South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist
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Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist, passionate about perinatal mental health?
Do you thrive on service development, clinical leadership, and making a difference where it matters most?
We’re looking for a dynamic Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist to lead and develop occupational therapy provision in our Mother and Baby Unit at the Bethlem Royal Hospital.
We have recently been accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, making us the only MBU in London currently to have achieved these standards.
Our specialist unit supports women experiencing mental illness during pregnancy and the postnatal period, including postnatal depression, postpartum psychosis, and relapse of any and all serious mental illness. You’ll play a pivotal role in supporting recovery, attachment, and meaningful occupation for mothers and their babies.
This Is a Standout Opportunity To
- Lead high-quality OT practice in a specialist inpatient setting
- Shape and grow a vital service
- Share your expertise and influence practice within a multi-disciplinary team
- Lead with compassion, confidence and purpose
If you’re ready to lead, innovate, and make a lasting difference for mothers and babies, apply now and be part of something truly meaningful.
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Key Responsibilities
- Provide a range of specialist Occupational Therapy assessments of antenatal and post-natal women.
- Have specialist knowledge to carry out OT assessments and interventions in both one-to-one and group sessions.
- Manage a caseload of service users with complex needs.
- Lead on the planning, co-ordination, development and evaluation of Occupational Therapy provision on the Mother and Baby Unit.
- Provide leadership for junior Staff, Students, Sessional Workers and Volunteers.
- Lead on and hold responsibility for defined projects as agreed with the Ward Manager and/or Head of Therapies.
By coming to work on the Mother and Baby Unit you would be part of the SLaM Perinatal Services, which include the MBU and Community Perinatal Teams for the local boroughs.
The team work in a multi-disciplinary manner and the different professional skills of each team member make a valuable contribution to the care and recovery of the mothers who are admitted here. There is a strong ethos of working with the mother and baby relationship, the wider family and friendship systems and in keeping the social and cultural context of the family in mind. In addition to this we are a trauma led service.
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About South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM)
SLaM provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.
SLaM has more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services and by coming to work at SLaM, you will be part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities, and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field with an extensive range of learning opportunities for staff. In addition, our working relationship with King's Health Partners allows those working at the Trust to get involved in academic research.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: June Judd
- Job title: Ward Manager
- Email address: June.Judd@slam.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07596892626
Jim Davies
Interim Head of Therapies – Psychological Medicine, Older Adults and Neurodevelopmental Services (PMOA&NDS)
07525804347
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