Occupational Therapist | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of Outer HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 July 2025 |
| Location: | Enfield, EN2 0JB |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7248729/391-NMUH-7248729 |
Summary
Looking for an exciting role as an Occupational Therapist!
We are the Enfield Rapid Access Service. Our team comprises of therapists, nurses and support staff. Our aim is Urgent Care Response – hospital avoidance, and facilitated discharge pathways. The role is community based, and you will visit patients in their homes.
We offer supervision, in-service training and a range of training opportunities within the Trust.
Our base is located near Enfield Town, with easy commuter links from central London/Hertfordshire and proximity to M25.
A car driver is essential for this role.
Main Duties
1. To work collaboratively with Primary care, Acute Services, Allied Health Professionals, Social Services, families /carers, and users of the service.
2. To manage own caseload in terms of time management, resources, and clinical practice for the duration of the Intermediate care intervention.
3. To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations using a high level of clinical reasoning and assessment techniques and effectively and efficiently plan and deliver rehabilitation care programmes to patients admitted to the service.
4. To work closely within the inter-professional team to promote independence and avoid unnecessary admission and to promote early discharge from the acute beds.
5. To offer support, guidance, advice and teaching to patients/relatives and other carers as necessary.
6. To participate in monitoring the effectiveness of the service and making recommendations about future needs.
NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link:https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/
Please refer to the additional documents for the full job description and the information of responsibilities.
This advert closes on Monday 7 Jul 2025