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Job overview
The specialist perinatal trauma and loss service (PETALS) are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a Duty Mental Health Practitioner (Band 6) to join our compassionate, supportive and innovative team.
PETALS is supporting the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan and integrate maternity, reproductive health and psychological therapy. PETALS provides therapeutic and psychological support and care to women/birthing people and families who experience significant fear of childbirth (tokophobia) and/or perinatal loss and trauma, directly as a result of their perinatal/neonatal/maternity journey.
We are looking to recruit a practitioner from a variety of backgrounds including Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMN), Occupational Therapists (OT) and/or Social Work.
Full support and training is available for this specialist role and therefore perinatal experience is not necessarily required. Particularly if you have experience in a previous mental health duty or triage roles.
This post is subject to an enhanced with children's and adult's barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the effective provision of psychological therapy and will be part of GMMH’s Perinatal Mental and Infant Mental Health Services delivering direct care to an identified caseload.
The role of the Mental Health Practitioner is to receive all calls into the service that require clinical input and be able to provide immediate support, expert advice, signposting service users to the most appropriate service, triage and initial assessments, as well as leading and co facilitating PETALS group interventions. Effective risk management and confident workload prioritisation are essential within this fast‑paced, dynamic role
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
fuel Genie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles
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
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel to a range of locations in a timely and efficient manner.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to utilise evidence-based clinical assessments and therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group.
- Keen interest in perinatal mental health.
Desirable
- Knowledge of policy and legislation in relation to service specialism and of relevant mental health legislation.
- Awareness of current evidence practice within perinatal mental health
Experience
Essential
- A demonstrable experience working as a qualified Mental Health Practitioner
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- Experience of working with perinatal mental health clients.
- Experience of working in a community setting.
- Experience of duty/triage roles.
- Experience of delivering co-produced services.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Be able to provide care and therapeutic interventions to women in liaison with multiple stakeholders to support recovery.
- Ability to use own initiative and plan workload effectively responding to changing priorities.
- Demonstrate trauma informed practice through sensitive, attuned communication and an ability to maintain psychological safety in all interactions.
- Ability to organise time effectively.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other professionals.
Desirable
- Can demonstrate involvement in and contribution to implementation of change in response to service need
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification Diploma/Degree (RMN/OT/SW).
- Professional registration
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification, eg, mentorship.
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This advert is for Perinatal Duty Mental Health Practitioner with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, North West, England. It is listed as a Mental health professionals role. The advertised salary is £39959.00 to £48117.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 17 Aug 2026.
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