Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
About
Here at Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS FT we have a reputation for being innovative and forward thinking. We actively seek out new ways to work flexibly with partners and are passionate about people. We are one of the leading providers of specialist mental health, drug and alcohol and learning disability services for people of all ages in southern England, working in partnership to offer integrated health and social care, with 2300 excellent staff and a £155m budget.
We offer best employment practice and environments for staff in terms of equal opportunities, managing and developing a diverse workforce.
Key details
Location
Site: Berkeley House
Address: 11-13 Ockford road
Town: Godalming
Postcode: GU7 1QU
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
Salary: £31,469 - £47,084 Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 5 - Band 6)
Specialty
Main area: Mental Health Perinatal Care
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for? This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
Do you aspire to change people's lives for the better? To work flexibly in a highly regarded team who strive to provide high quality care primarily to mothers, alongside their babies and partners? Ensuring women experience positive mental health during pregnancy and postnatally. We offer excellent training and development opportunities to enable you to work in this specialism, including perinatal conferences, simulation training, post graduate opportunities and regular internal training.
We are looking for a talented Community Perinatal Mental Health Nurse to join our Community Perinatal Mental Health Team at Berkeley House.
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The successful candidate will be allocated a local mentor to support them in the first 6 months. The following is an outline of the development expectations over time for the post. However, it is not exhaustive.
The clinical and managerial supervision process within the Community Nurse teams will monitor and tailor the process to each individual and will monitor progress after 6 months.
It is expected that by the end of the 2-year development period, the person will be able to demonstrate meeting the required competencies at a Band 6 level as outlined in the above job description and that the person has taken direct responsibility for that development or communicated difficulties in doing so via the support systems provided.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached Job description and Person specification for further information about the role and responsibilities.
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
* RMN with current NMC registration
* Evidence of on-going professional development
Desirable criteria
* Completion of preceptorship programme
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
* Experience of working with patients with severe and enduring mental health problems
* Skills in clinical assessment, risk assessment, and crisis management
Desirable criteria
* Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Understanding of Maternal Mental Illness
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Vimbai Matemba
Job title: Perinatal Service Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07768926932
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