Haringey Community Occupational Therapist – Band 5

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist who would enjoy working in a small friendly team dedicated to Occupational Therapy (OT) provision for Haringey Community Mental Health Services. We encourage you to apply, whether newly-qualified or more experienced, if you are keen to use and develop your core OT skills, to learn about and offer innovate approaches, and to build confidence as an autonomous clinician. This role offers the opportunity to creatively offer strengths-focused individual and group interventions that empower and bring lasting change for our clients, in their homes and the local vibrant community of Haringey. Please apply or call for futher information, if you are interested.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will hold a case load and work as an Occupational Therapist across Haringey adult community mental health services, to provide assessment, plan and implement interventions, evaluate treatment and ensure safe discharge. The post holder will provide both specialist Occupational Therapy assessments and offer a strengths-based, recovery-focused approach with the aim of enhancing daily living skills, and engagement in meaningful and purposeful activities for service users across the community. The occupational therapist will work across services providing specific time limited interventions with clear goals established with the service user and in conjunction with the supporting clinical team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc, MSc/PGDip Occupational Therapy

Desirable

  • Additional qualification in mental health

Work experience

Essential

  • OT course placements completed

Desirable

  • Experience of working within mental health setting

Understanding of mental health

Essential

  • Understanding of impact of mental health on client function

Desirable

  • Experience of interventions in mental health setting

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 22 July 2026

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