Perinatal Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applicants for this position will need to be a trained mental health nurse with experience of having worked within adult acute mental health settings. The post will involve very close working not only with mental health services but wider social care services and so requires an individual with dynamic and exceptional communication skills.

A good working knowledge of child and adult safeguarding is essential, and you should have sound clinical skills, and the ability to thoroughly assess risk, formulate safe and effective management plans, and document this clearly and concisely.

Supervision and learning opportunities are actively encouraged and a full induction will be provided to the successful candidate.

Due to the position requiring the ability to travel between sites and offer home visits, a car owner/driver is essential.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

• oEvidence of professional qualification in nursing
• oEvidence of registration on Part 3 of NMC register
• oEvidence of continuing professional development including recently in perinatal mental health practice and safeguarding children practice

Desirable

• oEducated to degree level or equivalent
• oENB 998 or equivalent
• oClinical supervision training
• oQualifications/ training in specialist skills e.g. therapeutic/ psychological interventions

Experience

Essential

• oPost qualification experience
• oPost qualification experience working with women with serious mental illness
• oExperience of managing a caseload of service users via CPA with evidence of completing high quality assessments
• oExperience of working in a complex multi-disciplinary/ multi-agency context
• oExperience of undertaking complex nursing and mental state, risk and needs assessments
• oExperience of working in a multi- racial/cultural community and of working with interpreters

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• oUp to date knowledge of evidence based practice and current developments in perinatal mental health
• oKnowledge about mental illness in the perinatal period
• oUp to date knowledge of the Children Act 1989 and associated legislation and government policy and its implications for mental health services
• oKnowledge and understanding of diversity and equality issues and their application in perinatal mental health services
• oKnowledge & understanding of contributions of other disciplines and professionals to a multi-agency service

Desirable

• oUnderstanding of issues around information-sharing in relation to child protection and children in need

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).

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

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

BED Perinatal MH Team

Kimbolton Road

BEDFORD

MK40 2NU

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)