Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT; Manchester; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health service provider is looking for a compassionate RMN to join their Perinatal Mental Health Team in Manchester. The role involves managing a caseload of women experiencing mental health challenges during and after pregnancy, conducting assessments, and working collaboratively with various services. Applicants should have relevant mental health experience, excellent communication skills, and a driving license due to service geography. Ongoing training and support will be provided.

Benefits

Excellent training opportunities

Robust supervision support

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health care in inpatient or community settings.
• Recent experience within a perinatal service is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of women and birthing people with perinatal mental illness.
• Conduct routine and urgent assessments to evaluate mental health and risks.
• Collaborate with various health services for holistic care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Multi-agency liaison

Compassionate care

Education

Evidence of post registration development

Professional development in perinatal mental health

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced RMN to join our expanding Perinatal Mental Health Team. The posts are available at our Cluster 2 team who cover the areas of Bolton, Wigan, Salford, Bury.

We are seeking a compassionate, person centred individual, with a genuine interest in working with women and birthing people, and their families in the perinatal period, who has excellent communication and multi-agency liaison skills.

We offer excellent training opportunities to our staff and provide robust supervision to support delivery of high-quality care.

The Perinatal Service is commissioned to support women and birthing people throughout Greater Manchester, who experience moderate to severe mental health problems during and after pregnancy, and for their infant up to the age of one year. The Perinatal Service provide assessment, care and treatment including the prevention, detection and management of maternal mental health problems that complicate pregnancy and the postpartum year.

Due to the expansive geography of this service, the post holder should hold a valid driving license.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be responsible for a caseload of women and birthing people experiencing perinatal mental illness, working as a Perinatal Practitioner in partnership with service users and other professionals, managing and coordinating complex packages of care for both mother/birthing person and infant.

The post holder will work in a variety of settings completing routine and urgent assessments of women to assess mental health, risk, and safeguarding.

The post holder will work closely and collaboratively with colleagues in Early Attachment services, IAPT services, maternity services, health visiting, and children's services.

There is also a duty worker element to this role, which will be carried out to support the Referral/assessment system.

Due to the expansive geography of this service, the post holder should hold a valid driving license.

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Job responsibilities

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

Salary details

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata

Person Specification

Essential and Desirable - Education and Qualifications

• Evidence of post registration development
• Have recent experience of providing mental health care, working within an inpatient or community setting, or a generic CMHT in order to demonstrate the required understanding of Risk Management
• Continued professional development with a specific focus on perinatal mental health.

Essential and Desirable - Experience

• Have recent experience of providing mental health care, working within an inpatient or community setting, or a generic CMHT in order to demonstrate the required understanding of Risk Management
• Experience of working within a perinatal service
• Experience of providing mental health care within the community for women in the perinatal period.

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.