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Job summary

Main area
Occupational Therapy - Adult Community Neuro Rehab
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
391-NMUH- 7201583
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Michaels
Town
Enfield
Salary
£51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive of outer London higher cost area supplement
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/06/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist – Community Neuro Therapies

NHS AfC: Band 7

The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.

In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.

Job overview

We are a friendly, supportive community neuro rehab team, recently expanded to include Occupational Therapy. 
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Occupational Therapist who wishes to lead the development of occupational therapy within the community neuro rehab team.

We offer in-service team training, effective supervision and external training opportunities through the Trust. 

The services are located near Enfield Town, with easy commuter links from central London/Hertfordshire and proximity to M25. 

A car driver is essential for this role.

Main duties of the job

To provide a very high standard of Occupational Therapy care to patients under the Neurological rehab team and their carers/family in a community setting, meeting the needs of the multicultural and diverse population.

Together with other senior staff to act as a resource for specialist advice to the rest of the Community rehabilitation and therapy services, and others within wider multidisciplinary services.

See Job description/ Person Spec for full details. 

Working for our organisation

NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See job description and person specification attached to this advert. 

All details included in document.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Recognised diploma / degree in Occupational therapy
  • Evidence of CPD of relevent post graduate training to high level (theoretical and practical)
Desirable criteria
  • Post grad/ Msc in relevent area (Neurology/ elderly care)
  • Leadership training

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Experience at band 7 or significant experience as band 6 OT working in neuro rehab
  • Experience of working across OT core areas
  • Experience working as part of MDT team in the NHS
  • Experience working in the community
  • Knowledge of NHS and best practice guidelines related to neuro conditions
  • Evidence based occupational therapy practice
Desirable criteria
  • Experience leading a project/ audit
  • Knowledge of North Central London partnership working

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Fluent in written and spoken English including the ability to generate letters and reports of a high caliber
  • Advanced clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills within adult neurology and other relevant clinical areas
  • Ability to deal with difficult situations involving conflict and/or distressed patients/carers/staff
  • Ability to supervise and teach
  • Ability to prioritise own and others workload within a busy environment

Other

Essential criteria
  • Car owner/ driver with valid UK driving license with access to car for work use

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Julia Browne
Job title
Clinical Lead Occupational Therapy
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02045535694
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