Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist with a passion for Perinatal Mental Health?
Are you looking for a rewarding role that allows you to utilize your skills to make a real difference to women and birthing people in Gloucestershire who are experiencing mental health issues related to pregnancy or childbirth?
The Gloucestershire Perinatal Mental Health Team offers specialist mental health care to women and birthing people experiencing moderate and severe illness during the perinatal period.
Due to the expansion of the service, an additional clinical lead role is needed to support the team.
Main Duties of the Job
The purpose of the Perinatal Lead Practitioner role is to be part of the leadership team to ensure the effective provision of the service. The post holder will work across the Specialist Perinatal Community Team providing clinical leadership, supervision, and training.
The role will involve collaboration with service users, carers, and partnership agencies, providing training and advice and deputizing for the Operational Manager as required in the absence of the Deputy Operational Manager.
Clinically, the Perinatal Lead Practitioner will demonstrate enhanced competence in complex decision making, assessment, and the management of needs.
The post holder will provide practical advice and support to the team, supporting with specialist care, family work, and leading on safeguarding issues.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About Us
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organizational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity, and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey, just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
* 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
* 73.3% would recommend the organization as a place to work;
* 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organization's priority;
* 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative.
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health, and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Job Responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalized care through all its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalized care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasizing that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people's skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Person Specification
Qualification
* Professional health or social care qualification e.g., Social Work, Occupational Therapy, RMN, RNLD
* Educated to Masters Level
Experience
* Evidence of leadership skills and/or experience
* Experience of working in a senior role within mental health services
* Experience of Perinatal Mental Health
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.
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
£46,148 to £52,809 a year (Per annum, Pro rata)
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