Main area: Perinatal Mental Health Community - Specialist Services - PMHCS
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref: 380-FR0529
Site: Elizabeth Raybold Centre
Town: Dartford
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/01/2025 23:59
The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good.
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offers a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Job overview
The Perinatal Mental Health Community Service (PMHCS) covers the whole of Kent and Medway. PMHCS specializes in the assessment, diagnosis, and short-term treatment of women aged 18 and above who are affected by a moderate to severe mental health illness in the preconception, antenatal, and postnatal period.
You will be an active member of the Perinatal Mental Health Community Service, providing specialist clinical interventions and support to a defined caseload of women and their infants who experience perinatal mental illness.
Requirements
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Main duties of the job
1. Work alongside the existing PMHCS team delivering a service to Mothers and Infants within the Kent & Medway area.
2. Maintain a clinical caseload within agreed limits, providing a range of specialist clinical interventions to clients with perinatal mental illness.
3. Provide specialist liaison advice and support on the developments of nursing practice within the PMHCS to professionals within primary and secondary care.
4. Participate in the delivery of specialist perinatal mental health training and supervision to other professionals within primary and secondary care when needed.
5. Develop links with local mental health services to improve the interface between primary and secondary care for this client group.
Working for our organisation
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county. The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Perinatal Mental Health Community Service (PMHCS) is expanding its multi-disciplinary team to include an additional highly experienced Mental Health Nurse to join the North Kent area. We are particularly interested in applicants that have a passion for working in perinatal mental health, with mums and their families, and have a keen interest in developing specialist skills in this area.
This is an exciting opportunity to advance your knowledge and skills, with the backing of a well-developed team to make a difference to the recovery of our mums. You would further develop your expertise to ensure that we deliver high quality, person-centred care at the right time and in the right place.
1. To accept referrals requiring specialist input for assessment, treatment and co-ordination with other relevant services.
2. To work collaboratively with care co-ordinators and other mental health professionals complimenting the ongoing intervention of the generic teams during the perinatal period.
3. To provide specialist clinical interventions to clients, infants, and families experiencing perinatal mental illness.
4. To manage caseloads and administration systems.
5. To formulate, implement and evaluate clinical programmes.
Person specification
Qualifications
* RMN
* Member of a professional body
* Further training relevant to perinatal mental health
* Degree
Knowledge and skills
* Knowledge of the Care Programme Approach
* Ability to work autonomously
* Knowledge of safeguarding procedures
* Understanding of infant and child development
Experience
* Minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience of working within mental health services
* Clinical experience of working in Perinatal Mental Health
Your employer pays 20.6% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
27 days for full time or pro rata if part time
After 5 years NHS service
29 days full time or pro rata if part time
After 10 years NHS service
33 days full time or pro rata if part time
Plus bank holidays, that’s up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off!
Medical staff have national Terms and Conditions. Buying and selling of annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.
Additional Information
KMPT is committed to supporting all new staff and this includes a comprehensive Induction programme. The programme's duration depends on role and can be from 2 days to 4 weeks (not always consecutive days).
The Induction programme will provide an excellent opportunity for new staff to meet and engage with KMPT’s subject specialists and include the required training.
The programme may involve some travel to the various training venues across Kent and Medway, the main ones being Canterbury, Maidstone, and Dartford.
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