We are looking to recruit an Occupational Therapist within the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service.
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate occupational therapist to join our perinatal mental health team. The successful candidate will work with women during pregnancy and postnatally, providing occupational therapy input to promote women's mental health and wellbeing, functioning, and support their transition to motherhood. The successful candidate will adopt a holistic approach to their practice, considering the needs of all individuals involved.
The role involves working as part of an MDT consisting of doctors, nurses, psychologists, OT, family support workers, and administrative staff. You will work in the community alongside other community services and in patients' homes to support women and families who need specialist care.
Whilst this role will primarily focus on delivering Perinatal OT interventions in the Sefton district, we also cover Liverpool. There may be times when cross-cover is required.
Main duties of the job
1. Independently manage own caseload, prioritising referrals.
2. Select and complete bespoke standardised and non-standardised OT assessments, applying an understanding of complex mental health needs and the impact this can have on occupational performance within a parenting role, as well as the mother-infant relationship. Collaboratively set goals to guide OT interventions.
3. Plan and facilitate a range of 1:1 therapeutic interventions using a graded approach to achieve individualised therapeutic goals.
4. Contribute towards the planning, facilitation, and evaluation of groups.
5. Develop working networks with relevant community agencies, collaborating on joint working where appropriate.
6. Represent an OT clinical perspective within the MDT and other professional meetings.
7. Be aware of and respond appropriately to the safeguarding needs of adults and children.
8. Contribute to the continued development and evaluation of the OT service within the perinatal team.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region. We are also commissioned for services covering the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services supporting physical and mental health, including inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK offering high secure mental health facilities.
Our commitment is to 'perfect care'—safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support our staff to deliver the best care and work alongside service users, families, and carers to co-design future services. We are currently implementing a programme of organisational and service transformation to improve quality and reduce costs.
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