Location: Torquay, TQ2 7AA
Salary: £37338.00 to £44962.00
Date posted: 25th October 2024
Closing date: 17th November 2024
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Job Description:
We have an exciting opportunity to join The Torbay Perinatal Community Mental Health Team. We are seeking to recruit a part-time (22.5 hours per week) Band 6 Senior Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner to work out of our Torbay Base.
We are a compassionate and welcoming team who are commissioned to work with women and birthing parents pre-conceptually, in pregnancy & postnatally where there are mental health concerns. We have a shared commitment to "think family" and consider mum in her family context and always strive to involve family members in their care.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is open to learning & developing their skills in perinatal mental health. You will have access to a comprehensive induction and ongoing development within the post from the multidisciplinary team. We have a strong ethos for professional growth and commitment to support additional learning needs.
Our work can be challenging and requires excellent risk management skills and a knowledge of safeguarding protocols ensuring thoughtfulness of the unborn and other children in the family at all times.
We are an aspirational service & actively encourage innovation; joining the wider Perinatal Service as we develop links with midwifery, health visitors and our perinatal colleagues.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role further, please do get in touch.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary Community Perinatal Team, contributing to the effective provision of Perinatal Mental Health Services to a caseload of pre-conceptual, pregnant or postnatal women.
To ensure the delivery of high standards of care, in accordance with evidence-based professional practice and trust policies. Work within the multi-disciplinary team, with partners, carers, relatives, other services and agencies to promote positive mental health and wellbeing of women.
Job Responsibilities
Communication and Working Relationship Skills
* Contribute to the team's engagement with a wide range of stakeholders including women and their families, their partners, carers and other statutory and voluntary sector agencies.
* Impart complex and sensitive information to women and their families/carers regarding assessment, care planning, treatment and review.
* Liaise with primary care teams regarding women's care.
* Work with multidisciplinary teams within maternity services and DPT to ensure the provision of consistent coordinated care.
* Engage with external agencies involved in the provision of care and support, e.g., voluntary and private sector, police, social services, housing, Children's Centres, etc.
* Ensure equality of access to services for all women, paying particular attention to diversity issues and women from hard-to-reach groups.
Analytical and Judgemental Skills
* Make evidence-based clinical decisions with sound judgement.
* Able to analyse information to reach clinical decisions.
Planning and Organisational Skills
* Attend management and professional meetings as directed by their line manager.
* Responsible for planning and coordinating own day-to-day workload in collaboration with the needs of women and their families and the wider needs of the service.
* Plan and organise case conferences liaising with other agencies as required to meet the needs of women and their families.
Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy
* Maintain a caseload of appropriate clients.
* Responsible for developing care packages including assessing, planning, intervention and evaluation, ensuring active involvement of women and their families.
* Engage in triaging referrals by reviewing and advising on eligibility criteria.
* Participate in all aspects of safeguarding including safeguarding children training to level 4.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
* Substantial experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems.
* Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector or equivalent experience.
Qualifications
* A professional mental health nursing qualification e.g., RMN, Nursing Degree or Occupational Therapy qualification or Social Work qualification with relevant mental health experience.
* Postgraduate qualification relevant to specialism.
* Willingness to undertake further training.
This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of changing service needs.
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