Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: 18.75 hours per week
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week (Occasional weekend work)
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-8354736
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mother and Baby Unit
- Town
- Beckenham
- Salary
- £36,943 - £44,900 per annum incl. of outer HCAs pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist (Band 5) Perinatal Inpatient Unit
NHS AfC: Band 5
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
Working alongside the Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist on our Mother and Baby Unit, you will be responsible for providing high quality, evidence based occupational therapy assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation to support mothers’ lasting recoveries.
Main duties of the job
The focus is on delivering individual and group occupational therapy sessions which facilitates the development of the Mother-Baby relationship, promotes safety, and prepares mothers to return home.
You will support the provision of a varied therapeutic programme with input from the Multidisciplinary Team, Sessional Workers, and Volunteers, which is responsive to the interests and needs of the mothers and their babies.
Working for our organisation
By coming to work on the Mother and Baby Unit you would be part of the SLaM Perinatal Services, which include the MBU and Community Perinatal Teams for the local boroughs.
The team work in a multi-disciplinary manner and the different professional skills of each team member make a valuable contribution to the care and recovery of the mothers who are admitted here. There is a strong ethos of working with the mother and baby relationship, the wider family and friendship systems and in keeping the social and cultural context of the family in mind. In addition to this we are a trauma led service.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.
SLaM has more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services and by coming to work at SLaM, you will be part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities, and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field with an extensive range of learning opportunities for staff. In addition, our working relationship with King's Health Partners allows those working at the Trust to get involved in academic research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Clinical
To undertake occupational assessment of antenatal and post-natal women
To contribute to assessing and completing risk assessments
Communication
To develop a comprehensive set of skills to effectively communicate
To interact with service users, families, carers and support networks in an empathetic fashion
Professional
To understand and demonstrate skill in the supervision process
To participate in the induction, training and education of students
Continued Professional Development
To develop leadership skills
To demonstrate ongoing personal development
To actively role model, good time management, punctuality and consistent reliable attendance.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered occupational therapist
Desirable criteria
- Membership of RCOT and or/Special Interest Group relevant to this role
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical experience of working with service users from a variety of cultures and backgrounds with a range of mental health conditions and across a variety of settings.
- Experience of delivering 1:1 and group interventions
Desirable criteria
- Experience of having worked with women and families with mental health services
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate understanding of the importance of service user involvement and client centred practise
- Ability to manage own workload, work autonomously and determine priorities
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills required to understand the dynamics of a team and have the ability to work effectively within that
- Ability to reflect on and appraise own performance.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and skills in a Think Family approach
- Ability to reflect on and appraise own performance.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge in using OT standardised assessments, interventions and outcome measures relevant to the service users population
- Demonstrate understanding of the importance of service user involvement and client centred practice.
- Demonstrate a clear professional understanding and practical experience of the Mental Health Act and its application
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable understanding and experience of utilising a variety of assessment tools as well as service specialist tools currently used in practice in relation to assessing/planning care needs and determining riskk
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Jim Davies
- Job title
- Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02032284265
- Additional information
June Judd 07596892626 Ward Manager
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