A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Perinatal mental health services underwent a time of huge expansion nationally. Locally this has led to the development of a comprehensive perinatal mental health service for South Birmingham during Wave 1 of national funding. Wave 2 of this nationally funding has led to the creation of comprehensive services covering the Black Country and West Birmingham and the North & East Birmingham and Solihull. All teams are multi-disciplinary and comprise of specialist practitioners from relevant disciplines – psychology, nursing, OT, nursery nurses. These new teams work alongside the well-established existing 10 bedded inpatient Mother and Baby Unit and its inreach/outreach team, which accepts referrals from across the country. The Mother and Baby Unit is now commissioned by the newly-formed West Midlands Perinatal Provider Collaborative.
An important aspect of this post will be supporting the continued development of perinatal mental health community teams.
We are seeking to recruit a consultant psychiatrist who will provide perinatal psychiatric care to the West Birmingham area for 5 PAs per week for a fixed term period of 1 year.
The postholder will provide perinatal psychiatric care to the West Birmingham area.
The postholder and the other consultants for Birmingham will provide reciprocal cover for the community team during the working week, as well as for the inpatient MBU.
A considerable amount of multi-agency work is envisaged with the post-holder working with relevant key agencies including Child Protection teams, Health Visiting Services and Public Health colleagues from the Local Authorities, close working with professionals at maternity hospitals, primary care – including IAPT workers, GPs and Children’s Centres, and collaboration with the voluntary sector. Training and advice for linked agencies will be an important role of the postholder.
Collaboration with other agencies including maternity services, health visitors and GPs with which women will come into contact during their pregnancy and post-natal period is an integral part of the role, with timely and appropriate information sharing between agencies.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details of the roles and responsibilities of this post.
If you have any questions or would like to arrange to visit the service, please contact:
Dr Nilushi Ratnayaka Perinatal Consultant Psychiatrist West Birmingham team
Dr Jelena Jankovic, Lead perinatal consultant,j.jankovic@nhs.net
Dr Manny Bagary, Clinical Director,m.bagary@nhs.net
This advert closes on Wednesday 26 Feb 2025