Perinatal Occupational Therapist

Job Summary The Specialist Perinatal Service is a passionate, dynamic and committed team and as part of our expansion plans, we are looking to a occupational therapists. We are one of the largest Specialist Perinatal Team in the country and pride ourselves in the expertise and compassion of our staff. Our team works with small caseloads of women and people who are pregnant or in the post-natal period experiencing mental health difficulties, at this important time in their lives. This is a rewarding and varied role working with our colleagues across the Perinatal Pathway, including maternity, health visiting, IAPT and Infant mental health. Key Responsibilities Work as an Occupational Therapist in the Specialist Perinatal Service, within cluster 2 in Salford, Bolton, Bury and Wigan to cover maternity leave. Providing an efficiently administered and professionally competent occupational therapy service for people who use the Specialist Perinatal Service. Manage a caseload of women in the perinatal period with complex, severe and enduring mental health needs, offering occupational therapy interventions where mental health problems have a marked impact on their occupational functioning and who have complex occupational needs. Offer specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions to a case load of clients of complex needs. Assessments and interventions will identify barriers and support clients to achieving functional goals. Provide occupational therapy advice to the multi-disciplinary team. Contribute to the planning, development, provision and evaluation of the Occupational Therapy Service within the Specialist Perinatal Service as well as contributing to audit, standard setting, research, and development. Provide professional supervision of students as well as training to students, staff colleagues and other agencies. Person Specification Education and Qualifications (Essential) Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy. Fieldwork educator's qualification within 1 year of appointment. Post registration training relevant in mental health. Education and Qualifications (Desirable) AMPS Training. Model of Human Occupation training. Experience (Essential) A demonstrable experience working as a qualified Occupational Therapist, including experience working in mental health. Experience providing occupational therapy in a mental health setting. Experience (Desirable) Experience of working with perinatal mental health clients. Experience of working in a community setting. Skills and Abilities (Essential) Be able to provide robust packages of care to service users in liaison with multiple stakeholders to safely manage mental health and risk management needs. Can work on own initiative and plan workload effectively responding to changing priorities. Skills and Abilities (Desirable) Can demonstrate involvement in and contribution to implementation of change in response to service need. Benefits Pay Enhancements 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years Excellent pension Cycle to work scheme Salary sacrifice car scheme Wellbeing programme Blue Light Card Discounts fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles) Contract Details Date posted: 18 November 2025 Pay scheme: Agenda for change Band: Band 6 Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata, per annum Contract: Fixed term Duration: 12 months Working pattern: Part-time Reference number: 437-7568332 Job location: Laureate House, Southmoor Rd, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 9LT 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. Certificate of Sponsorship 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 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). Employer Details Name: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT Address: Laureate House, Southmoor Rd, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 9LT Employer’s website: https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab) #J-18808-Ljbffr