About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Community Perinatal Mental Health Service within the county wide Norfolk & Suffolk Perinatal Community Mental Health Service. We are offering a maternity leave cover 12 months fixed term/secondment opportunity for an experienced Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to work within a highly specialist, multidisciplinary perinatal setting. This role provides a fantastic opportunity to develop specialist skills in perinatal mental health, with a strong focus on thinking about the whole family system, including the parent infant relationship.
You will work as part of a large, supportive and dynamic multidisciplinary team, including:
o Consultant Psychiatristso Consultant Clinical Psychologisto Therapies teamo Registered Nurseso Social Workerso Assistant Practitionerso Peer Support Workerso Nursery Nurseso Occupational Therapistso Community Team Managerso A Matron and an Operational Manager specialising in perinatal mental health
This post sits within the West and South Patch of the Norfolk teams, including King's Lynn.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for:o Managing a caseload of women with moderate to severe mental health needs during the perinatal periodo Undertaking comprehensive initial assessments, including the use of outcome measureso Developing and reviewing trauma informed, co produced care plans, including signposting to appropriate serviceso Working collaboratively with maternity services, primary care, social services and tertiary services to improve outcomes for the birthing person, baby and wider familyo Maintaining a focus on the parent infant relationshipo Participating in the duty rota, responding to urgent clinical matterso Escalating safeguarding concerns appropriately to Early Childhood and Family Services / Children's Serviceso Ensuring all service users have a current combined assessment and care plan
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description Job responsibilities
The Perinatal Community Mental Health Team provides prevention, detection and treatment of mental health difficulties during pregnancy and up to two years post partum.The service offers a range of interventions including therapeutic work, nursery nurse interventions, medication reviews, consultant appointments and peer support advocacy.
As this is a community based role, most work is carried out face to face in service users homes or community settings. Access to your own vehicle is preferred; however, pool cars are available through the Trust hire car system.
We are a cohesive, friendly, and kind team and will support you every step of the way.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
NHS pension a comprehensive in house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio service NHS discounts and many more. Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist OR Social Worker with the relevant professional registration Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants) or Practice Educator (AHP & Social Worker Registrants) Ongoing professional development working towards degree level ( if professional registration is following a diploma level course
Experience Essential
Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages Experience of managing a caseload and the provision of Mental Health Care services to people with mental health care needs
Skills Essential
Effective analytical and decision-making skills Care planning and Risk assessment knowledge and skills Computer skills and experience of using an Electronic Patient Record system
Knowledge Essential
An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative) Up to date knowledge of legal and ethical frameworks including Mental Health Act. Have the ability to discuss, identify and escalate safeguarding issues in a sensitive way to protect those who are vulnerable Ensure care is values-based, non-judgemental and equitable, and supports the principles of equality, diversity and inclusivity being met.
Other Essential
Ability and willingness to travel independently to meet the needs and requirements of the service
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 Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address Kingfisher MBU
Hellesdon Hospital
Norwich
NR6 5BE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)