Clinical Specialist, Perinatal Occupational Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Perinatal Occupational Therapist to work in our Community Perinatal Mental Health Team.

The North London Partners Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service is a community mental health service for pregnant and postnatal women with severe and complex mental illness. The aim of the team is to detect, prevent and treat perinatal mental health problems to improve the experience of pregnancy and the first year postpartum for women and their families.

Staff work closely with the five maternity sites in North Central London; University College London Hospital, Whittington Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, Barnet Hospital and North Middlesex University Hospital. Clinics run at maternity sites, children's centres and community centres across the boroughs as well as home visits. The successful post holder must be willing to travel and work flexibly., In addition to the focus on maternal mental health, specialist perinatal mental health services also consider the infant and mother-infant relationship. Promoting the emotional and physical wellbeing and development of the mother and infant are central to the work of all professionals within high quality perinatal mental health services.

The post holder will be supported by the clinical leads in the Perinatal Service to manage a caseload of clients in line with the requirements of the service line operational policy and service line strategy and that safe, evidence based, effective, culturally competent care is delivered in a timely manner to service users.

The post holder will formulate, implement and review plans for the treatment and management of women with a full range of clinical presenting problems. Additionally, they will thoroughly assess risk; formulate safe and effective risk management plans and document and communicate these clearly and concisely. Specialist Occupational Therapy interventions will be applied utilising specialist assessment and evaluation tools drawn from the Model of Human Occupation. The post holder may be expected to participate in formal child protection procedures and to be involved in interagency work with families. Awareness of current policies and practice in this area is essential., The sub-teams consist of a full MDT, consultant psychiatrists, clinical/counselling psychologists, nurses, occupational therapist, social worker, family therapist, nursery nurses, peer support worker and pharmacist. MDT sub-teams staff work closely with the maternity sites in North Central London. These are Barnet Hospital, Royal Free Hospital (West team), North Middlesex University Hospital, (East team), and University College Hospital and Whittington Hospital, (South team).

Camden & Islington Mental Health Foundation Trust jointly with Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust have developed perinatal mental health services across five boroughs in the North Central London area. The service has been running since 2017 and provides specialist perinatal mental health services across the boroughs of Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey. The service operates with 3 clinical sub-teams

£42,471 to £50,364 a year pro rata inclusive of inner HCAS