North London NHS Foundation Trust
Occupational Therapist
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About the Role
The post holder will work as part of the Occupational therapy team which are an integral part of a large health and wellbeing team at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. The team includes psychology and occupational therapy staff, speech and language therapist and substance misuse workers. The team contribute to the overall healthcare provision within the prison, working across the healthcare department to provide comprehensive OT input across the Inpatient ward, the Wellbeing Centre, neurodiversity unit and across the wider prison.
The post holder will work within the mental health hub, a day service providing an Occupational therapy service to those with complex mental health problems, personality disorder, mood disorders, PTSD, trauma, and ADHD, as well as those on the autistic spectrum. The role will also have input to other elements of the healthcare services such as the inpatient unit, the in reach team and the health and wellbeing team.
Responsibilities
- To carry out standardised assessments, interventions and provide detailed feedback to the therapies and multidisciplinary teams about clients’ abilities, and also information about future plans and requirements for progress within a mixture of settings including but not limited to; the Wellbeing Centre, Neurodiversity landing, inpatient ward.
- To actively contribute to the multidisciplinary team’s risk assessment process and obtain agreement from the team before engaging service users in any activity that may require therapeutic risk taking.
- To work in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide a coordinated care package.
- To regularly review each service user’s progress in order to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment interventions and modify treatment plans accordingly.
- To ensure that the OT package of care is being followed for all service users that postholder is responsible for including those of whom they supervise.
- To work in accordance with professional guidelines issued by the College of Occupational Therapy which are relevant to the field of Forensic Psychiatry.
- To be a self-directed practitioner, with effective time management skills, able to manage a varied caseload and demands around regular duties.
- To pursue own continuous professional development and to record this through a CPD portfolio.
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The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services 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, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. 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.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Nina Milburn
- Job title: OT Lead
- Email address: nina.milburn3@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0208 588 3732
Additional Information
Applicants will require to obtain prison vetting prior to starting. This requires being in the country to attend prison vetting appointments.
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