Community Perinatal Occupational Therapist

NHS; England; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading health organization in the United Kingdom is looking for a part-time Community Perinatal Occupational Therapist to enhance their Perinatal Mental Health Team. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Occupational Therapy and relevant registrations, along with experience in mental health assessments and multi-disciplinary collaboration. This role involves working closely with service users to develop personalized care plans. With extensive training and flexible working options offered, this position aims to impact families positively.

Benefits

Up to 27 days annual leave

Health and Wellbeing support

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience of formulating assessments and supporting adults with mental health difficulties.
• Post and pre-registration experience in various clinical settings.
• Leadership experience in CPA process.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload and ensure quality standards are met.
• Develop and evaluate programs of care based on individual needs.
• Provide occupational therapy interventions and support for service users.

Skills

Knowledge of Mental Health NICE Guidelines

Ability to integrate assessment and care planning

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Health And Care Professions Council Registered Occupational Therapist

Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapy

Job description

Community Perinatal Occupational Therapist

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 04 January 2026

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, passionate and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our expanding Perinatal Mental Health Team. This is a new part-time post and you will be working closely with the current Senior Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapist Assistant. You will have an interest in providing occupational therapy to women with a range of perinatal mental health needs.

We are a specialist service that strives to deliver excellent standards of care to expectant and new mothers with severe and complex mental health problems. The team is multi-disciplinary and works directly with women and their families, providing assessment, interventions and support for pregnant women and women within the postnatal period with a range of mental health needs.

We are looking for a dynamic, passionate and creative clinician who wants to make a difference to the lives of families, with a patient‑centred approach at the heart of their delivery.

You will be joining a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team with extensive training opportunities, along with regular supervision, reflective practice and opportunities for career progression.

The PMHT covers the Telford and Shropshire area. The team uses blended working options and utilises other facilities across the county.

Perinatal and maternal mental health services in Shropshire won the Positive Practice in Mental Health (PPiMH) Award in 2021 and were shortlisted and received recognition at the 2025 awards.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for the occupational therapy assessment of care needs and contributing to the formulation of the person’s needs and the development of a relevant plan based upon the person’s negotiated goals and relevant evidence‑based interventions. The post holder, in conjunction with the multi‑disciplinary team, will provide occupational therapy interventions to support the person to meet their agreed goals and coordinate and/or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, utilising recommended outcome measures, involving the service user and any identified carer throughout the clinical pathway.

Take responsibility for the management of a complex caseload, which includes specialist assessment (within service specification), care planning in conjunction with service user and carer, evaluation of individual treatment plans (Care Programme Approach).

Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.

Assess patients’ individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.

Deliver a range of non‑pharmacological interventions following specific occupational therapy assessments to enable understanding of any expression of an unmet need and to maximise an individual’s abilities.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression.
• Options for flexible working.
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resource.
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
• Salary sacrifice car – fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates.

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like‑minded people.

Job responsibilities

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn.

For full details of the role, please see the attached job description and person specification. If you do have any further questions regarding the role, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Dip COT / Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Health And Care Professions Council Registered Occupational Therapist
• Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapy
• CPD Folder evidence of ongoing learning/development

Experience

• Experience of formulating assessments, planning, co‑ordinating and supporting adults experiencing mental health related difficulties
• Experience of integrating care delivery across multi‑disciplinary / multi‑agency teams
• Post and pre‑registration experience in a range of clinical settings.
• Experience of working in a variety of clinical settings, community setting and making decisions autonomously.
• Experience of leading/contributing to CPA process.

Skills

• Knowledge of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Mental Health Strategy and guidance
• Knowledge of the Mental Health NICE Guidelines
• Knowledge of RCOT Ethics and Professional Code of Conduct.
• Understanding of the principles of the Care Programme Approach / Single Assessment Process and Community Care Act
• Demonstrate understanding of Equality and Anti‑discriminatory practice
• Knowledge of other relevant local and national documents/drivers that affect practice
• Knowledge of the wide range of statutory independent and third sector service provision for adults with mental ill health
• Knowledge and experience of occupational therapy models, interventions, specialist assessments and outcome measures
• Ability to integrate the assessment, care planning and the review process for service users/carers in a sensitive manner
• A range of skills and knowledge to deliver evidence based interventions
• Range of Interpersonal skills, (communication, listening, working collaboratively) maintaining good working relationships with service users/carers, other service providers and agencies
• Ability to work to agreed Quality Standards (CQIUNS, CQC, MONITOR, NHSLA, NHS OUTCOMES and others)
• Range of specialist assessments and interventions to support occupational performance (e.g. ALLENS, Sensory Assessment/Sensory Integration, VdT MOCA)

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.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Depending on experience £31,049 – £37,796 per annum