Job Summary
Would you like to work in a friendly and supportive Perinatal Team based at St Andrews Place and delivering a service across Hull, East Riding, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire to women experiencing perinatal difficulties?
Do you like the idea of using your skills in a rewarding and fulfilling way to help women at a crucial point in their lives?
If the answer is yes, we currently have a Specialist Perinatal Practitioner Post available for 30 hours per week.
Working in a perinatal team means that you can help women like Hayley in our #EveryMumMatters video (www.everymummatters.com).
Main Duties of the Job
We know that providing person-centred care and intervention can impact significantly on quality of life for women as well as that of their children and families.
You will be implementing early interventions using a biopsychosocial approach and developing individualised care plans for the management of mental health in the antenatal, labour, and postnatal periods for our women including mental health birth plans.
The post holder will primarily be required to work as a specialist practitioner providing evidence-based interventions to treat perinatal conditions.
Your day-to-day activities will also include giving preconception advice to women with major mental health difficulties as well as providing specialist assessments and early identification of mental health issues using NICE recommendations with early referrals to mental health services when required.
About Us
We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We recognize the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where, and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
Date Posted: 12 December 2024
Pay Scheme: Agenda for Change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year PA
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference Number: 338-6865961-24
Job Responsibilities
For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential:
1. Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g., Mental Health Act, Child Protection, Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
2. Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within Perinatal Mental Health
3. Basic IT skills
4. Part III or 13 of NMC live register or appropriate core professional training
5. Post registration/graduate diploma or equivalent experience in related work area, to demonstrate advanced level of practice
6. Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students
Desirable:
1. Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts within own area of work/responsibility
Experience
Essential:
1. Evidence in perinatal or mother and baby work
2. Evidence of development of specialist practice clinical skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
3. Act as Care Programme Approach (CPA) Co-ordinator
Desirable:
1. Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
2. Development of specialist/advanced level of practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
3. Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice
Skills and Competencies
Essential:
1. Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students
2. Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
3. Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
4. Good time management skills
Desirable:
1. Evidence of CPD or experiential learning at an advanced level e.g., Post graduate/Masters level Leadership training/qualification/experience
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Princes Court Medical Centre, Princes Avenue, Hull, HU5 3QA
Employer's Website: https://www.humber.nhs.uk/
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