Job summary
This is a 12 month fixed term maternity leave cover
The post holder will carry a complex caseload; be involved in joint assessments; participate in the Senior Leadership Team; provide support to the MDT in clinical matters and supervise staff where appropriate.
This is a growing sub team within the CPT consisting of one b7 OT, two B6 OTs, one band 4 OTA, one senior peer support worker and two b4 peer support workers. The lead OT will have responsibility for over seeing and directing the team as well as implementing service development strategies.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a high quality Occupational Therapy Service to service users with perinatal mental health problems. This will be achieved through duties and leadership of the Occupational Therapy staff and resources within the perinatal service.
- To manage a caseload, using evidence based/client principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in in-patient and community settings and on home visits.
- To provide group-based interventions.
- To work with the MDT and placement team to ensure appropriately supportive discharge plans and placements are in place for service users moving on from our services.
- To maintain clinical records.
- To develop skills and knowledge.
- Devise and implement service development
- Supervise staff
- Lead sub team as well as act as leadership to MBU perinatal OTs
- Participate in senior team and leadership
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on..."
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Community Perinatal Team will be a specialist multidisciplinary team covering the whole of Hertfordshire, responding to a womans needs in a timely manner, with the capacity to deal with crises and emergencies, as well as supporting routine and preventative care; providing specialist care and support through pregnancy and for up to twos years post-natally to women experiencing significant mental health difficulties associated with the perinatal period. The team will work with the families of unwell women, supporting partners and older children and promoting infant mental health and wellbeing. The team make assessments in a variety of settings, including service user homes, antenatal clinics, childrens centres and outpatient clinics and have close working links with our designated, PQN accredited, mother and baby unit at Kingsley Green, Radlett. The team will work collaboratively with colleagues in maternity services, health visiting, childrens centres and Childrens services across the count. It will also work collaboratively with a range of adult mental health services to provide support to women with previous or longstanding mental health problems as well as those presenting for the first time in the perinatal period.
Adopting the policies and philosophy of the service, the Occupational Therapist will provide OT assessment and treatment using a range of appropriate and evidence based interventions.
The post-holder will be responsible for the clinical and operational day to day service delivery ensuring that an individualised comprehensive assessment and care management is effectively delivered.
To act as a resource for the service, advising staff regarding occupational therapy approaches in the treatment of women with mental health problems, relating to child bearing focussing primarily on the assessment of functional needs.
To act as a clinical expert in occupational therapy interventions within the specialist service; remain clinically up to date, assess service users thoroughly, plan care rigorously and audit and evaluate occupational therapy interventions based on evidence and locally agreed protocols and policy. To provide group-based interventions.
To take a lead role in audits of the service and in supporting the Service Manager to implement service improvements identified through audit.
To carry an occupational therapy caseload as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
All staff should comply with the Trusts Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Community Perinatal Team will be a specialist multidisciplinary team covering the whole of Hertfordshire, responding to a womans needs in a timely manner, with the capacity to deal with crises and emergencies, as well as supporting routine and preventative care; providing specialist care and support through pregnancy and for up to twos years post-natally to women experiencing significant mental health difficulties associated with the perinatal period. The team will work with the families of unwell women, supporting partners and older children and promoting infant mental health and wellbeing. The team make assessments in a variety of settings, including service user homes, antenatal clinics, childrens centres and outpatient clinics and have close working links with our designated, PQN accredited, mother and baby unit at Kingsley Green, Radlett. The team will work collaboratively with colleagues in maternity services, health visiting, childrens centres and Childrens services across the count. It will also work collaboratively with a range of adult mental health services to provide support to women with previous or longstanding mental health problems as well as those presenting for the first time in the perinatal period.
Adopting the policies and philosophy of the service, the Occupational Therapist will provide OT assessment and treatment using a range of appropriate and evidence based interventions.
The post-holder will be responsible for the clinical and operational day to day service delivery ensuring that an individualised comprehensive assessment and care management is effectively delivered.
To act as a resource for the service, advising staff regarding occupational therapy approaches in the treatment of women with mental health problems, relating to child bearing focussing primarily on the assessment of functional needs.
To act as a clinical expert in occupational therapy interventions within the specialist service; remain clinically up to date, assess service users thoroughly, plan care rigorously and audit and evaluate occupational therapy interventions based on evidence and locally agreed protocols and policy. To provide group-based interventions.
To take a lead role in audits of the service and in supporting the Service Manager to implement service improvements identified through audit.
To carry an occupational therapy caseload as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
All staff should comply with the Trusts Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Diploma / degree in OT
- Registration with HCPC
- Evidence of having met the full KSF Full Gateway for Band 6
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Significant Postgraduate Training relevant to Mental Health
- Broad base of clinical experience
- To have an understanding and experience of Occupational Therapy within acute adult mental health and adult community mental health services.
Desirable
- Membership of BAOT and / or specialist section
- Post registration experience in perinatal services
- Practice Placement Educators Qualification/APPLE Accredited
- Leadership / Management Training
- Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS)/ ESI training
- Sensory Integration training
- Solution Focused Brief Therapy training
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Specialist knowledge and application of current best practice in Occupational Therapy and Mental Health
- Experience of working with people who have severe mental health episodes/conditions
- Experience in providing advice, support and clinical supervision to junior staff and/or students
- Post registration experience in a relevant clinical setting
- Understanding of treatments and interventions commonly used in mental health
- Broad base of clinical experience working with people with mental health problems
- Understanding of and ability to resolve professional and ethical issues
- Effective leadership skills, including the ability to manage conflict, good communication, planning and decision making skills, organisational skills and the ability to innovate in Service Development
- Understanding current Policies and Practice relevant to Mental Health and their implications for Occupational Therapy
- Knowledge and experience of using the Model of Human Occupation and MoHO assessment tools
- Experience of generic and specialist Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions
- Ability to teach and train others using multi-media materials suitable for presentation.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge and application of current best practice in perinatal mental health services.
- Knowledge of parenting literature and its application.
- Knowledge & experience of Recruitment and Selection Criteria
- Project Management
- Change Management Skills
- Experience in research or audit
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Diploma / degree in OT
- Registration with HCPC
- Evidence of having met the full KSF Full Gateway for Band 6
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Significant Postgraduate Training relevant to Mental Health
- Broad base of clinical experience
- To have an understanding and experience of Occupational Therapy within acute adult mental health and adult community mental health services.
Desirable
- Membership of BAOT and / or specialist section
- Post registration experience in perinatal services
- Practice Placement Educators Qualification/APPLE Accredited
- Leadership / Management Training
- Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS)/ ESI training
- Sensory Integration training
- Solution Focused Brief Therapy training
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Specialist knowledge and application of current best practice in Occupational Therapy and Mental Health
- Experience of working with people who have severe mental health episodes/conditions
- Experience in providing advice, support and clinical supervision to junior staff and/or students
- Post registration experience in a relevant clinical setting
- Understanding of treatments and interventions commonly used in mental health
- Broad base of clinical experience working with people with mental health problems
- Understanding of and ability to resolve professional and ethical issues
- Effective leadership skills, including the ability to manage conflict, good communication, planning and decision making skills, organisational skills and the ability to innovate in Service Development
- Understanding current Policies and Practice relevant to Mental Health and their implications for Occupational Therapy
- Knowledge and experience of using the Model of Human Occupation and MoHO assessment tools
- Experience of generic and specialist Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions
- Ability to teach and train others using multi-media materials suitable for presentation.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge and application of current best practice in perinatal mental health services.
- Knowledge of parenting literature and its application.
- Knowledge & experience of Recruitment and Selection Criteria
- Project Management
- Change Management Skills
- Experience in research or audit
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
