Specialist Perinatal Occupational Therapist

Humber Youth Action Group; Beverley; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recruitment incentives

Job summary

The Humber Youth Action Group is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join the Perinatal Mental Health Liaison Team. You will deliver person-centred and family-focused care to women and families across Hull, East Riding, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, using MOHO as the main assessment framework, supervising students, and contributing to quality improvement initiatives and service development.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration required.
• Knowledge of OT models of practice and standardised assessments.
• Basic IT skills and ability to use relevant clinical systems.
• Understanding of policy and legislation relevant to clinical practice.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat a specialist OT caseload with high-quality care.
• Provide specialist OT advice to other disciplines and supervise students and support staff.
• Lead/participate in clinical audits and contribute to service development.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Time management

Team collaboration

IT skills

SLiP training

Education

Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Policy/legislation knowledge relevant to practice

OT models of practice & standardised assessments

Basic IT skills

Job description

Job summary

Are you an Occupational Therapist looking to make a real difference to women and families during the perinatal period?

We are seeking a compassionate and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our established Perinatal Mental Health Liaison Team, supporting women and families across Hull, East Riding, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.

As part of a multidisciplinary team including psychiatrists, nurses, occupational therapists, psychological therapists, a social worker and nursery nurses, you will deliver high-quality, person-centred and family-focused care.

Occupational Therapy is highly valued within the service. You will receive regular supervision from an experienced Advanced Occupational Therapist and have opportunities to develop specialist skills, support students, participate in quality improvement initiatives and contribute to service development.

You will also benefit from a strong professional OT network offering peer support, professional forums and continuing professional development opportunities.

This is a rewarding opportunity to make a lasting difference during an important stage of people's lives. If you are passionate about promoting recovery, empowering women and supporting families to thrive, we would love to hear from you.

"This role may be eligible for recruitment incentives. Please liaise with the recruiting manager for further details."

Main duties of the job

The core functions of this post include assessing and treating your own specialist caseload of clients for a professional OT service, providing specialist OT advice to other disciplines, supervising junior staff, students, support workers, leading/contributing to clinical audits, undertaking research and ensuring effective patient/service-user care is maintained.

The post holder will be expected to work independently using the MOHO as the main framework for assessment. They will need to possess effective time management skills and be able to commute across the Humber 4 patches.. There will also be an expectation that the post holder hold a Care Co-ordinator role for some patients going forward.

The post holder will play a key role in supporting women experiencing perinatal mental health difficulties to regain confidence, independence and engagement in meaningful occupations. Using a holistic biopsychosocial approach, you will undertake MOHO-informed assessments, develop personalised intervention plans and deliver evidence-based interventions that promote recovery, wellbeing and family functioning. You will use outcome measures, including TOMs, to demonstrate impact and contribute to service improvement.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further information with regard to the vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

• Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registration with the HCPC
• A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical practice and service
• Specialist knowledge of occupational therapy models of practice, standardised assessments, and their use in practice
• Knowledge and understanding of the evidence-based relevant to the clinical area
• Basic IT skills
• Experienced and competent practice educator with up to date SLiP training

Desirable

• Evidence of current CPD/formal qualifications at an advanced level e.g. degree or post graduate level or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning
• Registration within the specialist RCOT sections
• Willingness to consider undertaking the training required to be a Practice Placements for students.
• Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area

Experience

Essential

• Completed preceptorship programme
• Appropriate knowledge/experience of working in the relevant service area
• Understanding of caseload management clinical responsibilities

Desirable

• Successful completion of preceptorship
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area
• Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
• Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation

Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Able to demonstrate effective inter-personal/communication skills
• Evidence of good time management skills
• Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
• Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
• Ability to commute between the various sites
• Mandatory training to support safe practice and the management of violence and aggression
• Manoeuvres patients/service-user and or equipment
• Requirement of frequent concentration e.g., assessments, care plans
• Provide working hours to support the service needs

Desirable

• Awareness of leadership/management skills and qualities
• Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures
• Ability to manage daily operations and maintain a safe working environment

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.

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).