Band 6 Occupational Therapist
North London NHS Foundation Trust
Enfield, EN2 8JL
Salary
£45,953 to £54,254
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 September 2026
2 days left
Job description
Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Forensic Inpatient Service - North London We are seeking a dynamic Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our multidisc...
We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Occupational Therapy team at the North London Forensic Service (NLFS). Working within a secure forensic mental health setting, you will provide assessment, intervention and evaluation for a designated caseload of service users with complex mental health needs.
You will deliver person-centred, recovery-focused interventions that promote functional independence, wellbeing and positive risk management through individual and group work, functional assessments, and multidisciplinary care planning. Working closely with the wider MDT, you will support service users with complex presentations, including psychosis, personality disorder, challenging behaviour and limited insight.
The role also includes supporting the development of junior staff through supervision and acting as a practice educator for occupational therapy students.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop specialist skills within a supportive and experienced forensic mental health team.
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.
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 1 years post graduate experience.
- Experience of working in mental health.
- Experience of planning and running a range of therapeutic groups and 1:1 interventions.
- Experience in managing and supervising junior staff, e.g. Band 5 OT, Band 4 TI.
- Ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate occupational therapy interventions, demonstrating sound clinical reasoning and judgement.
Desirable
- Further relevant courses or areas of study
- Experience of working in Forensic environments
- Experience justifying and challenging treatment priorities within available resources.
- Experience in contributing towards OT service development
- Ability to promote and model high standards of professional communication.
Qualifications
Essential
- Dip. COT, BSc O.T.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to build and maintain positive therapeutic relationships.
- Committed to collaborative and multidisciplinary working.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
25 August 2026
Last checked
27 August 2026
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