Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist-Admission Avoidance Team
| Posting date: | 21 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £53,751 - £60,651 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, N18 1QX |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7286998/391-NMUH-7286998 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 or Band 7 Occupational Therapist with relevant experience in acute medicine to join our Admission Avoidance Team based at NMUH. This team consists of Occupational Therapists , Physiotherapists , Nurses and Therapy Assistants. We are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking and flexible person who will be able to be able to cover across Accident and Emergency and the Acute Assessment wards. This role involves working across seven days as part of a seven day Rota.The Admission Avoidance Team is part of the integrated Therapies Service and staff benefit from excellent learning opportunities .
The post holder will be:
Managing a complex case load using advanced clinical reasoning to support Multidisciplinary assessments and complex discharge planning /admission avoidance .
Will be a key member working in the Admission Avoidance Team and work jointly with the other Band 7 Therapists and Nurse to ensure smooth running of the Team and on-going development of the Team.
Part of a seven day service providing comprehensive assessments to facilitate timely discharges and prevent admissions from Accident and Emergency and associated short stay units across the hot floor.
Responsible for supporting and supervising junior staff within the team and students on placements.
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/
Further details regarding the job, responsibilities and key relationships can be found in the attached Job Description.
This advert closes on Monday 4 Aug 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 or Band 7 Occupational Therapist with relevant experience in acute medicine to join our Admission Avoidance Team based at NMUH. This team consists of Occupational Therapists , Physiotherapists , Nurses and Therapy Assistants. We are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking and flexible person who will be able to be able to cover across Accident and Emergency and the Acute Assessment wards. This role involves working across seven days as part of a seven day Rota.The Admission Avoidance Team is part of the integrated Therapies Service and staff benefit from excellent learning opportunities .
The post holder will be:
Managing a complex case load using advanced clinical reasoning to support Multidisciplinary assessments and complex discharge planning /admission avoidance .
Will be a key member working in the Admission Avoidance Team and work jointly with the other Band 7 Therapists and Nurse to ensure smooth running of the Team and on-going development of the Team.
Part of a seven day service providing comprehensive assessments to facilitate timely discharges and prevent admissions from Accident and Emergency and associated short stay units across the hot floor.
Responsible for supporting and supervising junior staff within the team and students on placements.
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/
Further details regarding the job, responsibilities and key relationships can be found in the attached Job Description.
This advert closes on Monday 4 Aug 2025