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Perinatal Mental Health Services in Nottinghamshire is expanding. We are keen to recruit Clinical Psychologists or Therapists who are passionate about the emotional wellbeing of women in the perinatal period and their infants. You will have opportunity to undertake initial assessments and direct one to one and group based therapeutic work with women experiencing a wide range of mental health problems, often relating to complex trauma or attachment difficulties. You will also have opportunity for indirect working, offering supervision, consultation and training to both colleagues within the MDT, and the wider maternity system. The service is also seeking to develop psychological interventions across multiple pathways within and between services, and so you will be invited to contribute to innovative service design and improvement. We are keen to recruit people who enjoy working in multi-disciplinary teams and who are creative, adaptable and responsive to the needs of the service. We are looking for someone who is passionate about working with women and their families and whose values and principles are aligned with the organisation, including compassion, and a person/ family-centred focus. These posts offer a supportive team working environment, with a commitment to supervision. You will be a car owner/driver and hold a current driving licence, unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. In return for your skills and commitment we offer investment in personal development, access to the NHS Pension Scheme, generous holiday entitlement and flexible working opportunities. We would welcome informal visits and discussions. To plan and provide specialist psychological assessments and interventions in the community. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, consultation, training and supervision to other professionals, and to assistant psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists. To accept responsibility for maintaining a safe working environment for all staff and users. To carry out other tasks as requested by the Head of Service

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Professional Leadership and Development To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through Continuing Professional Development activities and to participate in the review and appraisal process. To adhere to the individual Professional code of conduct and practice at all times. To reflect on own practice individually and/or through regular clinical supervision. Provide clinical education, training, and evaluation of clinical competence of team and multidisciplinary team staff, providing support and guidance. To maintain, develop and disseminate specialist knowledge of evidence-based practice. To critically evaluate own work using evidence-based projects, audits, and outcome measures. To work autonomously as an Occupational Therapist within professional and PICS guidelines, policies, and procedures. Communication and Relationships Demonstrate advanced communication skills in providing advice, empowerment, facilitation, influence, motivation, and counselling. Be able to provide concise summary of appointments, raise any concerns to appropriate professionals, communicate treatment plan and request additional support or requirements from GP or other Healthcare Professional. Manage complex communication issues that may arise between differing health and social care professionals including de-escalation skills when working in highly antagonistic, hostile, and emotive clinical areas. Demonstrate an understanding of the need to involve patients and carers in decision making, offering them informed choices, respecting their views. Demonstrate the ability to recognise barriers to understanding that can be encountered with those without English as their first language, patients with disabilities and those with mental health difficulties such as anxiety, clinical depression or personality disorders. Seek out different styles and methods of communicating to assist longer term needs and aims. The nature of some communication can be unpredictable and can be of an urgent high priority nature: this can therefore be responsible for impacting into time allocated towards other necessary tasks. Provide and receive complex and sensitive information in relation to patient care and will have the ability to advise and support others to communicate information in an understandable, empathic, and reassuring way to adults with Mental Health and/or Learning Disabilities and/or Cognitive difficulties and their family and carers. Utilise communications in accordance with Caldicott Principles, Data Protection, Freedom of Information Act and Trust Policies and procedures. Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience Occupational Therapy qualification HCPC registered occupational therapist. Post graduate degree or equivalent qualification or experience. Highly developed specialist knowledge of meeting the health needs of Adults with Mental Health underpinned by theory and experience. A teaching qualification (e.g., ENB 998/P126/127) or a proven track record in occupational therapy education is desirable but not essential. In depth knowledge of National and HCPC policies, procedures, code of conduct and standards of care in relation to service provision for adults with mental health. Post qualification experience of working collaboratively with statutory partners, third sector partners and families/carers. Knowledge of safeguarding adult and childrens procedures and the ability to take on a lead role in strategy meetings as and when required. Developed skills from a wide and variant background, experience and a broad yet deep knowledge base underpinned with a proven track record and/or an academically scrutinised knowledge base. Proven professional development, a profile that demonstrates, advanced clinical occupational therapy practice. Systematic understanding of how to manage a designated, complex, occupational therapy caseload (relative to primary care) using theoretical and practical experience, completing assessments, planning, implementing occupational therapy interventions, and evaluating outcomes aligned to care plans. Offer advanced consultation skills and developed specialist and generic knowledge to undertake comprehensive assessment of health and psychosocial care needs of patients with complex disease, including holistic assessment, gathering and interpreting information, performing tests and analysing results. Analytical judgement underpinned with specialist knowledge and experience is used to develop evidenced based holistic personal care plan with patients, carers, relatives and health care professionals based on a full assessment. Provide evidence based written information, ensuring easy access to advice and information for patients and their carers. Working knowledge of Microsoft and GP practice data monitoring systems. Ability to write comprehensive clinical notes, implement and evaluate care plans. Provides specialist education and training to other professionals involved in patient care Participate in the education, induction programmes and support meetings for other professional staff. Monitor own performance by reflective practice and identify training and educational needs. Maintain up to date mandatory training records. Identify the potential benefits of, and participating in, educational programmes for patients and their relatives/carers. Address specific health targets e.g., NHS Plan, National Service Frameworks related to own area of practice through education Ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regard to mandatory training and individual health professional requirements. Analytical and judgment skills Ability to analyse and interpret complex, dynamic, and incomplete information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend appropriate course of action to address emergency issues in unfamiliar contexts. Demonstrate a high level of reflective practice and competence in clinical reasoning and decision making based on evidence-based OT practice. Analysis of and ability to work across organisational boundaries within health and social care and with wider community partners. Make a judgement on whether clients have the capacity to give informed consent seeking additional advice when necessary. It is desirable to have extensive risk assessment experience including use of the Mental Health or Mental Capacity Act. Planning and organisation skills Responsible for planning and managing their own workload. Work independently as an Enhanced Practitioner to manage own complex caseload. Plan and organise specialist occupational therapy provision and adjust as required. Promote, develop, and implement clinical standards and good practices both in care delivery and appropriate record keeping. Represent in the absence of the Clinical Team Lead as appropriate. Responsibilities for patient/client care Following the completion of a comprehensive core assessment, develop and provide an individualised, evidence-based programme of care based on formulation, including to those with complex needs/challenging behaviours. At all times work in collaboration with patients and carers ensuring that the patient is treated with compassion, respect and dignity. Manage distress and conflict in the day-to-day work with patients who, as an expression of their condition/ diagnosis, may at times be difficult to engage and/or demonstrate significant risk behaviours. Provide effective care and therapeutic interventions to patients presenting with a range of difficulties. To engage in active relapse prevention planning with patients and carers, contributing to their recovery and/ or wellbeing and discharge planning. Provide specialist advice and guidance to patients/carers and practitioners of other professional disciplines, less experienced staff, voluntary organisations and the public. Recognise and anticipate situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of patients and their carers and advise and treat on the promotion of health and the prevention of physical/mental and behavioural deterioration. Assist patients to develop Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP), or equivalent, including determining problems, identifying goals and setting individual objectives. Work flexibly to meet the needs of the PCN which may regularly include working extended hours. This is pre-agreed with the surgeries if you require to work Enhanced Access. Demonstrate flexibility in the role. This may involve working across clinical pathways to support the needs of the service, whilst ensuring the delivery of high-quality care at all times. Policy and Service Development Adhere to policies, procedures, protocols and standards and be instrumental in embedding these in service provision. Adhere to professional code of conduct and standards, and requirements of other legislation. Understand, contribute and advise on statutory issues which impact on patients and carers. Perform statutory duties and seek advice where necessary. Ensure Implementation of National, Trust and Local Service Legislation, Policies, Procedures and Guidelines for Health and Social Care and be involved in their development where appropriate. Report any deficiencies within the clinical environment or equipment. Actively participate in service developments and improving the quality of the delivery of evidence-based Treatment Interventions by others, ensuring a consistent and standardised approach across the Pathway. Participate in the effective monitoring, review and evaluation of the service provided Human Resources Take responsibility for keeping own professional knowledge and skills up to date through mandatory training, reflective practice, shared learning, etc. Be responsible for being actively involved in CPD and professional development plans via supervision and appraisal process. Completion of the HEE First Contact Practitioner Roadmap is mandatory once in post with the support of the Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead. For more information please see supporting documents.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Professional Leadership and Development To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through Continuing Professional Development activities and to participate in the review and appraisal process. To adhere to the individual Professional code of conduct and practice at all times. To reflect on own practice individually and/or through regular clinical supervision. Provide clinical education, training, and evaluation of clinical competence of team and multidisciplinary team staff, providing support and guidance. To maintain, develop and disseminate specialist knowledge of evidence-based practice. To critically evaluate own work using evidence-based projects, audits, and outcome measures. To work autonomously as an Occupational Therapist within professional and PICS guidelines, policies, and procedures. Communication and Relationships Demonstrate advanced communication skills in providing advice, empowerment, facilitation, influence, motivation, and counselling. Be able to provide concise summary of appointments, raise any concerns to appropriate professionals, communicate treatment plan and request additional support or requirements from GP or other Healthcare Professional. Manage complex communication issues that may arise between differing health and social care professionals including de-escalation skills when working in highly antagonistic, hostile, and emotive clinical areas. Demonstrate an understanding of the need to involve patients and carers in decision making, offering them informed choices, respecting their views. Demonstrate the ability to recognise barriers to understanding that can be encountered with those without English as their first language, patients with disabilities and those with mental health difficulties such as anxiety, clinical depression or personality disorders. Seek out different styles and methods of communicating to assist longer term needs and aims. The nature of some communication can be unpredictable and can be of an urgent high priority nature: this can therefore be responsible for impacting into time allocated towards other necessary tasks. Provide and receive complex and sensitive information in relation to patient care and will have the ability to advise and support others to communicate information in an understandable, empathic, and reassuring way to adults with Mental Health and/or Learning Disabilities and/or Cognitive difficulties and their family and carers. Utilise communications in accordance with Caldicott Principles, Data Protection, Freedom of Information Act and Trust Policies and procedures. Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience Occupational Therapy qualification HCPC registered occupational therapist. Post graduate degree or equivalent qualification or experience. Highly developed specialist knowledge of meeting the health needs of Adults with Mental Health underpinned by theory and experience. A teaching qualification (e.g., ENB 998/P126/127) or a proven track record in occupational therapy education is desirable but not essential. In depth knowledge of National and HCPC policies, procedures, code of conduct and standards of care in relation to service provision for adults with mental health. Post qualification experience of working collaboratively with statutory partners, third sector partners and families/carers. Knowledge of safeguarding adult and childrens procedures and the ability to take on a lead role in strategy meetings as and when required. Developed skills from a wide and variant background, experience and a broad yet deep knowledge base underpinned with a proven track record and/or an academically scrutinised knowledge base. Proven professional development, a profile that demonstrates, advanced clinical occupational therapy practice. Systematic understanding of how to manage a designated, complex, occupational therapy caseload (relative to primary care) using theoretical and practical experience, completing assessments, planning, implementing occupational therapy interventions, and evaluating outcomes aligned to care plans. Offer advanced consultation skills and developed specialist and generic knowledge to undertake comprehensive assessment of health and psychosocial care needs of patients with complex disease, including holistic assessment, gathering and interpreting information, performing tests and analysing results. Analytical judgement underpinned with specialist knowledge and experience is used to develop evidenced based holistic personal care plan with patients, carers, relatives and health care professionals based on a full assessment. Provide evidence based written information, ensuring easy access to advice and information for patients and their carers. Working knowledge of Microsoft and GP practice data monitoring systems. Ability to write comprehensive clinical notes, implement and evaluate care plans. Provides specialist education and training to other professionals involved in patient care Participate in the education, induction programmes and support meetings for other professional staff. Monitor own performance by reflective practice and identify training and educational needs. Maintain up to date mandatory training records. Identify the potential benefits of, and participating in, educational programmes for patients and their relatives/carers. Address specific health targets e.g., NHS Plan, National Service Frameworks related to own area of practice through education Ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regard to mandatory training and individual health professional requirements. Analytical and judgment skills Ability to analyse and interpret complex, dynamic, and incomplete information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend appropriate course of action to address emergency issues in unfamiliar contexts. Demonstrate a high level of reflective practice and competence in clinical reasoning and decision making based on evidence-based OT practice. Analysis of and ability to work across organisational boundaries within health and social care and with wider community partners. Make a judgement on whether clients have the capacity to give informed consent seeking additional advice when necessary. It is desirable to have extensive risk assessment experience including use of the Mental Health or Mental Capacity Act. Planning and organisation skills Responsible for planning and managing their own workload. Work independently as an Enhanced Practitioner to manage own complex caseload. Plan and organise specialist occupational therapy provision and adjust as required. Promote, develop, and implement clinical standards and good practices both in care delivery and appropriate record keeping. Represent in the absence of the Clinical Team Lead as appropriate. Responsibilities for patient/client care Following the completion of a comprehensive core assessment, develop and provide an individualised, evidence-based programme of care based on formulation, including to those with complex needs/challenging behaviours. At all times work in collaboration with patients and carers ensuring that the patient is treated with compassion, respect and dignity. Manage distress and conflict in the day-to-day work with patients who, as an expression of their condition/ diagnosis, may at times be difficult to engage and/or demonstrate significant risk behaviours. Provide effective care and therapeutic interventions to patients presenting with a range of difficulties. To engage in active relapse prevention planning with patients and carers, contributing to their recovery and/ or wellbeing and discharge planning. Provide specialist advice and guidance to patients/carers and practitioners of other professional disciplines, less experienced staff, voluntary organisations and the public. Recognise and anticipate situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of patients and their carers and advise and treat on the promotion of health and the prevention of physical/mental and behavioural deterioration. Assist patients to develop Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP), or equivalent, including determining problems, identifying goals and setting individual objectives. Work flexibly to meet the needs of the PCN which may regularly include working extended hours. This is pre-agreed with the surgeries if you require to work Enhanced Access. Demonstrate flexibility in the role. This may involve working across clinical pathways to support the needs of the service, whilst ensuring the delivery of high-quality care at all times. Policy and Service Development Adhere to policies, procedures, protocols and standards and be instrumental in embedding these in service provision. Adhere to professional code of conduct and standards, and requirements of other legislation. Understand, contribute and advise on statutory issues which impact on patients and carers. Perform statutory duties and seek advice where necessary. Ensure Implementation of National, Trust and Local Service Legislation, Policies, Procedures and Guidelines for Health and Social Care and be involved in their development where appropriate. Report any deficiencies within the clinical environment or equipment. Actively participate in service developments and improving the quality of the delivery of evidence-based Treatment Interventions by others, ensuring a consistent and standardised approach across the Pathway. Participate in the effective monitoring, review and evaluation of the service provided Human Resources Take responsibility for keeping own professional knowledge and skills up to date through mandatory training, reflective practice, shared learning, etc. Be responsible for being actively involved in CPD and professional development plans via supervision and appraisal process. Completion of the HEE First Contact Practitioner Roadmap is mandatory once in post with the support of the Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead. For more information please see supporting documents.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Being an accountable professional Act professionally at all times and use knowledge and experience to make evidence-based decisions and solve problems. Recognise and work within the limits of competence, working within professional boundaries and to be responsible for the actions taken. Be proactive in seeking opportunities to develop own knowledge and skills, attending statutory/mandatory updates in accordance with organisational requirement. Work as part of the PCNs multidisciplinary team to provide and monitor care under direct and indirect supervision. Promoting health and preventing ill health Support patients to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and wellbeing, demonstrated in such as: using behaviour change interventions to support health and wellness when undertaking health checks (physical and mental) which may include for example new patient checks, NHS Health checks (Q risk), over 75s checks and referring to other services as needed including signposting patients to personalised care colleagues and local community and voluntary sector services. Chronic disease management contribute to the monitoring of patients with, for example, respiratory disease, diabetes, coronary heart disease, renal failure, hypertension. Encourage patients to take part in health screening. The role may require, when appropriately trained, to perform cervical screening tests. Care for individuals with complex conditions such as dementia, mental health conditions, and learning disabilities. Providing and monitoring care Carry out procedures safely and effectively within the PCN practices and also in the patients home (including care homes), clinical tasks to include: Clinical observations such as BP / Pulse / Temperature / Oxygen saturations / point of care blood glucose / BMI Venepuncture Spirometry ECG Diabetic foot checks Sample processing and management Provide care and support with hygiene and maintenance of skin integrity including minor and complex wound care Administration of medicines via oral, topical and inhalation routes and administer injections using subcutaneous and intra-muscular routes. This will include immunisations influenza / shingles/ RSV/ pneumonia, B12 Assist GP / ANP with minor surgery / invasive procedures for example coil fitting Contribute to on-going assessment and recognise when it is necessary to refer patients onto others for reassessment. Working in teams Demonstrate the ability to recognise changing priorities seeking advice and guidance from the registered nurses or other registered care professionals as appropriate. Support, supervise and act as a role model to undergraduate student nurses (years one and two), trainee nurse associates, health care support workers and those new to care roles, review the quality of the care they provide, promoting reflection and providing constructive feedback. Participate in team meetings, clinical supervision and where required, contribute to setting the agenda and recording minutes. Contribute to team reflection activities, to promote improvements in practice and services. Improving safety and quality of care Protect health through understanding and applying the principles of infection prevention and control, including communicable disease surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship and resistance. Maintaining a safe work and care environment in particular; Cleaning and restocking consulting rooms, stock control of consumables. Adhering to infection control policies and procedures to include participation in regular audits, hand hygiene training, vaccine/cold chain storage awareness, spillage control procedures. Contributing to integrated care Ensure clear, concise, accurate and legible records and all communication is maintained in relation to care delivered adhering to local and national guidance. Develop relationships across the MDT to support integration of the role across health and social care including primary care, secondary care, and mental health. Communicate effectively across a wide range of channels and with a wide range of individuals, public, health and social care professionals, maintaining the focus of communication on delivering and improving health and care services. Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process. Recognise issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults and report any problems or raise concerns to the appropriate registered care professionals. All staff have the responsibility to support all learners and to keep their knowledge of supporting learners in practice up to date, according to appropriate governing bodies regulations. Supervision PCNs must ensure that the post holder has access to appropriate clinical supervision and an appropriate named individual in the PCN to provide general advice and support on a day-to-day basis.