Clinical Nurse Specialist for Perinatal Mental Health (part time)
Band 7
Main area: Adult Community Mental Health Services
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 15 hours per week
Job ref: 277-7015784-CMH
Site: Queen Mary's Hospital
Town: Sidcup, Kent
Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 pro rata pa inc
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/03/2025 23:59
Job overview
Oxleas Perinatal Service is offering an exciting opportunity to join an expanding team providing specialist, multidisciplinary perinatal mental health care for women from preconception, during pregnancy and up to one year postnatal in the boroughs of Bexley, Bromley or Greenwich.
The post holder will work collaboratively with others in the team as well as professionals from other services including Community Mental Health Teams, IAPT, maternity services, GPs and health visiting to build on the achievements to date and continue to develop this high-quality service to ensure excellent outcomes for women and their families.
We are looking for a clinician with a special interest in improving care for women and their families. Experience of working in the Perinatal Mental Health field is desirable; a keen interest in this specialist area is essential.
All applicants must have excellent clinical skills and a good level of post-registration experience, proven ability to complete comprehensive mental state examinations, thoroughly assess risk, and document and communicate these clearly and concisely. There will be regular opportunities for training and development within the role.
Main duties of the job
The Perinatal Mental Health service will be delivered by three borough-based teams providing specialist, multidisciplinary perinatal mental health care for women from preconception, during pregnancy and up to one year (expanding to two years) postnatal who live in one of the three London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. The three teams are co-located at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup.
The post holder will primarily work within the perinatal assessment clinic.
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To ensure that all borough service users over the age of 18 who are pregnant, have infants under one year old or have pregnant partners, receive appropriate perinatal support for themselves and their baby. This service will be delivered in a manner that is competent, compassionate and recovery-focused.
This will be achieved through:
• Direct work with perinatal women - assessment, treatment, planning and review
• Training other staff
• Joint work with other staff
• Advice and consultation to other staff
• Liaison work with maternity services
• Linking with the Named Professionals for Safeguarding Children, Psychiatric Liaison Team and other relevant staff
• Promoting the development of perinatal mental health services in assigned locality
Key relationships:
• Members of the Perinatal Mental Health Team
• Midwives
• Safeguarding Children Team – Associate Director and Named Professionals
• All Trust services in assigned borough
• Liaison Psychiatry
• Local MBUs
• Local maternity Safeguarding Children Teams
• Children's Social Care Services
Key tasks and responsibilities:
1. To provide specialist case management to a caseload of pregnant women and women with a baby up to and over 12 months old.
2. As a member of the perinatal team, you will be expected to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for managing a clinical caseload independently, providing specialist assessment and follow-up for women referred with moderate to severe perinatal mental health problems in a variety of settings.
3. To participate in the screening of referrals in line with local team arrangements.
4. To record and update on the Trust and maternity computerised client information systems ensuring that entries are accurate and contemporaneous.
5. To be accountable for own professional action and to seek advice and supervision from line manager where needed over ethical issues.
Person specification
Further training
* Evidence of additional training relevant to perinatal mental health
Clinical skills
* Post qualification experience working in the community
* Evidence that able to provide highly specialist therapeutic assessments and a range of therapeutic interventions
* Health Visiting or Midwifery qualification
Communication Skills
* Evidence of excellent communication skills with other agencies
Experience
* Community experience
* Previous experience working with women during the perinatal period
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.
If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time.
Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process.
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.
Name: Leanne Kalemaj
Job title: Team Manager
Email address: leanne.kalemaj@nhs.net
Telephone number: 0203 9613610
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