The Berkshire Specialist Perinatal Mental Health is looking for a motivated and dedicated OccupationalTherapistto join our caring and supportive team to promote the care and well-being of birthing mothers within Berkshire communities.
Thesuccessful applicantwill contribute to the provision of an efficient, effective, and service user focused Occupational Therapy Service for the Perinatal service.You will be expected toprioritise planning and delivery of assessment for mothers whose psychosocial needs and/or mental health problems are having a marked impact on their occupational functioning and who have complex occupational needs. Their interventions will focus on enabling mothersparticipatein their co-occupations with their babies.
You will manage a defined caseload of service users with complex needs, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in a range of settings relating to community perinatal mental health.
You will receive clinical supervision and annual appraisal from the Occupational Therapist Lead of the trust. As a member of the MDT team, youwillbe supported in every-wayfeasibleto enable career growth and development.
• To work effectively as a member of the Perinatal Mental Health team in providing a programme of community-based interventions.
• To select and apply occupational therapy assessments for a defined caseload of clients with complex needs, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the client in areas of self-maintenance, productivity, and leisure, initially with guidance from a senior Occupational Therapist.
• To undertake planned and urgentinitialperinatal mental health assessments
• To act as care co-ordinator for a defined caseload of service users.
• To work with service users toidentifyOccupational Therapy goals.
• To contribute to the development and evaluation of the team
• To co-ordinate/manage day-to-day activities of junior staff asappropriate.
• To deputise for senior colleagues asappropriate.
• Toparticipatein the implementation of policy and service development within the team, leading on delegated projects
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’recommitted to equal opportunitiesand welcomeapplications fromall sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected inour accreditations:Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader,Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate to call:Alex Afoakwah on 07929841028 or email: alex.afoakwah@berkshire.nhs.uk who’llbe delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Sunday 1 Dec 2024
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