Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner - Suffolk Perinatal Mental Health

Job overview

The Suffolk Perinatal Community Mental Health Service at NSFT is seeking a compassionate, enthusiastic Senior Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner to join our team.

You will have a passion for supporting Mums in their recovery, whilst holding the baby in mind too. We are looking for a practitioner with some experience in supporting people with moderate to severe mental health conditions, ideally you will also have experience working with mums, families and infants/children, although we would welcome applicants in a developmental position if you share our passion and values. You will need to have professional registration such as NMC or HCPC.

This is an exciting time to join us!

We are undergoing a period of rapid growth and expansion in line with the ambitions of the NHS Long Term Plan. We operate across Suffolk and have bases at Wedgwood House in Bury St Edmunds and our new premises in Grange Lodge, Kesgrave, near Ipswich.

We are committed to supporting you to develop.

You will have a comprehensive induction and will be allocated a "buddy" for your orientation/ induction, which will include shadowing Triage, Duty, Case Manager, risk management and attending Safeguarding meetings, undertaking assessments etc. You will be expected to undertake the HEE competency framework for Perinatal Mental Health team members

You will have monthly Management and Clinical Supervision as well as opportunities for continuous professional development.

Main duties of the job

The Perinatal Community Mental Health Team provides prevention, detection and management of mental health problems that complicate pregnancy and the postpartum year.

As a Perinatal Nurse you will be responsible for:

• Triaging new referrals coming into the service
• Undertaking detailed initial assessments
• Formulating an appropriate plan of care/ signposting to other services
• Thinking about the parent infant relationship
• Participating in the Triage and Duty rota
• Escalating concerns about safeguarding to ECFS /Children’s Services
• Ensuring all service users have a co-produced care plan and combined assessment
• Managing a caseload of women with moderate to severe mental health needs

The team offers therapeutic interventions, nursery nurse interventions, medication reviews, Consultant appointments and advocacy through Peer Support.

We are a cohesive, friendly, and kind team and will support you every step of the way.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Descriptions and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.