Site B&D HTT Town Ilford Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum plus HCAS (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 24/06/2025 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
This innovative role places a Band 6 Occupational Therapist within the B&D Home Treatment Team, providing rapid assessment, expert therapeutic interventions and shift coordination within a dynamic mental health crisis team. The post holder will apply an occupational and practical approach to assess and support individuals presenting with acute mental health crises. By embedding the unique perspective of occupational therapy, the post holder will contribute to fostering a recovery-oriented and therapeutic culture within the team. The OT will work in collaboration with MDT and supervise teams STR workers and facilitate some group work/activities for service users and carers.
Main duties of the job
* Provide high quality Occupational Therapy clinical expertise and service.
* Provide leadership and shift coordination for the B&DHTT.
* Responsible for the delivery a range of evidence-based interventions which promote recovery, social inclusion and normalisation for service users.
oversee and lead on the provision of therapeutic interventions, including de-escalation strategies and emotional support, to individuals experiencing acute mental health crises.
* Manage challenging clinical situations and plan interventions whilst ensuring regular evaluation of the service users care plan.
* Critically evaluate effectiveness of therapy interventions, in collaboration with service users, carers and other professionals.
* Provide specialist clinical advice and contribute to clinical information on service users’ progress by attending meetings and ward rounds.
* Work in partnership with a range of other services to provide support and treatment to service users to facilitate the safe management of their needs.
* Take responsibility for an evidence-based clinical audit.
Ensure that the B&DHTT team is able to offer practical assistance to address factors contributing to crisis, such as housing, finances, or social support needs.
* Conduct ADL/functional assessment and support service user with adaptions of their living environment if needed. Support with social inclusion, and identify barriers to social inclusion.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High-CostArea Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata).
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system
Person specification
Qualifications,
* BSc Hons OT
* Current HCPC registration
* Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience
* Proven ability to assess and manage clinical risks effectively.
* Minimum of two years of post-qualification experience in mental health cute or crisis settings, with substantial experience managing complex cases.
* Experience in applying occupational therapy models within acute or crisis settings.
* Experience of audit and/or QI projects
* Member of a Specialist Interest Group
Knowledge and Skills
* In-depth understanding of mental health conditions in an acute/crisis setting, their impact on occupational performance, and recovery principles
* Time management, prioritisation and team working in a challenging environment
* Excellent leadership and team coordination skills.
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
* A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
* Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
* Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link .
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities.If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email recruitment@nelft.nhs.uk.
Correspondence with us
You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.
As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure consideration.
If you require any additional support during the application process please contact recruitment@nelft.nhs.uk. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment journey.
Name Imran Khan Job title Imran Khan Email address imran.khan@nelft.nhs.uk Telephone number 07415067364 Additional information
Parvina Begum
Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist Redbridge Home Treatment Team (RHTT)
Tantallon House, Goodmayes Hospital, Barley Lane, Goodmayes, Essex, IG3 8XJ Work Mobile: 07738753123 Tel: 0300 300 1882 ext 55583
Parvina.Begum@nelft.nhs.uk
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