Perinatal Occupational Therapist

Main area: Perinatal Mental health

Grade: Band 6

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (maternity leave cover)

Hours:

• Part time
• 29.25 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am-5pm)

Job ref: 437-6887526

Site: Laureate House

Town: Wythenshawe, Manchester

Salary: £37,338 – £44,962 pro rata, per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

The Specialist Perinatal Service is a passionate, dynamic and committed team, and as part of our expansion plans, we are looking for an Occupational Therapist.

We are one of the largest Specialist Perinatal Teams in the country and pride ourselves on the expertise and compassion of our staff.

Our team works with small caseloads of women and people who are pregnant or in the post-natal period experiencing mental health difficulties at this important time in their lives. This is a rewarding and varied role working with our colleagues across the Perinatal Pathway, including maternity, health visiting, IAPT, and Infant mental health.

Main duties of the job

Work as an Occupational Therapist in the Specialist Perinatal Service, within cluster 1 in South Manchester, Trafford, and Stockport in Greater Manchester to cover maternity leave. Provide an efficiently administered and professionally competent occupational therapy service for people who use the Specialist Perinatal Service.

Manage a caseload of women in the perinatal period with complex, severe, and enduring mental health needs, offering occupational therapy interventions where mental health problems have a marked impact on their occupational functioning and who have complex occupational needs.

Offer specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions to a caseload of clients with complex needs. Assessments and interventions will identify barriers and support clients in achieving functional goals.

Provide occupational therapy advice to the multi-disciplinary team.

Contribute to the planning, development, provision, and evaluation of the Occupational Therapy Service within the Specialist Perinatal Service, as well as contributing to audit, standard setting, research, and development.

Provide professional supervision of students and training to students, staff colleagues, and other agencies.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Fieldwork educator’s qualification within 1 year of appointment.
• Post-registration training relevant in mental health.
• AMPS Training.
• Model of Human Occupation training.

Experience

• A demonstrable experience working as a qualified Occupational Therapist, including experience working in mental health.
• Experience providing occupational therapy in a mental health setting.
• Experience of working with perinatal mental health clients.
• Experience of working in a community setting.

Skills and abilities

• Ability to provide robust packages of care to service users in liaison with multiple stakeholders to safely manage mental health and risk management needs.
• Ability to work on own initiative and plan workload effectively responding to changing priorities.
• Demonstrated involvement in and contribution to the implementation of change in response to service needs.

Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks. For further information on the checks required, please visit the NHS Employers website.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability, or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example, BAME, Disabled, and LGBT+ communities.

Sponsorship
We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

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