# Specialist Health Visitor in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-health-visitor-in-perinatal-and-infant-mental-health/7c45331d-c3e3-458c-af4c-4a988be34562 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-health-visitor-in-perinatal-and-infant-mental-health/7c45331d-c3e3-458c-af4c-4a988be34562.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Health visitor - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum, inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T10:34:10.594Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Central_London_Community_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Specialist_Health_Visitor_Perinatal_Infant_Mental_Health/Specialist_Health_Visitor_Perinatal_Infant_Mental_Health-v8021803 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8021803?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Mental health is an increasing public health challenge impacting on the health and well-being of children and their families. Perinatal mental health problems affect between 10-20% of women during pregnancy and the first year of having a baby. Environmental and individual factors can affect mental health and wellbeing. The physical and mental health of the mother and the family environment during pregnancy, infancy and childhood is of fundamental importance to mental health. A parent’s ability to bond with and care for their baby, their parenting style and the development of a positive relationship can predict a number of physical, social, emotional and cognitive outcomes through to adulthood. We are looking to recruit an experienced professional to fulfil the Specialist Health Visitor for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Lead role. The successful candidate will join our passionate team, working across the 0-19 service delivery and the Children’s and Adults safeguarding agenda. The role will be based across Wandsworth 0-19 Service We have adopted a ‘think family’ approach; our services are progressive and innovative, and we are committed to supporting the workforce and improving outcomes for all clients. ### Main duties of the job The Specialist Health Visitor for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health will hold a small caseload and be responsible for providing relevant consultation, training and support to the universal children’s services. The emphasis will be on early intervention, prevention of mental health difficulties, and the promotion of positive relationships between parents and their infants.  The post holder will work with a range of stakeholders and partners to best meet the needs of children and families where there are identified perinatal and mental health concern for the mainstream 0-19 service providing expert advice and guidance, act as an advocate for families with perinatal/infant mental health concerns with relevant stakeholders, seeking to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes. This includes safeguarding children and young people identified as at risk of harm. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values & the behaviours aligned to those values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification. ## Job Details Mental health is an increasing public health challenge impacting on the health and well-being of children and their families. Perinatal mental health problems affect between 10-20% of women during pregnancy and the first year of having a baby. Environmental and individual factors can affect mental health and wellbeing. The physical and mental health of the mother and the family environment during pregnancy, infancy and childhood is of fundamental importance to mental health. A parent’s ability to bond with and care for their baby, their parenting style and the development of a positive relationship can predict a number of physical, social, emotional and cognitive outcomes through to adulthood. We are looking to recruit an experienced professional to fulfil the Specialist Health Visitor for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Lead role. The successful candidate will join our passionate team, working across the 0-19 service delivery and the Children’s and Adults safeguarding agenda. The role will be based across Wandsworth 0-19 Service We have adopted a ‘think family’ approach; our services are progressive and innovative, and we are committed to supporting the workforce and improving outcomes for all clients. ## Job Description The Specialist Health Visitor for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health will hold a small caseload and be responsible for providing relevant consultation, training and support to the universal children’s services. The emphasis will be on early intervention, prevention of mental health difficulties, and the promotion of positive relationships between parents and their infants. The post holder will work with a range of stakeholders and partners to best meet the needs of children and families where there are identified perinatal and mental health concern for the mainstream 0-19 service providing expert advice and guidance, act as an advocate for families with perinatal/infant mental health concerns with relevant stakeholders, seeking to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes. This includes safeguarding children and young people identified as at risk of harm. ## Responsibilities Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values & the behaviours aligned to those values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Knowledge of current health and social care agenda relevant to area of work and professional practice - Knowledge of current health legislation - Current knowledge of child protection guidelines and relevant legal aspects - Knowledge of the public health agenda and the health care needs of individuals in the community - Appropriate knowledge of clinical skills - Knowledge of quality issues, the audit process and clinical governance - Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct ### Experience **Essential** - Health visiting experience in practice - Experience of coordinating and leading multi-skilled teams - Be able to co-ordinate health promotion initiatives in line with local and national health improvement targets - Experience of working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and inter-agency working. Ability to facilitate joint working practices - Experience of organising and managing own workload and that of others - Experience of undertaking comprehensive health assessments, planning and implementing evidence based programmes of care - Writing care plans - Experience of developing the public health agenda - Experience in providing practice based learning support to others - Experience of supporting learners in practice settings - Experience of delivering training programmes to groups. - Experience and evidence of participation in audit - Evidence of the ability to influence and motivate others **Desirable** - Experience and evidence of participation in research. - Evidence of leadership in service change or redesign. - Evidence of providing clinical supervision to groups or on 1:1. - Experience working in a mental health/learning disabilities environment ### Key Attributes **Essential** - Able to provide evidence of where you have demonstrated the Trust’s Values and Behaviours ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse/Midwife with current UK NMC registration - Registered Health Visitor - Evidence of continuing post-registration education and training **Desirable** - Registered Mental Health Nurse/Learning Disabilities Nurse - Additional qualification relevant to the post, for example, Infant Mental Health or counselling ## Documents - [clch trust values (pdf, 893.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10340963) - [functional requirements form (pdf, 439.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10313885) - [job description and person specification (docx, 79.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10340962) ## 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.