Specialist Perinatal Practitioner

Job overview

The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the effective provision of Perinatal Mental and Infant Mental Health Services to an identified caseload of women. The core purpose of the team in which the post-holder will work, is to deliver high quality, tailored interventions in maternal mental health and attachment-based Approaches to mothers and infants. The service will have a key role in raising the profile and standards of mental health care for expectant and newly delivered mothers across universal and specialist services.

Main duties of the job

Work collaboratively with women, families, and partner agencies to assess need, coordinate care, manage a caseload, and deliver specialist perinatal mental health interventions. Provide advice and support to professionals, contribute to safeguarding, clinical governance, audit, training and service development activities, maintain accurate records, and support the supervision of staff and students. Participate in team coordination, professional development, and statutory training requirements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Communicate information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable for women and their families, working to the principles of the functions policy implementation guidelines and practice in line with the standards and values set out in them.
• Contribute to the development of standards for the perinatal mental health service
• Aim to uphold the principles and approach of CPA, whether people are formally in CPA or not.
• Work co-operatively with staff colleagues including accepting staff recent assessment of the client, if the client is transferred to them, in order to minimise the disruption to the client.
• Ensure a duty of care to your patients and clients, who are entitled to receive safe and competent care. The woman’s wishes, feelings, values and beliefs should be taken into consideration as well as the views of the people close to them.
• Take personal accountability for your own practice. This means that you are answerable for your actions and omissions, regardless of advice or directions from another professional.
• Ensure that you remain professionally competent by participating in your own and others clinical supervision.

Communication

• Women and their families/carers re assessment, care planning, treatment and review Primary care teams regarding women’s care
• Multi-disciplinary teams within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, maternity services, health visitors and GP’s to ensure the provision of consistent well coordinated care.
• External agencies also involved in the provision of care e.g.: voluntary and private sector, police, social services, housing, employment etc.
• Relevant community groups.

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.