Job Description

The Enfield Adult Inpatient Therapies team has a fantastic opportunity for a full time Band 4 TI to join our welcoming and dynamic team.



We are a well-established, friendly and supportive inpatient therapies team covering 6 adult wards at Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield including acute, psychiatric inpatient care unit (PICU) and rehabilitation.



You will embedded in the Devon Ward PICU team and receive regular supervision from a senior member of staff and participate in regular team meetings which incorporates embedded reflective practice.



We are extremely committed to team training and CPD opportunities and are constantly striving for excellence through Quality Improvement and evidence based practice.



Devon Ward won the NLFT 2025 'Team of the Year; staff awards out of approximately 140 nominations so this really is a unique opportunity for a motivated and versatile individual to come and join a high quality team!



Devon Ward provide care and treatment of inpatients who are residents of Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, Camden and Islington supported by t he Inpatient Therapies team provides assessment, intervention, and a varied therapeutic group/1:1 programme.



They work alongside the Occupational Therapist, an Art Therapist and Health and Fitness instructor. We also work closely with our physiotherapy colleagues. We are a dynamic team and provide opportunities for professional development and the ability to work creatively.



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 across the week including weekends.



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.



North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.



With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all



We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.



We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.



In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. 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/ Single Obs MOHOST.



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 programme