Specialist Perinatal Practitioner

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider is seeking a Specialist Perinatal Practitioner to deliver mental health care in women's prisons in West Yorkshire. You will provide integrated care and support during the perinatal period, working with a multi-disciplinary team. This role requires significant experience in mental health settings and knowledge of safeguarding practices. Flexible working arrangements and professional development opportunities are included.

Benefits

27 - 33 days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Coaching and support for career development

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience in community/acute mental health setting.
• Experience working with women with mental illness during the perinatal period.
• Knowledge of safeguarding adults and children in a mental health care setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive Perinatal Mental Health Service in a forensic setting.
• Assess, plan, and implement care while maintaining healthcare records.
• Work closely with specialist midwife and prison healthcare team.

Skills

Ability to work independently

Effectively work within a multi-professional team

Education

BSc/BA/Diploma or Masters in Mental Health Nursing/Occupational Therapy/Social Work

Job description

Go back Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Perinatal Practitioner

The closing date is 09 October 2025

An exciting Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner role has become to provide Perinatal Mental Health care, advice, training, and supervision into two women's prisons in West Yorkshire. The successful candidate will be an experienced clinician who will offer a comprehensive Perinatal Mental Health Service in a forensic setting to women who are experiencing mental Health difficulties within the prison environment during the perinatal period.

They will provide direct care to women who will present with a range of difficulties from moderate to severe acute mental illness to co-morbid complex psychological, health and social care needs. The post holders will work closely with the Specialist Midwife and Prison Healthcare Team to ensure that women receive an integrated perinatal care package following admission, referral, and assessment.

Main duties of the job

The Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner will work both autonomously and alongside the wider MDT in assessing, planning, and implementing care whilst maintaining associated healthcare records within the custodial setting. They will demonstrate advanced clinical competence in specialist Perinatal interventions.

The Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner will work alongside the Prison Service MDT to provide appropriate care and support to women with mental health difficulties during the perinatal period. They will undertake assessments in conjunction with the Prison Service and provide advice and input to care planning, including safeguarding and risk management. They will work closely with the specialist midwife and prison healthcare team to ensure that women receive an integrated perinatal care package following admission to the prison mother and baby unit.

Management and clinical supervision (including safeguarding, psychology and medical) will be provided for the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner by the Leeds Perinatal Service.

The post holders will be based primarily at HMP New Hall but will also undertake duties at both prisons, (HMP New Hall and Askham Grange), as required and attend any relevant service meetings at the Perinatal Mental Health service.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Job responsibilities

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [e-mail] to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Bsc/BA/Diploma or Masters in Mental Health Nursing/Occupational Therapy/Social Work and be registered with the relevant governing body

Skills

• Demonstrates ability to work independently & / or effectively as part of a multi-professional team.

Experience

• Significant post registration experience within in community/Acute mental health setting.
• Experience of working with women with a mental illness in the perinatal period

Knowledge

• Evidence of up to date training related to contemporary Mental Health practice
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of safeguarding adults and children and how to manage this in a specialist mental health care setting

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.

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Perinatal Mental Health Service

HMP New Hall (Wakefield) and HMP Askham Grange (York)

HMP New Hall (Wakefield) and HMP Askham Grange (York)