About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Tower Hamlets Perinatal Mental Health Team as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist. This role offers the chance to work within a specialist multidisciplinary service supporting women experiencing severe and complex mental health difficulties during pregnancy and the postnatal period. You will manage a diverse caseload, delivering specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions, both individually and in groups, across community, home and clinic settings. We are looking for a motivated and compassionate Occupational Therapist with experience in mental health, excellent communication skills, and a passion for working with and supporting women and families during the perinatal period.
Main duties of the job
The Perinatal Mental Health Team provides mental health care to families in Tower Hamlets. Theteam is a dynamic and forward-thinking multidisciplinary team and includes psychiatry, clinical psychology, parent-infant therapy, nursing, occupational therapy, nursery nurse, social worker, support worker, peer support worker and pharmacy. As a specialist service it takes on complex cases and thus carries out highly specialist work. The Perinatal Mental Health Team has close links with the East London Mother and Baby Unit.
The role includes undertaking comprehensive assessments, developing person-centred care plans, facilitating individual and group interventions, contributing to risk assessment and management and duty work. Working collaboratively with families, maternity services, health and social care professionals, and voluntary sector partners. The post holder will also contribute to service development, student supervision, quality improvement activities, and the promotion of occupational therapy within the specialist perinatal mental health service.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See relevant Job Description and person specification for more details on the main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Training & Qualification
Essential
- Diploma/degree in OT
- UK HCPC Registration
- CPPD portfolio containing evidence of active involvement in CPPD activities
Desirable
- Fieldwork Educators training
- Interest in under taking further relevant studies / training courses
Experience
Essential
- Experience which demonstrates competencies to meet the job description
- Applying and interpreting standardised OT assessments
- Clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting patient group
- Assessing and providing aids of daily living
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions relevant to perinatal mental health.
- Ability to establish rapport with difficult to engage patients/carers
- Risk assessment and management skills
- Specialist knowledge and application of current best practice in OT in perinatal mental health
- Ability to work autonomously, set own priorities and manage time effectively
Effort & Environment
Essential
- Ability to engage in physical activity groups and frequent community / home visits.
- Ability to meet the demands of a patient group with complex needs which requires a high level of concentration and an ability to adapt quickly to a variety of emotional/ physical situations.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Tower Hamlets Perinatal Mental Health Team, Burdett House, Mile End Hospital
Bancroft Road
London
E1 4DG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)