Senior Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust; Wokingham; Ibrido; GBP 42.000 - 50.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave

Career development opportunities

Cycle to Work and car leasing

Wellbeing tools and discounts

Staff networks and inclusion programs

Maternity/paternity leave

Free parking

Descrizione del lavoro

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to support pregnant people and postnatal individuals with moderate to severe mental health needs.

The role is 37.5 hours per week, based in Wokingham with a mix of remote, community and office work. You’ll join a multidisciplinary team and contribute to safe, compassionate, evidence-based care.

Competenze

• Must be RMN or SW qualified and licensed to assess, plan and evaluate care for patients with mental health problems.
• Experience with multidisciplinary teams and complex perinatal care.
• Understanding of health and social care systems and Mental Health Act.
• Ability to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary environment.
• Commitment to supporting families and recovery in the community.

Mansioni

• Act as a Care Coordinator delivering trauma-informed, evidence-based interventions to birthing people and families.
• Undertake comprehensive specialist assessments and develop collaborative care plans.
• Provide or transfer into therapeutic interventions that promote recovery and positive parent-infant relationships.
• Collaborate with midwives, health visitors, and social care partners to ensure holistic care.
• Support risk management, safeguarding, and case formulation; liaise with maternity services and primary care.

Conoscenze

Empathy

Teamwork

Communication

IT skills

Organisation

Formazione

RMN

Social Worker

Strumenti

Outlook

MS Office

Databases

Internet

Descrizione del lavoro

Join our dynamic and compassionate Community Perinatal Mental Health Team in Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner, where you will play a pivotal role in supporting women and birthing people experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties during pregnancy and in their postnatal period.

If you are passionate about maternal mental health, early intervention, and making a lasting impact on the birthing population and their families, this is an opportunity to grow your career in a forward-thinking and supportive environment.

This role is 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday Service. The Team's base is at Resource house in Wokingham where you are surrounded by local cafes and shops. The role combines both remote, community and office working with hot desking bases across Berkshire.

Main duties of the job

In this rewarding role, you will act as a Care Coordinator, delivering high-quality, trauma-informed, and evidence-based interventions to birthing people and their families at a crucial stage of life.

You'll undertake comprehensive specialist assessments, develop collaborative care plans, and provide or transfer into therapeutic interventions that promote recovery, resilience, and positive parent-infant relationships.

You will be working autonomously and collaboratively within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team--including other MH practitioners' psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health wellbeing practitioner’s nursery nurses and support workers and closely linked to specialist midwives, health visitors, other community MH teams and social care partners

You'll contribute your expertise to risk management, safeguarding, and case formulation. You'll also liaise closely with maternity services, health visiting, adult MH services, primary care, and community agencies to ensure seamless, holistic care and recovery in the community.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Job responsibilities

The must have's for this role:

1.You must be a Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) or Social Worker (or equivalent qualification whereby the person is licensed to assess, plan and evaluate care for patients with mental health problems) to apply for this role.

2. Experience of working effectively with a range of professional staff and external agencies

3. Knowledge and experience of working in a care environment and with service users who have complex mental health needs

4. Experience of working effectively in a multidisciplinary team and multi-agency environment

5. A passion for supporting patients and their families recovery in the community with strong support plans that support long term stability.

6. The ability to independently manage and organise personal workload and identify in-efficiencies that support overall improvements of personal workload and of the team.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to call: Pam Bidiyal on 07500 579063 or email: [e-mail] who'll be delighted to help.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

• Hold a relevant professional qualification at diploma or degree level i.e. RMN, SW

Continuous Professional Development

• Specialist knowledge acquired through training in a specialised discipline

Previous Experience

• Experience in working with women during the perinatal period and able to demonstrate some experience/interest of working with women experiencing perinatal mental health issues
• Experience of clinically supervising junior and unqualified staff and mentoring students
• Substantial experience of managing a busy workload/caseload and be able to demonstrate significant knowledge, skills and some experience in working within the field of perinatal mental health

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge and understanding of the health and social care systems and operating frameworks, clinical observations and the Mental Health Act
• Experience of working effectively in a multidisciplinary team and multi-agency environment
• Competent IT skills and the ability to navigate around various systems and software packages (such as outlook, databases, MS office and the internet)
• Ability to work effectively in a team, work on own initiative, work unsupervised and manage own workload
• Able to empathise, be supportive and sensitive to the needs of others as well as being able to cope with distressing circumstances

Additional Requirements

• Must hold a clean driving licence and be able and willing to travel both within Berkshire and to other locations as directed to meet the needs of the service
• Manage difficult situations with service users that have complex perinatal mental health and challenging behaviours

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.

£41,957 to £50,387 a yearper annum ( Incl of HCAS) (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time

Reference number

371-CFS867-A