Perinatal Mental Health Occupational Therapist/Community Practitioner
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation TrustBeckenham, London
Overview
This is a NHS role (secondment) with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust based in Beckenham. The advertised salary is £45,953 to £54,254. Applications close on 7 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
About the role: We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, energetic and clinically confident Community Practitioner / OT to join our Community Perina...
You will be familiar with Perinatal community standards, governance and performance structures and confident in partnership work with other agencies such as Children and Family Social Services, Midwifery and Obstetric teams, CMHTs, Health Visitors and the Voluntary sector.
You will display excellent clinical knowledge and skilled practice in women with mental health disorders in the perinatal period. You will provide consistently skilled judgments in clinical work. You need to have experience of working in a richly diverse inner city Borough and have the understanding of the opportunities challenges that this brings.
To be personally responsible and professionally accountable for a caseload as part of the perinatal community team and support/supervise the work of others as required.
Co-ordinating care, communicating with other professionals involved in the care and ensuring regular CPA reviews are held as required. This will include communication with other teams for example Maternity Services, Primary care, CAMHS services, Childrens Social Care
Independently carrying out assessment, care planning and care coordination with excellent interpersonal skills, ability to listen to others views, respect and value individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds.
Leading pre-birth planning meetings when necessary, with community team members, midwives and health visitors and social care to coordinate, in order to provide coordinated, comprehensive and supportive care plans for women and their families in the antenatal and postnatal period.
Recognising and addressing concerns about the physical health needs of service users with long term conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma etc.); escalating these concerns as necessary to senior members of the multi-disciplinary team.
The Croydon Perinatal Service provides a Monday to Friday, 9-5 service to service users residing within the Borough of Croydon offering assessment, intervention and treatment to women who suffer from moderate to severe mental health disorders in the perinatal period.
Working closely with your colleagues in PMHT's, you will receive support and be part of the on-going Perinatal workforce training within SLaM and London wide. This is a great opportunity to supervise junior staff as well as implementing new ways of working using best practice and NICE guidelines.
About the location
You will based at Larkbarrow House, Bethlem Royal Hospital.
Essential: - Current registration (NMC / OT / SW)
Essential: - Community Care coordination experience; - Understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice.; - Significant relevant clinical experience - 2 year minimum working in Mental Health settings.; - An interest in working in Community Perinatal Mental Health Team; - Experience as a preceptor / mentor / supervisor
Desirable: - Awareness/knowledge of the issues surrounding social inclusion for women with mental health issues during the perinatal period; - Knowledge of how mental health problems impact on their babies/child development; - Experience of working with children and/or families
Essential: - Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user's needs, without close supervision; - Skills in clinical assessment/baseline mental health assessment; - Skills in risk assessment and risk management and crisis management; - Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
Desirable: - Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback.
How this role compares
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