Perinatal Occupational Therapist

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Perinatal Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 17 June 2026

The services offered will be provided in line with the principles and ethos of recovery and social inclusion. The Band 6 Occupational Therapist will contribute their highly specialist knowledge and expertise in supporting this approach and will ensure that all interventions amplify an individual's self-management skills.

Main duties of the job

To manage a caseload of women in the perinatal period with complex, severe and enduring mental health needs, providing interventions which support and promote improved mental and physical health for mothers, babies and their families.

To be responsible for conjunction with the OTs in the service to support the development and evaluation of evidence-based OT practice within the perinatal service.

To work in conjunction with senior staff in the MDT to support th...