About this role
Job summary
**Internal Applicants Only**
The role will provide clinical leadership, programmes of training and staff development to ensure an efficient, effective and high-quality provision for Perinatal Infant Mental Health and emotional resilience support across South Tyneside. Acting as a role model and a source of first line information for stakeholders.
The post holder will promote PIMH and emotional resilience within community services and support frontline professionals in the development of strategies in South Tyneside for the continued support of Perinatal mental health and emotional resilience in the future.
Main duties of the job
To Provide clinical expertise to meet the needs of the families in relation to parental mental health, parent infant relationships and infant and young children's development.
To deliver direct care using recognised assessment and observation techniques.
Act as an advocate for parents and their infants with perinatal mental health difficulties to ensure they receive active and effective care.
Develop, organise, deliver and evaluate PIMH and emotional resilience training across the workforce in line with role specific mandatory training.
Leading strengths-based approaches across the levels of need at community, universal, targeted and specialist intervention, reducing health and social inequalities and supporting the best start in life for children
About us
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.
At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!
We offer colleagues:
A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work. Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards. Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service. Please note:
Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application. Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles. All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions, please contact Ashley Iceton on [email protected]
Person Specification
Criteria Essential
Registered Nurse NMC registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification. Experience of partnership working. Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams. Experience of staff management Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
Nurse Prescribing. Practice assessor course or equivalent Experience in leading teams in the provision of health services to children, young people and families. Experience of assessing pre reg students (education)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Address 0-19 South Tyneside
22 Witney Way
South Tyneside
NE35 9PE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)