# Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/perinatal-clinical-nurse-specialist/79e48535-5ee4-4b33-9dc0-3dd7a172f168 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/perinatal-clinical-nurse-specialist/79e48535-5ee4-4b33-9dc0-3dd7a172f168.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hellesdon Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49387.00 to £56515.00 - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term / secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Fixed Term / Secondment 12 months) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-12T13:32:53.966Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8332104 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8332104?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Our Suffolk Perinatal Community Mental Health service is excited to be looking to recruit an additional Clinical Nurse Specialist. This is an opportunity to work within a specialist multi-disciplinary setting, which offers a wide range of MDT clinical specialisms. We are looking for someone who has excellent clinical skills, experience in clinical leadership and a passion for perinatal mental health. It is an exciting time to be working in the perinatal world as the services are rapidly expanding, there are opportunities for additional training and service development. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of Consultant Psychiatrists, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Therapies team, Case Managers, Social Workers, Peer Support Workers, Nursery Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Community Team Managers, and a Service Manager specialising in perinatal mental health. As a Clinical Nurse Specialist you will provide clinical leadership to the team. You will also work closely with our Community Team Manager and provide operational support for the team as needed. You will hold a small case load of more complex cases as well as be leading on projects to further develop and enhance the service we provide. Knowledge of Maternity and Health Visiting services is desirable but not essential. ### Main duties of the job The job role with consist of the following, but is not limited to; - Accepting and triaging all new referrals received by the team. - To communicate /liaise effectively with relevant referring partners and other agencies. - Arranging and carrying out initial assessments. - Offering time to support the wider team with visits where specialist knowledge could be required - Being part of the wider Senior Leadership Team and encouraging evidence based changes and processes across the service. - Supporting staff with advice for duty calls during working hours and putting in place appropriate actions to address identified risks. - To ensure that any identified immediate risks are appropriately responded to and a proportionate risk management strategy is actioned, with input from the multidisciplinary team members. - Keeping up to date with relevant perinatal research and news to share with the wider team - Offering caseload supervision to case managers If you’re enthusiastic, person centred and have experience working in a community setting, we would love to hear from you. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please find attached our Job Description 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! Some of the benefits you can expect: - NHS pension - a comprehensive in house & external training programmes - career progression - starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) - staff physio service - NHS discounts and many more. 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. Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Able to demonstrate sound clinical expertise and knowledge of mental health disorders and their treatments. ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive experience at which has required supervision and mentorship of others - Extensive experience of practice within clinical area with proven track record in delivering high quality care ### Qualifications **Essential** - RMN or equivalent professional qualification - Non-Medical Independent Prescriber - Degree Level Qualification or equivalent or equivalent level **Desirable** - Study experience at Masters level, study at that level or clinical experience - ENB 998 ## Documents - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [band 7 clinical nurse specialist jd 2026 (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10686961) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.