Head of Finance - Governance

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

The post holder will be a registered with The HCPC and will be responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable.

The post holder will achieve this by providing a specialist role within the Redbridge Learning Disability Community Health & Social Care Team and will demonstrate a developing level of decision-making and so 
enable the monitoring and implementation of standards of care.

The post holder will support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.

The post holder will work with Adults from age 18.

Main duties of the job

1.To undertake the assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and discharge of service users, with the understanding that there should be communication with senior clinicians and OTs if concerns arise.

2.To treat service users in inpatient settings and/or their own homes and other community settings, assisting and empowering service users towards independence where appropriate.

3.To assist, in conjunction with the senior clinician/ team manager, in the review and evaluation of the effectiveness of Occupational Therapy care and practice provided.

4.To work as part of a team with other therapists, nurses, social workers and any other members of the MDT.

5.To be conversant and comply with the organisation policies and clinical guidelines

6.To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735) pro rata for part time staff.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification as stipulated outlines required information.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

BSc (Hon) Occupational Therapy Degree or equivalent HCPC registered Evidence of CPD

Desirable criteria

COT membership Member of relevant specific interest group

Experience

Essential criteria

Previous experience of working with adults with learning disability within a community based team Experience of OT assessment and intervention skills Previous experience of assisting with service development work such as audits to ensure best practice. At least 3 years post graduate experience working as an Occupational Therapist

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in an multidisciplinary team

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of current best practice for learning disability OTs good clinical reasoning skills Awareness of current Legislation, policy and procedures relating to learning disability practice Knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults' policies and procedures

Skills

Essential criteria

Basic awareness of IT and IT skills Demonstrate ability to work as an effective team member with excellent interpersonal skills

Other

Essential criteria

To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area Ability to supervise students to follow the Trust Vision with regards to your role as an Occupational Therapist

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.