Specialist Perinatal Practitioner

Bradford District Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Aberford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing support packages

Development and learning opportunities

Increased mileage rates

Job summary

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Specialist Perinatal Practitioner to lead and improve early recognition of parent-infant relationships and perinatal mental health across the 0-19 public health service. The role involves training, consultation, and partnership with IAPT, health visiting services, and multi-agency colleagues.

Fixed term until 31 March 2027; closing date 5 October 2026. You will support data collection, service development, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring

Qualifications

• Essential qualifications for the post are listed and include nursing or allied health registrations and advanced psychology training.

Responsibilities

• Promote evidence-based practice, innovation, and learning using digital solutions.

Education

Registered General Nurse

Registered Nurse - Mental Health

Registered Midwife

SCPHN

Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Doctorate Level 6-year ACP accredited training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

Job description

Job summary

Fixed term until 31st March 2027. We are recruiting a Champion with compassionate and a transformative approach to perinatal mental health across the 0-19 Public Health Family Health Service, ensuring women, babies, and families receive the support they need to thrive. To Drive the early recognition of attachment and parent-infant relationship challenges, helping families access the right specialist support at the right time. To build strong partnerships with IAPT services, health visitors, and multi-agency colleagues to create seamless pathways that enhance outcomes for families. Inspire confidence and capability across the workforce through expert consultation, reflective supervision, and engaging training in perinatal mental health.

Closing Date: 5th October 2026. Shortlisting Date: 6th October 2026. Interview Date: TBC.

Main duties of the job

In collaboration with SMABS and IAPT.

• Support health visiting teams to access appropriate care pathways
• Support use of the Ready to Relate intervention implementation with health visiting teams
• To train the 0-5 workforce in early recognition and basic interventions related to suboptimal perinatal mental health
• Support the training of health visiting teams to embrace new ways of working using digital platforms
• To develop and provide a consultation model to support health visiting teams in their perinatal mental health work.
• Identify what prevalence data is required to be collated
• Support the health visiting teams to collect prevalence data and evidence impact
• To develop the interface between health visiting services, IAPT and SMABS.
• To engage with the Perinatal mental health steering group to identify opportunities for development across the district.
• Contribute to teaching and training on issues related to perinatal mental health, parent-infant relationship, within 0-19 services.
• Development work; stakeholder engagement; integration to a multidisciplinary team; leadership of quality improvement and best practice.

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

• Increase mileage rates for > 4500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate's best interest to apply as soon as possible

Job responsibilities

Job Overview Continued-

To promote a culture of evidence-based practice, innovation, and continuous learning, embracing digital solutions to widen access and improve experiences of care. Lead efforts to reduce inequalities, strengthen pathway utilization, and use meaningful data to inform improvement and demonstrate impact.

To ensure practice reflects national guidance while actively shaping service development, evaluation, and collaborative working, contributing to a future where every family has the opportunity to build strong, healthy foundations from the very beginning.

Fixed term until 31st March 2027

Right to Work in the UK

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.

Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trusts eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.

As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly.

Qualifications

Essential

• One or more of the qualifications listed: Registered General Nurse, Registered Nurse - Mental Health, Registered Midwife, SCPHN
• Post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology, as accredited by the British Psychological Society. Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
• Doctorate Level 6-year ACP accredited training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy which includes a minimum of 4 years' full-time clinical training and one's own intensive analysis. Full member of Association of Child Psychotherapists
• Previous experience of working with perinatal difficulties and parent infant work
• Experience of working in perinatal mental health/mental health services
• Experience of working collaboratively with other professionals within the health economy and from other organisations.

Attitude and Approach

Essential

• Willing to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service operational priorities.
• Supports Trust mission values and operational priorities

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer name: Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address: New Mill, Victoria Road, Bradford District, BD18 3LD, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.bdct.nhs.uk/current-vacancies/

Employer contact details For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Manager

Sharon Morris

[e-mail]

07764926189

Specialist Perinatal Practitioner - Bradford District, United Kingdom