Perinatal Mental Health Service Team Lead

Integrated Care System; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent health board in the UK is seeking a Perinatal Mental Health Service Team Lead to manage a multidisciplinary team within a critical healthcare sector. The role involves providing expert advice, leadership, and ensuring the highest standards of care for perinatal mental health clients. The ideal candidate will have substantial clinical experience and evidence of advanced specialist knowledge, contributing to the organization's commitment to improving health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience in perinatal mental health.
• Evidence of achievement in clinical practice within community mental health.
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance and Mental Health Act.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and act as a role model for the team.
• Manage comprehensive assessments for client inclusion in the service.
• Ensure standards of care in compliance with policies and procedures.

Skills

Organisational ability

Advanced clinical assessment skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Research and audit skills

Teaching and Assessing skills

Education

Registered Professional (Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist)

Masters level equivalency knowledge

Job description

Go back Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Perinatal Mental Health Service Team Lead

The closing date is 31 July 2025

The Perinatal Team Lead sits within the CAMHS & Specialised Services Directorate. The post holder will be responsible for managing a multidisciplinary team and will provide leadership in relation to providing expert advice and specialist knowledge in relation to individuals who meet the service criteria.

The team leader will manage a team of staff that could include Registered Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Support Workers and Medical Staff.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Main duties of the job

The post holder will function as an autonomous practitioner working independently of and in conjunction with other members of the perinatal mental health service.

The post holder will provide expert advice and specialist nursing knowledge to women who meet the criteria for inclusion into the perinatal mental health service based on skilled and comprehensive assessment.

As an autonomous practitioner, the post holder has significant discretion to work within sets of defined parameters.

Providing clinical leadership and acting as a role model to peers and colleagues alike.

Establishes and maintains standard of care in line with Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB policies and procedures.

Represents the Senior Nurse at meetings/professional nursing forums as requested by the Senior Nurse.

The post holder will also be accountable for their own professional actions and be guided by broad occupational policies

Ordering appropriate investigations in keeping with operational protocols.

Refer to specialist services using agreed referral guidelines/criteria.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

• Registered Professional i.e Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist.
• Evidence of post-registration Continuing Professional Development.
• Masters level equivalency knowledge, education and skills training.
• Advanced specialist knowledge of Speciality.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Measures.
• Knowledge of Adult Protection and Child Protection policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance and its application in practice. Knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control Procedures.
• Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and awareness of current evidence base relevant to the area of practice.
• Working knowledge of Welsh Government Strategy, NSF and NICE Guidelines.
• Teaching and Assessing qualification.
• Awareness of wider health and social care agenda.
• Knowledge of audit tools.

Experience

• Substantial post-registration experience including both in-patient and community care settings working with patients with perinatal mental health issues.
• Evidence of achievement in clinical practice within the area of speciality - community mental health/perinatal mental health.
• Clinical and theoretical teaching in a range of contexts.
• Working knowledge of Clinical Governance.
• Evidence of implementing innovation and change in clinical practice.
• Evidence of undertaking clinical audit and/or research in clinical practice.
• Experience in a range of clinical settings.

Skills & Attributes

• Organisational ability and time management skills.
• Advanced clinical assessment skills. Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritise and problem solve.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to present information clearly
• Facilitation/Teaching skills.
• Research and audit skills.
• Be collaborative, personable and a good listener.
• Be resilient and self motivated with drive and vision
• Able to work on own initiative and manage a range of priorities across competing agendas.
• Possess a positive attitude to joint working.
• Demonstrate assertive qualities and diplomacy.
• Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above

Other Role Requirements

• Subject to satisfactory DBS check.
• Be able to demonstrate a positive and caring attitude to all patients, relatives and members of staff in a calm and professional manner
• Be an effective team player with ability to enthuse and develop potential in others.
• Be able to maintain judgement when under pressure or in highly distressing/emotive.
• Possess a strong commitment to improving patients' experiences and care.
• Be proactive and innovative

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.

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