Technical Instructor

at  Barnet Enfield Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

Are you highly motivated, enthusiastic and compassionate? Then this is the job for you! We are looking for an experienced Band 4 Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor with excellent communication skills and good organisational skills to work as part of the Inpatient Therapy team based within the Mental Health Services for Older Peoples (MHSOP) Inpatient Therapy Team at Chase Farm Hospital
The Inpatient Therapy Team are a well established, supportive and friendly team who work collaboratively across the 3 older adult wards at Chase Farm Hospital. We offer a comprehensive therapy service to the our inpatients including Occupational Therapy, Music Therapy, Art Therapy, Technical Instructors and an Activity Coordinator. We also work closely with our in house Physiotherapy colleagues.
We are keen on professional development and supporting our staff to grow and develop. We actively seek out continuing professional development opportunities for the team and ensure that we are continuously developing our clinical skills and offering
The main duties of the job include (as guided by the ward OT / supervisor / Therapy lead).
Facilitate a variety of group activities i.e. cooking. This can also consist of functional sessions.
Facilitate one to one intervention.
Facilitate functional assessments as guided by the ward OT.
Accompany the ward OT on home visits / community access.
Have regular supervision & annual appraisal.
Complete TI competencies during the 6-month probational period.
Contribute to client care by liaising with the MDT.
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.
The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts’ values and cultural pillars:
We are kind
We are respectful
We work together
We keep things simple
We empower
We are proudly diverse
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.
To work alongside the Occupational Therapist during the initial assessment period and support the induction process of the new admissions, this will include carrying out initial contact/ assessments and possibly home visits
To liaise with the Occupational Therapist regarding the functional ability of individual patients and implementation of treatment programmes considering both physical and mental health conditions.
To follow the referral process for patients attending sessions ensuring that appropriate security and risk procedures are adhered to.
To ensure that a range of activities is available so that individual treatment programmes can be implemented.
To work directly with carers and family members, within the bounds of patient confidentiality: gathering information, providing educational advice and support, facilitating planning and communication
To ensure that treatment programmes and activities are carried out to a competent standard.
To support the OT’s in maintaining the timetable of activities and to ensure that changes are communicated to patients and MDT appropriately.
To facilitate group and individual activity sessions on and off wards, in accordance with directorate policies.
To make links with outside community resources to aid the reintegration of patients back into the community.
To utilise specific skills within patient group sessions such as art, craft, cooking, smoking cessation and fitness as part of the patient’s individual treatment programm

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