Community Perinatal Mental Health Nurse

NHS; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading community mental health team as a Community Mental Health Nurse, providing specialist care to expectant and new mothers facing severe mental health challenges. Enjoy a supportive environment with career progression, flexible working options, and generous leave policies.

Benefits

Career progression opportunities

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Flexible working options

Up to 27 days annual leave

Health and Wellbeing resources

Paid travel time between patients

Free parking at trust sites

Annual flu vaccination

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex caseloads.
• Ability to assess individual care needs and develop care programs.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload with assessments and care planning.
• Deliver interventions aligned with care plans, including pharmacological approaches.
• Maintain effective reporting on patient conditions.

Skills

Community Mental Health Nursing

Assessment Skills

Care Planning

Intervention Delivery

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking enthusiastic, passionate, and motivated Community Mental Health Nurses to join our Perinatal Mental Health Team in the Cannock area. Our specialist service aims to deliver excellent care to expectant and new mothers with severe and complex mental health issues.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the perinatal service and influence the future of perinatal mental health care in Staffordshire. You will join a friendly, supportive multidisciplinary team with extensive training, regular supervision, reflective practice, and career progression opportunities.

As a team member, you will provide specialist assessments and interventions to women and families during pregnancy, delivery, and up to 12 months postpartum. You will also strengthen our links with Midwifery, Health Visiting, Maternal Mental Health Service, Family Nurse Partnership, Adult Mental Health, IAPT, CAMHS, and voluntary sectors.

Due to the pandemic, we have adopted new ways of working, including blended working arrangements that will continue as clinically appropriate. The team collaborates closely with the Brockington Parent and Baby Unit in Stafford, The Lotus Service, and the Shropshire Community Perinatal Mental Health Team.

Main duties include:

1. Managing a complex caseload with assessments, care planning with service users and carers, and evaluating treatment plans.
2. Participating in setting quality standards, auditing, monitoring, and reviewing practice according to clinical guidelines and policies.
3. Assessing individual care needs, developing, implementing, and evaluating care programs.
4. Delivering interventions aligned with care plans, including pharmacological and psychologically informed approaches.
5. Completing risk assessments and management plans, promoting positive risk-taking to enhance quality of life and independence.
6. Maintaining effective reporting on patient conditions verbally and in writing.
7. Using outcome measures to review intervention effectiveness within care planning and evaluation.
8. Keeping professional competence up-to-date within the environment.
9. Supporting evidence-based practice and participating in research and projects as required.

About us

Joining Team MPFT means supporting your community while we support your career development, including:

• Career progression opportunities
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Flexible working options
• Up to 27 days annual leave (up to 33 with service), with options to purchase more
• Health and Wellbeing resources
• Paid travel time between patients for community roles
• Lease car options for over 500 miles/year, fully insured and maintained
• Salary sacrifice car and bikes
• Free parking at trust sites
• Annual flu vaccination
• Citizens Advice support and hardship fund up to £250