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.
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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
