Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Practitioner - CWS Perinatal MH Service

The closing date is 01 July 2025

Job summary

We are excited to be an expanding service and are looking to recruit a practitioner - RMN to join the Coastal West Sussex Team - this post is full time maternity cover throughto 16th June 2026 as fixed term contract or secondment.

Full training, support and supervision given- and this role can build on previous mental health experience. This is an exciting time to join a developing, innovative specialist service!

Main duties of the job

As a practitioner in the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health service you will be working closely with psychiatrists, psychologists and other clinical practitioners, as well as management and administration colleagues, to provide a mental health service for individuals with perinatal mental health problems. We offer assessment and treatment in clinic community settings as well as in the home. The service also works closely with other agencies such as children and family services, primary care as well as non-statutory organisations.

This role comes with specialist perinatal training as well as a package of supervision and reflective practice and lead nurse support.

About us

The Long Term Plan for Mental Health sets out national and local ambitions to improve care for people in pregnancy through the first stages of the babies life who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, mental health difficulties.

One in five women experience post or ante natal depression, anxiety or in some cases psychosis, during pregnancy or in the first year after childbirth.

Perinatal community mental health services provide specialist care for women (and their babies) with moderate to severe mental illness, such as bipolar disorder or severe depression. The long-term benefits of this kind of specialist care offers early help and support to parents and babies to help with a range of perinatal issues including parent infant bonding.

Sussex Partnership have a Perinatal Mental Health Service that covers Sussex. This is delivered by four teams across the area. The service is committed to delivering a high quality service with a strong focus on staff wellbeing.

Date posted

24 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-CS-21708

Job locations

Swandean

85 Arundel Road

Worthing

BN13 3EP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description for outlines of the main duties and responsibilities of this post, and the person specification which lists the requirements necessary to perform the job. Candidates will be assessed according to the extent to which they meet the specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

First Level Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

EXPERIENCE

Essential

Proven experience in Adult Mental Health
Working within a multi-professional and cross organisational environment

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

First Level Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

EXPERIENCE

Essential

Proven experience in Adult Mental Health
Working within a multi-professional and cross organisational environment

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).