Community Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner

Sabp; Godalming; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Community Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner to cover the Southwest team at Berkeley House, Godalming. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for women accessing the service, mentoring staff and supervising students within a multidisciplinary team.

The role requires nursing or allied health professional registration, a relevant degree, and ongoing professional development, with responsibilities to manage a defined

Qualifications

• Must hold a professional qualification in health or social care and be registered with the appropriate body.
• Experience in perinatal mental health is advantageous.
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for a defined caseload and assess care needs under supervision.
• Ensure effective referral management, triage, and timely assessments across the service.
• Respond to emergency referrals and liaise with HTT, inpatient services and MBU.
• Participate in multidisciplinary assessment and provide perinatal mental health nursing expertise.

Skills

Teamwork

Mentoring

Assessment skills

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Degree in health/social care or equivalent qualification/experience

Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker

Evidence of continued professional development

Job description

Community Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 30 September 2026

Do you aspire to change peoples lives for the better?

To work flexibly in a highly regarded team who strive to provide high quality care primarily to mothers, alongside their babies and partners.

Ensuring women experience positive mental health during pregnancy and postnatally.

We offer excellent training and development opportunities to enable you to work in this specialism, including perinatal conferences, simulation training, post graduate opportunities and regular internal training.

We are looking for a Perinatal Practitioner (OT, Social Worker or RMN) to cover the Southwest team at Berkeley House in Godalming.

You’ll be a core member of the multi-disciplinary team and will assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care needs of the women accessing the service and lead the care for a specified caseload. You’ll mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.

Main duties of the job

• Be accountable and responsible for a defined caseload that reflects the priorities of the local population and carry responsibility for the assessment of care needs, under the supervision of the Clinical Lead Nurse.
• To ensure effective daily management of referrals, including appropriate triage and assessment within specified timescales across the service.
• To ensure appropriate response to emergency referrals, supporting referrals within the acute care pathway and liaising with services involved including HTT, inpatient services and MBU.
• Participate in the multi-disciplinary assessment of women with mental health problems living in the community, by providing a community perinatal mental health nursing perspective and expertise.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job responsibilities

Please find attached Job description and Person specification for further information about the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in health/social care or equivalent qualification/experience
• Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker
• Evidence of continued professional development

Experience

• Substantial experience of managing a busy caseload or service users with a range of mental health conditions
• Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environment
• Understanding of Perinatal mental health difficulties
• Experience of clinically supervising junior and unqualified staff and mentoring students

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.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

£41,957 to £50,387 a yearIncl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata