About this role
Job summary
Perinatal Community Mental Health Nurse, South Warwickshire- Band 6
Permanent role- 26 hours per week
Are you passionate about ensuring that women and baby have access to high quality and evidence-based mental health and psychological care?
Maternal mental health is a life-saving, crucial and growing area of practice bringing together some of the most passionate and skilled health professionals in the NHS. 10% of women develop a mental health problem during pregnancy or within the immediate period after the birth of their baby and untreated can have a devastating impact on the women affected and their families. In the UK, mental health in pregnant and post-natal women has previously often gone unrecognised, undiagnosed and untreated.
Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust's specialist perinatal mental health service work is a multidisciplinary team that is meeting the specific needs of ante and perinatal women with a high quality multi-disciplinary service and linking with the full range of health and social care professionals including GPs, health visitors and midwives as well as gynaecology, obstetrics ETC
The service is a dynamic, exciting collaboration across three maternity hospitals and a range of community settings.
Main duties of the job
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About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more staff networks and support group We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Mental Health Nurse Current unrestricted registration with NMC Relevant training and experience specialist short courses
Knowledge Essential
Excellent written communication skills
Experience Essential
Substantial experience in a Community Mental health care setting Developed specialist knowledge gained within a similar environment over a considerable period of time Significant experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management Experience of safeguarding and investigations Proven experience of people management Experience of research based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice Experience as a preceptor / mentor
Other Essential
Must have full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle for business use
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.
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 Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Address Willenhall Primary Care Centre
Rememberance Road
Coventry
CV3 3DG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)