North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Senior Community Perinatal Mental Health Nurse

The closing date is 04 June 2025

Job summary

We are delighted to be advertising the opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 CPN to join and strengthen our perinatal mental health team within the Parent and Baby day unit.

The post holder will deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for mothers with serious and enduring mental health difficulties. The role involves managing a defined caseload, acting as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will provide assessment, psychosocial, evidence-based interventions using a collaborative approach and will be skilled at risk assessment and management. They will complement the multidisciplinary working of the team, providing supervision for other team members, as agreed with the Operational Manager. They will participate in team and service development and evaluation. Liaison, advice and consultation with a wide range of agencies is central to the role.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve supporting mums/ birthing people experiencing moderate to severe difficulties with their emotional wellbeing during the perinatal period. You will work alongside families, carers and other health professionals to provide high quality care, assessment and treatment.

The appointed individual will need to be innovative, compassionate and motivated. They will need to have a passion to support mothers and their families working in a person centred approach and make a positive contribution to service development. This is an opportunity to join our Team as we enter a time of new development in our service.

Support and interventions are delivered in a recovery focused way which promote independence and resilience, and deliver high quality outcomes for service users and their families.

TheParent and Baby unitday service operates from its baseThe Bennett Centre, Richmond Terrace, Shelton, S-O-T, ST1 4NDthe day service is openfrom 8:30am until 4.30pm, Monday to Sunday.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Details

Date posted

21 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata, per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

232-CMT-7179407

Job locations

The Bennett Centre

Stoke on Trent

ST1 4ND


Job description

Job responsibilities

To act as named nurse / care coordinator for a group of patients ensuring that appropriate interventions are planned and delivered according to assessed need. To promote a positive nurse patient relationship and to engage with carers / relatives as appropriate. To have responsibility for documenting the plans of care and ensuring that plans remain current and that standards of record keeping are adhered to.

To provide advice and education to junior staff and both patient and carers in respect of prescribed medicines.

Provide support and guidance to junior or less experienced staff in the planning and delivery of nursing care for individuals for whom they are named nurse / worker. To provide support to patients within this group at times when the named nurse / worker is unavailable. E.g. periods of annual leave sickness etc.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To act as named nurse / care coordinator for a group of patients ensuring that appropriate interventions are planned and delivered according to assessed need. To promote a positive nurse patient relationship and to engage with carers / relatives as appropriate. To have responsibility for documenting the plans of care and ensuring that plans remain current and that standards of record keeping are adhered to.

To provide advice and education to junior staff and both patient and carers in respect of prescribed medicines.

Provide support and guidance to junior or less experienced staff in the planning and delivery of nursing care for individuals for whom they are named nurse / worker. To provide support to patients within this group at times when the named nurse / worker is unavailable. E.g. periods of annual leave sickness etc.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A qualified/registered Mental Health nurse.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with a range of Statutory non-statutory agencies.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of various approaches to mental health assessment.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A qualified/registered Mental Health nurse.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with a range of Statutory non-statutory agencies.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of various approaches to mental health assessment.

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

The Bennett Centre

Stoke on Trent

ST1 4ND


Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

The Bennett Centre

Stoke on Trent

ST1 4ND


Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader

Nicola Matless

nicola.matless@combined.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

21 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata, per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

232-CMT-7179407

Job locations

The Bennett Centre

Stoke on Trent

ST1 4ND


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