Job summary
The Sheffield Perinatal Mental Health Service is a specialist community mental health service working with women and birthing people who are suffering from, thought to be suffering from, or at high risk of suffering from moderate to severe mental health and/or parent-infant relationship difficulties in the perinatal period (currently this extends to baby's first birthday - there are plans to extend to baby's second birthday at some point in the future). The service has grown significantly in line with national developments in this field over the last 10 years, and the current makeup of the service is a multi-disciplinary staff team of nearly 40 staff from over 14 different professional groups delivering a wide range of evidence-based care and treatment to around 500 women/birthing people and their families per year.
As part of this development journey, the service has become adept at welcoming people who have never worked in perinatal mental healthcare before into the team. Excellent induction, specialist training, support, supervision, and coaching / mentoring are all provided, and will be warmly offered to this new team member. The team has a lot of experienced staff and leaders, and this person will join a supportive, collaborative, and well-structured senior leadership team and clinical service.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached Recruitment Pack for this role, for a full and detailed job description and person specification, including the main duties of the role.
About us
We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.
What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.
It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of
If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.
We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Recruitment Pack for this role, for a full and detailed job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Recruitment Pack for this role, for a full and detailed job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Passion and skill in the engagement of distressed and traumatised female patients and their families.
- Collaborative, inclusive and service user focused approach to assessment and formulation / diagnosis.
- Clear, evidence-based approach to risk assessment and management
- Ability to appraise complex, multi-faceted information from various sources and bring together into a shared, coherent understanding.
- Creative and collaborative approach to planning and delivering interventions and care plans.
- Strong, compassionate leadership skills.
- Ability to supervise and proactively lead junior staff.
- Awareness of the commissioning arrangements in the service and the broader national expectations for the specialism of PNMH.
- Ability to interpret published research and to apply research findings to clinical practice.
- Trauma informed clinical approach.
Desirable
- Expert in prescribing in the perinatal period.
- Knowledge of best practice and evidence relating to this clinical specialism (including risks).
- Good working knowledge of attachment, infant mental health, and infant development.
- Leadership training / knowledge.
- Experience of involvement in service development.
- Practical experience of research.
- Aligned to the Trust's mission and committed to its values.
- Safeguarding expert.
- Performance / governance focused and interested.
- Understanding of pregnancy, antenatal and postnatal physical health considerations.
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice.
- Inclusion on the Specialist Register or eligibility for inclusion.
- Certificate of Completion of Training in General Adult Psychiatry (ST6 trainees should be within six months of attainment at the time of the interview) or CESR equivalent.
- Section 12 (2) MHA 1983 approved.
- Approved Clinician (AC) status/eligibility to be on the AC register.
Desirable
- MRCPsych or equivalent.
- MD, Other professional qualification (e.g. MSc)
- Coaching training
- Leadership training
- Training in evidence-based interventions for Perinatal Mental Health patients.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in General Adult Psychiatry. Experience working with women in the perinatal period.
- Experience of leading a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates.
- Evidence of experience in medical audit and understanding of principles of clinical governance
Desirable
- Experience as a Consultant Psychiatrist in a Perinatal Mental Health Service.
- Experience working with parent-infant relationships.
- Experience leading a community mental health service.
- Teaching/presentation experience (e.g., conference presentation, EBM, research experience) to a range of audiences.
- Experience networking and building collaborative working relationships across a range of stakeholders / other clinical specialisms to improve patient care pathways and experience.
Other
Essential
- Flexible to work region wide, in person and remotely, as required by the service.
- Committed to a career in Perinatal Mental Health.
- Understanding of importance of multi-disciplinary service provision, and collaborative working across teams for the benefit of service users.
- Understanding of and ability to deliver care in collaboration with service users to promote recovery.
- Sensitivity to needs of different ethnic and minority groups.
- Awareness of gender issues in the service provision.
- Highly effective communication skills.
- Reflective, insightful to own learning and communication style, willing to learn and develop.
- Team player, strengths focused, skilled in developing positive, professional relationships.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Passion and skill in the engagement of distressed and traumatised female patients and their families.
- Collaborative, inclusive and service user focused approach to assessment and formulation / diagnosis.
- Clear, evidence-based approach to risk assessment and management
- Ability to appraise complex, multi-faceted information from various sources and bring together into a shared, coherent understanding.
- Creative and collaborative approach to planning and delivering interventions and care plans.
- Strong, compassionate leadership skills.
- Ability to supervise and proactively lead junior staff.
- Awareness of the commissioning arrangements in the service and the broader national expectations for the specialism of PNMH.
- Ability to interpret published research and to apply research findings to clinical practice.
- Trauma informed clinical approach.
Desirable
- Expert in prescribing in the perinatal period.
- Knowledge of best practice and evidence relating to this clinical specialism (including risks).
- Good working knowledge of attachment, infant mental health, and infant development.
- Leadership training / knowledge.
- Experience of involvement in service development.
- Practical experience of research.
- Aligned to the Trust's mission and committed to its values.
- Safeguarding expert.
- Performance / governance focused and interested.
- Understanding of pregnancy, antenatal and postnatal physical health considerations.
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice.
- Inclusion on the Specialist Register or eligibility for inclusion.
- Certificate of Completion of Training in General Adult Psychiatry (ST6 trainees should be within six months of attainment at the time of the interview) or CESR equivalent.
- Section 12 (2) MHA 1983 approved.
- Approved Clinician (AC) status/eligibility to be on the AC register.
Desirable
- MRCPsych or equivalent.
- MD, Other professional qualification (e.g. MSc)
- Coaching training
- Leadership training
- Training in evidence-based interventions for Perinatal Mental Health patients.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in General Adult Psychiatry. Experience working with women in the perinatal period.
- Experience of leading a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates.
- Evidence of experience in medical audit and understanding of principles of clinical governance
Desirable
- Experience as a Consultant Psychiatrist in a Perinatal Mental Health Service.
- Experience working with parent-infant relationships.
- Experience leading a community mental health service.
- Teaching/presentation experience (e.g., conference presentation, EBM, research experience) to a range of audiences.
- Experience networking and building collaborative working relationships across a range of stakeholders / other clinical specialisms to improve patient care pathways and experience.
Other
Essential
- Flexible to work region wide, in person and remotely, as required by the service.
- Committed to a career in Perinatal Mental Health.
- Understanding of importance of multi-disciplinary service provision, and collaborative working across teams for the benefit of service users.
- Understanding of and ability to deliver care in collaboration with service users to promote recovery.
- Sensitivity to needs of different ethnic and minority groups.
- Awareness of gender issues in the service provision.
- Highly effective communication skills.
- Reflective, insightful to own learning and communication style, willing to learn and develop.
- Team player, strengths focused, skilled in developing positive, professional relationships.
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).
