Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Perinatal Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 338-7791468-26
- Employer
- Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Department of Psychological Medicine
- Town
- Beverley
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Perinatal Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019
Job overview
Would you like to work in a friendly and supportive Perinatal Team based at The Maples and delivering a service across Hull, East Riding, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire to women experiencing perinatal difficulties?
Do you like the idea of using your skills in a rewarding and fulfilling way to help women at a crucial point in their lives?
If the answer is yes, we currently have a Specialist Perinatal Occupational Therapist Post available for 30:00 hours per week.
Working in a perinatal team means that you can help women like Naomi in our #EveryMumMatters video (www.everymummatters.com).
Main duties of the job
The core functions of this post include assessing and treating your own specialist caseload of clients for a professional OT service, providing specialist OT advice to other disciplines, supervising junior staff, students, support workers, leading/contributing to clinical audits, undertaking research and ensuring effective patient/service-user care is maintained.
The post holder will be expected to work independently using the MOHO as the main framework for assessment. They will need to possess effective time management skills and be able to commute across the Humber 4 patches.. There will also be an expectation that the post holder hold a Care Co-ordinator role for some patients going forward.
Working for our organisation
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information with regard to the vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registration with the HCPC
- A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical practice and service
- Specialist knowledge of occupational therapy models of practice, standardised assessments, and their use in practice
- Knowledge and understanding of the evidence-based relevant to the clinical area
- Basic IT skills
- Experienced and competent practice educator with up to date SLiP training
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of current CPD/formal qualifications at an advanced level e.g. degree or post graduate level or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning
- Registration within the specialist RCOT sections
- Willingness to consider undertaking the training required to be a Practice Placements for students.
- Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
Experience
Essential criteria
- Completed preceptorship programme
- Appropriate knowledge/experience of working in the relevant service area
- Understanding of caseload management clinical responsibilities
Desirable criteria
- Successful completion of preceptorship
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area
- Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate effective inter-personal/communication skills
- Evidence of good time management skills
- Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
- Ability to commute between the various sites
- Mandatory training to support safe practice and the management of violence and aggression
- Manoeuvres patients/service-user and or equipment
- Requirement of frequent concentration e.g., assessments, care plans
- Provide working hours to support the service needs
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of leadership/management skills and qualities
- Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures
- Ability to manage daily operations and maintain a safe working environment
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katy Morley
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01482 336837
- Additional information
Rebecca Blackshaw
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