Senior Occupational Therapist Perinatal Team

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the dynamic forward thinking Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Team on a fixed term basis for 12 months to cover maternity leave.The post is a full time position (37.5 hours a week), however, part time and/or job sharing would be considered for the right applicant/s. The successful applicant must have a minimum 2 years post graduate experience as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist or equivalent.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a specialist area of occupational therapy practice and work alongside a multidisciplinary team to deliver a high quality and evidence based practice for clients of the CWP Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Services. The successful applicant will offer specialist occupational therapy assessment and treatment focusing on perinatal mental health, transition to parenthood and consider the infant and mother-infant relationship.

This post is to caseload hold in the Wirral area of the CWP patch with the team's base being at Pioneer Business Park, Ellesmere Port., This is a fixed term position for 12 months to cover maternity leave for 37.5 hours per week, covering core working hours (9am-5pm) Monday to Friday. Flexible/ job-share / part time arrangements may be considered.

The team cover the whole of the CWP footprint and four maternity units across the patch including ; - Arrowe Park Hospital - Wirral, Countess of Chester Hospital - Chester, Leighton Hospital - Crewe, Macclesfield District & General Hospital - Macclesfield. This post is to caseload hold in the Wirral part of our patch.

The clinical team mainly operate agile working with a weekly meeting held at the base and offer clinics across the patch, therefore ability to travel is necessary for this role.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.