Occupational Therapist/Care Co-ordinator
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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 to Specialist Borough CMHTs, relevant agencies such as obstetric liaison, community mental health teams, acute inpatient units, and facilitating safe and appropriate discharge plans for women from the Mother and Baby Inpatient Unit. You will work with 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 and the role is for a full time post.
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, 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.
* Being part of the daily duty rota for the service, which involves screening and managing new referrals, fielding telephone queries and supporting the team where necessary.
* Understanding and implementing safeguarding procedures in a community setting; recognising, reporting and investigating safeguarding issues and raising safeguarding alerts if you suspect that a service user and/or carer has been exposed to harm or abuse.
We are committed to providing a high quality and specialist care to our service users and are recognised for our care and treatment. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
Benefits
* Generous pay, pensions and leave – a comprehensive package dependent on role and length of service.
* Work‑life balance, flexible working and support for a range of flexible options such as part‑time working and job sharing.
* Career development – opportunities to progress your career with mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
* Car lease – competitive deals to lease cars.
* Accommodation – keyworker housing available on selected sites.
* NHS discounts through the Health Service Discounts website.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Alexandra Kirkbride
Job title: Lambeth Perinatal Team Manager
Email address: kuly.hothi@slam.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 02032288800
Katie Murray, Lewisham Perinatal Team Manager.
Email: katie.murray@slam.nhs.uk
Tel: 07816179913
Alexis Tranah (OT Lead for Perinatal)
Email: alexis.tranah@slam.nhs.uk
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