# Band 6 Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-occupational-therapist/b2abcc2a-76cc-4e18-8ad3-3e71872fc4be - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-occupational-therapist/b2abcc2a-76cc-4e18-8ad3-3e71872fc4be.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** North London Forensic Service, Chase Farm Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-02T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-19T12:30:52.675Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Enfield/North_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8224631 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8224631?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Forensic Inpatient Service - North London We are seeking a dynamic Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary inpatient team, supporting individuals with complex mental health needs on their recovery journey. This is an exciting opportunity to use your clinical skills, creativity, and professional expertise to deliver meaningful, recovery-focused interventions that promote independence, wellbeing, and social inclusion. Working within a supportive and experienced team, you will assess, plan, and deliver evidence-based occupational therapy interventions, lead therapeutic groups and 1:1 sessions, contribute to service development, and play a key role in helping patients achieve their personal goals and potential. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, compassionate, and committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care. In return, we offer excellent supervision, professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a real difference in a rewarding and specialist clinical setting. Join us and help individuals rebuild their lives through occupation, recovery, and hope. ### Main duties of the job We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Occupational Therapy team at the North London Forensic Service (NLFS). Working within a secure forensic mental health setting, you will provide assessment, intervention and evaluation for a designated caseload of service users with complex mental health needs. You will deliver person-centred, recovery-focused interventions that promote functional independence, wellbeing and positive risk management through individual and group work, functional assessments, and multidisciplinary care planning. Working closely with the wider MDT, you will support service users with complex presentations, including psychosis, personality disorder, challenging behaviour and limited insight. The role also includes supporting the development of junior staff through supervision and acting as a practice educator for occupational therapy students. This is an exciting opportunity to develop specialist skills within a supportive and experienced forensic mental health team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more information and detail, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification attached. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - - Dip. COT, BSc O.T. ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - - Ability to build and maintain positive therapeutic relationships. - - Committed to collaborative and multidisciplinary working. ### Skills and Experience **Essential** - - Minimum of 1 years post graduate experience. - - Experience of working in mental health. - - Experience of planning and running a range of therapeutic groups and 1:1 interventions. - - Experience in managing and supervising junior staff, e.g. Band 5 OT, Band 4 TI. - - Ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate occupational therapy interventions, demonstrating sound clinical reasoning and judgement. **Desirable** - - Further relevant courses or areas of study - - Experience of working in Forensic environments - - Experience justifying and challenging treatment priorities within available resources. - - Experience in contributing towards OT service development - - Ability to promote and model high standards of professional communication. ## Documents - [nlft functional requirements (pdf, 536.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10533787) - [a comprehensive guide for candidates (pdf, 544.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2959) - [nlft jd ps band 6 ot inpatient forensic (pdf, 464.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10533691) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.