Job Title: Band 4 Occupational Therapy Technician
Trust: North London NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Chase Farm Hospital
Ward: Enfield Acute Inpatient Therapy Team
Pay Rates: £15.49 per hour
Shift Patterns: 37.5 hours a week Mon-Fri - 09:00 - 17:00
Why might this job interest you?
Are you an experienced Band 4 Occupational Therapy Technician looking for a new opportunity? North London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a talented Technical Instructor to join a welcoming and highly regarded team for a temporary placement.
Main Duties of the Job
North London NHS Foundation Trust believes that by working together, the Trust can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and their patients than they can by working apart, transforming and creating a positive environment for their service users, staff, and visitors. They develop and retain their staff through leadership behaviours and managers' programmes, promote flexible working, and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. They also have excellent internal staff network support groups.
If you're passionate about making a difference and working within a dynamic, forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you!
About Us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression: Access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges.
Work-life Balance: Flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources, and build paid annual leave.
Opportunity & Access: Over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want.
Job Responsibilities
In this role you will:
* Work alongside the Occupational Therapist during the initial assessment period and support the induction process of the new admissions, including carrying out initial contact/assessments.
* Liaise with the Occupational Therapist regarding the functional ability of individual patients and implementation of treatment programmes considering both physical and mental health conditions.
* Support the Occupational Therapist in maintaining the timetable of activities and ensure that changes are communicated to patients appropriately.
* Facilitate group and individual activity sessions on and off wards, in accordance with directorate policies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* You must possess GCSE English and Maths A-C / 4 and above.
* You will have demonstrable experience of facilitating a range of groups, for example practical/functional groups, leisure groups, and discussion groups.
* You will have demonstrable experience of motivating people to attend sessions or take part in activities.
* You must possess an understanding of Occupational Therapy.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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