Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Senior Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 18 March 2026

Job summary

Interview will be held on 27th March 2026

Join our dynamic and compassionate Community Perinatal Mental Health Team in Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner, where you will play a pivotal role in supporting women and birthing people experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties during pregnancy and in their postnatal period.

If you are passionate about maternal mental health, early intervention, and making a lasting impact on the birthing population and their families, this is an opportunity to grow your career in a forward-thinking and supportive environment.

This role is 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday Service.The Team's base is at Resource house in Wokingham where you are surrounded by local cafs and shops. The role combines both remote, community and office working with hot desking bases across Berkshire.

Main duties of the job

In this rewarding role, you will act as a Care Coordinator, delivering high-quality, trauma-informed, and evidence-based interventions to birthing people and their families at a crucial stage of life.

You'll undertake comprehensive specialist assessments, develop collaborative care plans, and provide or transfer into therapeutic interventions that promote recovery, resilience, and positive parent-infant relationships.

You will be working autonomously and collaboratively within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team--including other MH practitioners' psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health wellbeing practitioner's nursery nurses and support workers and closely linked to specialist midwives, health visitors, other community MH teams and social care partners

You'll contribute your expertise to risk management, safeguarding, and case formulation. You'll also liaise closely with maternity services,health visiting, adult MH services,primary care, and community agencies to ensure seamless, holistic care and recovery in the community.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

Caring for and about you is our top priority
Committed to providing good quality, safe services
Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

Flexible working options to support work-life balance
27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
Generous NHS pension scheme
Excellent learning and career development opportunities
'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
Free parking across Trust sites

Date posted

11 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,617 to £48,778 a year per annum ( Incl of HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

371-CFS702

Job locations

Perinatal Mental Health , Resource House

Wokingham

RG40 2BB

Job description

Job responsibilities

The must have's for this role:

1.You must be a Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) or Social Worker (or equivalent qualification whereby the person is licensed to assess, plan and evaluate care for patients with mental health problems) to apply for this role.

2. Experience of working effectively with a range of professional staff and external agencies

3.Knowledge and experience of working in a care environment and with service users who have complex mental health needs

4.Experience of working effectively in a multidisciplinary team and multi-agency environment

5. A passion for supporting patients and their families recovery in the community with strong support plans that support long term stability.

6. The ability to independently manage and organise personal workload and identify in-efficiencies that support overall improvements of personal workload and of the team.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to call: Pam Bidiyal on 07500579063 or email: pam.bidiyal@berkshire.nhs.uk who'll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.