# Perinatal Mental Health Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/perinatal-mental-health-nurse/7d3e3293-b893-4ec1-a153-a418315fc866 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/perinatal-mental-health-nurse/7d3e3293-b893-4ec1-a153-a418315fc866.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Derby - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa, pro-rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (12.5 hour shifts) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-10T10:22:15.819Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/Derby/Derbyshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Perinatal_Mental_Health_Nurse/Perinatal_Mental_Health_Nurse-v8113032 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8113032?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Here at the Beeches Mother and Baby (MBU) Unit, we aim to create a positive and supportive community to promote the mother's recovery and baby's development. The team provide specialist inpatient care for up to 6 women with moderate to serious mental illness, during the perinatal period.  This is a crucial and vulnerable time for women. As many as one in five women experience post or ante natal depression, anxiety or in some cases severe mental illness such as psychosis during pregnancy or in the first year after childbirth. The purpose of the MBU is to keep the Mother & Baby together, whilst treating the mother's mental health and promoting or maintaining attachment and bonding. We accept admission for women in late stages of pregnancy and up until the baby is 1 year old. ### Main duties of the job You will be an NMC registered RMN/RN (Mental Health) with a keen interest in perinatal mental health. You will form part of a multi-disciplinary team, working alongside professionals who strive to provide high quality care to mothers, alongside their babies and partners. We offer excellent training and development opportunities to enable you to work within this specialism including perinatal conferences, post graduate opportunities and scheduled regional and internal training. We welcome mental health practitioners that have a passion for perinatal mental health care, that are willing to learn and grow with the team and who want to make a positive difference. You will be joining a supportive, caring and progressive team offering great job satisfaction, alongside the privilege of being part of women, their partners and babies lives at such a special time, making a crucial difference to their future. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.   To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site.  You will need to register if you do not already have an account. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Have an active interest in perinatal services **Desirable** - Previous experience working with families - Previous experience working within an acute mental health setting - Previous experience working within perinatal services ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Hold a working knowledge of CPA and legal frameworks and legislation relating to mental health care. - Be able to work in a patient centred, safe and evidence based manner - Be able to plan, delegate, prioritise and deliver care in line with the needs of the ward - Be able to recognise and respond to behaviours that challenge in a compassionate and least restrictive manner - Be able to evidence an ongoing commitment to learning **Desirable** - Demonstrate knowledge of current perinatal national drivers and their implication for practice - Be prepared to lead on an area of interest , develop appropriate audit tools, resources and training for the team - Have knowledge of relevant attachment and infant mental health theory ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - RMN Qualification **Desirable** - Hold mentorship qualification - Trained in clinical supervision ## Documents - [inclusivity at dhcft (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1986) - [personal accountability charter (pdf, 8.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1978) - [job description and person spec (pdf, 289.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10408304) - [guidance notes for completing the application form (pdf, 138.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=971) - [a day in the life of a perinatal mental health nurse (pdf, 387.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10408305) ## 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.