Band 7 Senior Perinatal Nurse Specialist

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is looking for a Band 7 Senior Perinatal Nurse Specialist. This role focuses on supporting women during pregnancy and postnatal periods, ensuring mental health needs are met. The ideal candidate will have an RMN qualification, experience in mental health services, and skills in multi-agency collaboration. The position offers a competitive salary ranging from £56,276 to £63,176 annually.

Qualifications

• oRMN qualification and evidence of registration on Part 3 of NMC register.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Dual qualification as RGN, Midwife or Health Visitor.

Responsibilities

• Ensure appropriate screening and assessment of mental health needs for women.
• Liaise with primary and other healthcare services for care coordination.
• Manage caseload of up to 25 women with moderate mental health needs.

Skills

Clinical knowledge for independent decisions

Team/self management

Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency working

Training development

Cultural competency

Intermediate computer literacy

Education

RMN qualification and NMC registration

Degree level education

Specialist training in perinatal mental health

Tools

Evidence-based interventions

Job description

Band 7 Senior Perinatal Nurse Specialist

The Tri-borough Perinatal Mental Health Service (PMHS) is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for motivated and dynamic Band 7 Nurses to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term basis. This role is ideal for individuals seeking to develop their clinical expertise and leadership skills within the specialist field of perinatal mental health.

The postholder (1.0 WTE) will be based in the Hammersmith and Fulham Borough, providing maternity leave cover. This presents an excellent opportunity for a one-year secondment for those wishing to broaden their experience and explore new professional challenges within West London NHS Trust.

Our service operates across three main sites: St Bernard's Hospital (Ealing PMHS), Hounslow House (Hounslow PMHS), and Hammersmith Hospital (Hammersmith & Fulham PMHS). The Tri-borough Perinatal Mental Health Team collaborates closely with a range of partner agencies, including community mental health services, maternity units, children's centres, and Mother and Baby Units.

As the service transitions towards greater on-site working, there is an expectation that staff will maintain a regular office presence to support effective collaboration, supervision, and team cohesion.

Main duties of the job

Ensuring women (age 18+) who are pregnant and booked for delivery and/or have infants under twenty-four months receive appropriate screening, assessment and identification of their mental health needs and these are managed using evidence-based interventions throughout this period.

Actively liaising with primary care, maternity and health visiting staff as well as other mental health services regarding referrals, care co-ordination, transfer of care including facilitating professionals' meetings.

Efficiently managing a caseload of up to 25 women (antenatal and postnatal) with moderate mental health needs, by providing assessments and reviews in community sites (children's centres), joint reviews with maternity, health visitors or other mental health professionals, home visits and care planning meetings.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

• oRMN qualification and evidence of registration on Part 3 of NMC register or equivalent (AF)
• oEvidence of continuing professional development including recently in perinatal mental health practice and safeguarding children practice (AF)
• oENB 998 or equivalent practice / placement educator course (AF)
• oEducated to degree level or equivalent (AF)
• oDual qualified as RGN, Midwife or Health Visitor (AF)
• oSpecialist training in perinatal and/or infant mental health (AF)
• oClinical supervision training (AF)
• oQualification / training in additional specialist skills e.g. therapeutic / psychological interventions (AF)

Experience

• oEvidence of networking within the Perinatal specialty
• oExperience working with women with serious mental illness
• oSignificant post qualification experience working in mental health services
• oExperience of managing a caseload of service users with evidence of completing high quality assessments
• oExperience of working in a complex multi-disciplinary / multi-agency context
• oExperience of undertaking complex mental health and mental state, risk and needs assessments
• oExperience of working in a multi-racial/cultural community and of working with interpreters
• oExperience of multi-agency pre-birth planning for women with serious mental illness
• oExperience of working in obstetrics and gynaecology
• oExperience of planning and delivery of training in response to identified needs
• oExperience of contributing to policies and procedures
• oExperience of supervising mental health / non mental health professionals
• oExperience of delivering both individual and group based interventions

Skills

• oSufficient clinical knowledge to be able to make autonomous decisions, based on analysis of complex presenting problems and judgement about available options
• oTeam/self management and organisational skills that enable a number of complex activities and clinical work to be undertaken, revising and adjusting these according to the needs of individual patients and the service
• oAbility to contribute to and facilitate effective multi-disciplinary/multi-agency working
• oAbility to effectively manage own clinical and administrative caseload and work under pressure at times of change
• oAbility to develop and deliver training on perinatal mental health and associated issues such as safeguarding children, domestic violence
• oAbility to work flexibly across service boundaries and with professionals from health care settings such as maternity services
• oAbility to work effectively from diverse minority ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation, social isolation, exclusion and stigma
• oComputer literate to an intermediate level

Knowledge

• oUp to date knowledge of evidence based practice and current developments in perinatal psychiatry
• oKnowledge about mental illness in the perinatal period
• oUp to date knowledge of the Children Act 1989 and associated legislation and government policy and its implications for mental health services
• oKnowledge & understanding of contributions of other disciplines and professionals to a multi-agency service
• oUnderstanding of issues around information-sharing in relation to Child Protection and Children in Need
• oKnowledge of relevant Perinatal service models
• oKnowledge and understanding of diversity and equality issues and their application in perinatal psychiatry services
• oAbility to demonstrate to empathise towards individuals with a mental health problem as well as show a positive attitude towards mental health care
• oAble to work seamlessly with other professional groups
• oAbility to deal with stress appropriately and work under pressure
• oCommitment to life-long learning

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.

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearPer annum inclusive of 20% HCAS