Occupational Therapist/Care Co-ordinator | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is looking for two full-time Occupational Therapist/Care Co-ordinators to work in the Lambeth and Lewisham Community Perinatal Teams. This role involves assessing and treating pregnant women and new mothers with mental health issues. Successful candidates will manage case loads, provide clinical expertise, and collaborate with various healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive care. A passion for mental health and teamwork is essential.

Benefits

Generous pay and pensions

Work life balance with flexible options

Career development programmes

Car lease benefits

Keyworker housing

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in managing perinatal mental health cases.
• Knowledge of community health services and collaboration with agencies.
• Ability to provide training and supervision to junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat mental health difficulties in pregnant women and new mothers.
• Manage a caseload of women with severe mental illness.
• Coordinate discharge plans for women from inpatient units.
• Provide support and training to colleagues in mental health care.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Team collaboration

Clinical supervision

Risk management

Safeguarding procedures

Job description

An exciting opportunity for 2 Band 6 Occupational Therapist/Care Co-ordinators (Lambeth and Lewisham Community Perinatal Teams)

The post holder will be responsible for assessing and treating a range of mental health difficulties suffered by pregnant women and those with infants up to one year old.

You will be providing clinical expertise and Specialist Borough CMHTs, relevant agencies, such as obstetric liaison, community mental health teams, acute inpatient units and to facilitate a safe and appropriate discharge plans for women from the Mother and Baby Inpatient Unit.

You will work with other colleagues from generic psychiatric services and staff from other perinatal services including the inpatient Mother and Baby Unit at the Bethlem Royal Hospital. You will provide training, consultation and liaison service for other healthcare professionals both within and outside the Trust.

You will be a member of a number of internal and external professional networks to ensure that care plans for mother and services across agencies are coordinated efficiently and effectively. You will clinically supervise, advise or manage junior members and trainees in the Perinatal Team and work as part of the Multidisciplinary team.

The service operates from 9am-5pm Monday–Friday. The role is for a full time post.

If you are someone who relishes a challenge and has a passion for dealing with women with complex mental health problems and their families, this could be the job for you.

Responsibilities:

• Managing and care co-ordinating a caseload of women with moderate to severe mental illness, during the perinatal period.
• Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care and with their consent, where appropriate, seeking the cooperation of friends, relatives and carers – following ‘recovery’ principles and approaches.
• Demonstrating competencies in Risk Assessment and Risk Management, including reporting of Serious Incidents and Complaints.
• Understanding and implementing safeguarding procedures in a community setting; recognize, report and investigate safeguarding issues and raise safeguarding alerts if you suspect that a service user and/or carer has been exposed to harm or abuse.

Benefits:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, There are opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts though Health Service Discounts website.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance.

As a practitioner working in a community setting you will promote and deliver evidence-based care for mothers with mental health conditions in their own homes and within a variety of accommodation settings.

Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.

Demonstrating an enhanced understanding of Mental Health signs and symptoms and an understanding of how these may present in practice including recognition of impact on patient presentation and behaviour including risk factors. Supporting and teaching junior staff to develop understanding of mental health signs and symptoms and develop appropriate responses to these in practice.