therapist during the initial assessment period and support the induction process of the new admissions, this will include carrying out initial contact/ assessments/ Single Obs MOHOST.
- To liaise with the Occupational Therapist regarding the functional ability of individual patients and implementation of treatment programmes considering both physical and mental health conditions.
- To follow the referral process for patients attending sessions ensuring that appropriate security and risk procedures are adhered to.
- To ensure that a range of activities is available so that individual treatment programmes can be implemented.
- To work directly with carers and family members, within the bounds of patient confidentiality: gathering information, providing educational advice and support, facilitating planning and communication
- To ensure that treatment programmes and activities are carried out to a competent standard.
- To support the OT’s in maintaining the timetable of activities and to ensure that changes are communicated to patients and MDT appropriately.
- To facilitate group and individual activity sessions on and off wards, in accordance with directorate policies.
- To make links with outside community resources to aid the reintegration of patients back into the community.
To utilise specific skills within patient group sessions such as art, craft, cooking, smoking cessation and fitness as part of the patient’s individual treatment programme
Person specification
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- experience of working with people with mental health problems within a health or social care setting
- Experience of planning and running therapeutic groups and sessions.
- Demonstrate ability to manage conflicting demands
Desirable criteria
- • Awareness of OT models eg MOHO or VdT MoCA and carrying out single obs MOHOSTs
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Effective skills in a range of activities Eg. gardening, art, cooking, crafts, reminiscence, exercise, music, relaxation
- Ability to plan and lead practical and discussion groups independently.
- Good demonstratable IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to undertake QI projects/audit
Knowledge/Awareness/ Understanding
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, psychosis and how it impacts functioning
- Experience of planning and running a variety of therapeutic groups and sessions.
- An understanding of risk assessment and risk management within an MDT setting
Desirable criteria
- An understanding of risk assessment and risk management in a PICU environment
Other Essential Factors
Essential criteria
- • Professional manner towards clients and colleagues
- • Physical ability to participate in breakaway and PMVA training
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- GCSE English and Math grade A-C/4+
- Care Certificate
Desirable criteria
- Completed specialist training such as KUF, care certificate, ASI Wise or similar
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sudha Boojhowon
- Job title
- Enfield Adult Acute Inpatient Therapy Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087025231
- Additional information
Thank you for your interest in applying for this role.
In the first 200 words of your supporting statement, please describe an interaction with a patient that profoundly influenced your approach in a mental health setting. What did you learn from this experience, and how has it shaped your practice?
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