Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner

Job overview

A unique and varied role has become available at HMP Peterborough within the Mental Health Team.  We are looking for a highly motivated and experience Mental Health Nurse who will become the Mental Health Perinatal Lead  Practitioner.  All training and supervision provision will be tailored to support the development in knowledge, understanding and skills in perinatal mental health.   The post holder will form part of the multiskilled mental health team and will also be part of the leadership team to help develop and shape the services for the future.  A qualification and scope of practice as a NMP in mental health or a willingness to undertake this training would be advantageous.

Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress.

Main duties of the job

Key duties and responsibilities for the post include:

• To develop and provide specialist knowledge, advice, consultation and a range of clinically based interventions for the Mental Health Service where perinatal factors are identified, ensuring that assessments, treatments and ongoing care as required are delivered within the prison environment.
• To develop and provide specialist knowledge and interventions for the perinatal mental health pathway to ensure that women with moderate to severe mental health conditions who are; planning pregnancy, pregnant, experienced a pregnancy loss in the last year or have a child under one, receive high quality, evidence-based specialist advice, assessment and interventions.
• To ensure that relevant data relating to patients falling under the perinatal pathway is monitored and recorded, providing narrative analysis and appropriate adjustment to clinical interventions where emergent themes and trends are identified.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.