Job summary
Health Visiting band 7 Perinatal Mental Health Specialist Health Visitor - part time 4 days per week 30 hrs. This is a 2 year fixed term secondment cover until end of August 2025.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and forward thinking Perinatal Mental Health Specialist Health Visitor within Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.
A clean driving license, access to a car or alternative transport i.e. bicycle is an essential requirement of this post.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be a resource for practitioners and support them when they are working with complex perinatal mental health needs. You will be an excellent communicator who can promote effective working relationships with all health care professionals and agencies.
You will be a role model who is supportive to fellow colleagues, team managers, the neighbourhood health visitor lead and regular clinical delivery You will be an enthusiastic individual, possessing good organisational and communication skills and have the ability as a perinatal mental health specialist to implement new initiatives and to motivate members of the health visiting teams across Lewisham.
You will be required to undertake audits, analyse results and present the findings using information technology. You will keep staff up dated with relevant research and evidence based practice
About us
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
As an organisation, we've made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of "Good" in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of "Good" that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust's improvement journey, as we've stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We've also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To promote effective working relationships by liaising with colleagues, GPs, other professionals, and statutory and voluntary agencies
To communicate highly sensitive and complex information to appropriate parties by promoting effective working relationships within their integrated teams
To support staff to undertake child and family health assessments in partnership with the family and, where needed, use the Common Assessment Framework to develop specific family health plans to meet long term health and parenting needs
To promote and train staff in the use of validated Mental Health assessment tools to screen for and identify Perinatal Mental Health and to refer to an appropriate therapeutic intervention if indicated.
To organise and deliver (working closely with Clinical Practice Educator) the iHV Perinatal Mental health training to all grades of clinical and non- clinical members of the HV team
To act as a resource and support to other practitioners working with women with identified and complex Perinatal mental health needs
To interpret, evaluate and implement the effective working practices that deliver on the outcomes agreed at a strategic level (KPI)
To take the lead in audits relating to mental health as required by the trust
To plan and organise own workload around the Perinatal Mental Health agenda within Lewisham and Greenwich
To lead in the development and implementation of support groups for women with identified Perinatal mental health needs
To contribute to the local health inequalities agenda liaising with colleagues and wider multi agency partners
Job description
Job responsibilities
To promote effective working relationships by liaising with colleagues, GPs, other professionals, and statutory and voluntary agencies
To communicate highly sensitive and complex information to appropriate parties by promoting effective working relationships within their integrated teams
To support staff to undertake child and family health assessments in partnership with the family and, where needed, use the Common Assessment Framework to develop specific family health plans to meet long term health and parenting needs
To promote and train staff in the use of validated Mental Health assessment tools to screen for and identify Perinatal Mental Health and to refer to an appropriate therapeutic intervention if indicated.
To organise and deliver (working closely with Clinical Practice Educator) the iHV Perinatal Mental health training to all grades of clinical and non- clinical members of the HV team
To act as a resource and support to other practitioners working with women with identified and complex Perinatal mental health needs
To interpret, evaluate and implement the effective working practices that deliver on the outcomes agreed at a strategic level (KPI)
To take the lead in audits relating to mental health as required by the trust
To plan and organise own workload around the Perinatal Mental Health agenda within Lewisham and Greenwich
To lead in the development and implementation of support groups for women with identified Perinatal mental health needs
To contribute to the local health inequalities agenda liaising with colleagues and wider multi agency partners
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Health Visitor
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of specialist skills underpinned by theory ('equivalent to master's level)
Desirable
- Undertaken IHV 2-day perinatal mental health
- 997/998 or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of local, national, and international strategies relevant to perinatal mental health
- Understanding of the impact of perinatal mental health needs on the mother family & child and the issues of public health and health inequalities associated perinatal mental health needs
- Good IT skills including email, Word and excel
Desirable
- Knowledge of audit and research
- Knowledge of RIO
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of post qualification experience of working within the NHS in a community setting
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working and working in a culturally sensitive way within a multicultural setting
Desirable
- Experience of community development and project management
- Experience of delivering training and supervision
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Health Visitor
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of specialist skills underpinned by theory ('equivalent to master's level)
Desirable
- Undertaken IHV 2-day perinatal mental health
- 997/998 or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of local, national, and international strategies relevant to perinatal mental health
- Understanding of the impact of perinatal mental health needs on the mother family & child and the issues of public health and health inequalities associated perinatal mental health needs
- Good IT skills including email, Word and excel
Desirable
- Knowledge of audit and research
- Knowledge of RIO
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of post qualification experience of working within the NHS in a community setting
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working and working in a culturally sensitive way within a multicultural setting
Desirable
- Experience of community development and project management
- Experience of delivering training and supervision
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.
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 the 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).
Additional information
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.
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 the 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).
