A rare and exciting opportunity has become available for an Occupational Therapist Band 5 Practitioner to join Pennine Lancashire Specialist Perinatal Community Mental Health Team. The Specialist Perinatal Community Mental Health Team (SPCMHT) is an exciting new service development for the whole of Lancashire and South Cumbria.
The SPCMHT aspires to provide an excellent comprehensive Perinatal Mental Health Service for the women of Lancashire and South Cumbria. We deliver a sustainable and resilient solution for women suffering from a mental illness in the perinatal period by focusing on improving outcomes for them, their infant and their families. We do this by effective multidisciplinary integrated team working and ensuring effective prevention that responds to local need by: Intervening earlier to at preconception, during pregnancy and up to 1 year following delivery. On-going training of professionals from multiple disciplines. Improving pathways and processes for mothers, their families and professionals.
Delivering a multi-disciplinary specialist perinatal mental health service to women who present with severe/complex mental health needs, in accordance with CR197 staffing recommendations and delivery of NICE recommended intervention.
The post holder will carry a caseload and work with senior clinicians, have responsibility for the delivery of high-quality care that will include delivering talk therapies. The post holder will also be responsible for care planning and risk assessing in the perinatal period.
The post holder will possess knowledge of evidence-based psychological therapies and delivering talking therapies.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health, and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria, and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working; we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part-time, compressed hours, flexi-time, and career breaks.
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The SPCMHT aspires to provide an excellent comprehensive Perinatal Mental Health Service for the women of Lancashire and South Cumbria. We deliver a sustainable and resilient solution for women suffering from a mental illness in the perinatal period by focusing on improving outcomes for them, their infant and their families. We do this by effective multidisciplinary integrated team working and ensuring effective prevention that responds to local need by: Intervening earlier to at preconception, during pregnancy and up to 1 year following delivery. On-going training of professionals from multiple disciplines. Improving pathways and processes for mothers, their families and professionals.
Delivering a multi-disciplinary specialist perinatal mental health service to women who present with severe/complex mental health needs, in accordance with CR197 staffing recommendations and delivery of NICE recommended intervention.
The post holder will carry a caseload and work with senior clinicians, have responsibility for the delivery of high-quality care that will include delivering talk therapies. The post holder will also be responsible for care planning and risk assessing in the perinatal period.
The post holder will possess knowledge of evidence-based psychological therapies and delivering talking therapies.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health, and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria, and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working; we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part-time, compressed hours, flexi-time, and career breaks.
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