Job summary
Northamptonshire Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service provides assessment and treatment to women experiencing or at an increased chance of experiencing a moderate to severe mental health condition during pregnancy and up to the child's 1st birthday. The service provides assessment and high quality evidence based interventions to an increasing number of women in Northamptonshire in line with the 5 Year Forward View and NHS Long Term Plan.
Main duties of the job
We have an opportunity for a Band 5 or Band 6 role as a Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner.
We are looking to recruit a Mental Health Nurse either with significant experience who have a passion for delivering evidence based interventions, or (at Band 5) with a willingness to gain this experience in post with significant support to develop. Applicants will need to have a genuine interest in Perinatal Mental Health and the development of the service, excellent communication skills, the ability to provide supervision to junior staff and mentorship to students.
The Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service also offers pre-conception advice for woman with a known mental illness wishing to conceive and provide training and education to professionals alongside experts by experience.
Experience of working in the Perinatal Mental Health field is desirable as is knowledge of Perinatal Mental Health Conditions, prevalence rates, treatment interventions and Safeguarding Policies and Procedures. A keen interest and passion for working with women and their families is a must, as is the ability to work closely with a range of professionals from health visiting, Maternity, Children's Services and the Third Sector.
If you want to work as part of our expanding specialised multi-professional team, we want to hear from you.
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- NMC Registration
- Qualification to degree level or equivalent
- Experience of working with women with serious mental illness
- Experience of undertaking detailed mental health assessments and developing care plans
- Experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems
Desirable
- Specialist training in perinatal and infant mental health
- Experience of working with women in the perinatal period
- Experience of service user and carer initiatives and engagement and co-production
Behaviours and Values
Essential
- Demonstrate excellent initiative and organizational skills
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively through formal presentation to others
- Ability to work flexibly across service boundaries and with professionals from health care settings such as maternity services
- Ability to contribute to and facilitate effective multi-disciplinary/multi-agency working
Desirable
- In depth knowledge of local health services
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to effectively manage own clinical and administrative caseload and work under pressure at times of change
- Ability to identify, recognise and understand safeguarding children issues and refer appropriately
- Ability to work effectively with women from diverse minority ethnic and cultural backgrounds and with families with a high level of deprivation, social isolation, exclusion and stigma
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with women experiencing a wide range of mental health problems and their families
Desirable
- Knowledge of National policy and service development issues relating to Perinatal mental health
- Ability to effectively liaise and offer specialist perinatal mental health advice and consultation to other agencies and disciplines
- Specialist knowledge of perinatal mental health conditions and interventions or willingness to undertake training
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- NMC Registration
- Qualification to degree level or equivalent
- Experience of working with women with serious mental illness
- Experience of undertaking detailed mental health assessments and developing care plans
- Experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems
Desirable
- Specialist training in perinatal and infant mental health
- Experience of working with women in the perinatal period
- Experience of service user and carer initiatives and engagement and co-production
Behaviours and Values
Essential
- Demonstrate excellent initiative and organizational skills
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively through formal presentation to others
- Ability to work flexibly across service boundaries and with professionals from health care settings such as maternity services
- Ability to contribute to and facilitate effective multi-disciplinary/multi-agency working
Desirable
- In depth knowledge of local health services
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to effectively manage own clinical and administrative caseload and work under pressure at times of change
- Ability to identify, recognise and understand safeguarding children issues and refer appropriately
- Ability to work effectively with women from diverse minority ethnic and cultural backgrounds and with families with a high level of deprivation, social isolation, exclusion and stigma
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with women experiencing a wide range of mental health problems and their families
Desirable
- Knowledge of National policy and service development issues relating to Perinatal mental health
- Ability to effectively liaise and offer specialist perinatal mental health advice and consultation to other agencies and disciplines
- Specialist knowledge of perinatal mental health conditions and interventions or willingness to undertake training
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).
