Perinatal Community Mental Health Lead Practitioner

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Nebraska; On-site; USD 67,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

The Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Perinatal Community Mental Health Lead Practitioner to join a multi-disciplinary team delivering a region-wide perinatal service. You will carry specialist assessments, manage a caseload, and work with senior clinicians to ensure high-quality, collaborative care for mothers and infants.

Flexible working is supported; training and development opportunities are highlighted, with a commitment to diverse, inclusive practice and

Qualifications

• Registered RMN, Social Worker or OT with active registration.
• Experience in mental health care coordination.
• Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team and coordinate complex care packages.

Responsibilities

• Carry out specialist assessments of women referred to the perinatal service.
• Manage an allocated caseload in collaboration with senior clinicians.
• Lead and coordinate care packages within the Care Programme Approach.
• Develop and maintain regional perinatal service through effective collaboration with statutory and non-statutory organisations.

Skills

Care coordination

Team leadership

Perinatal mental health

Education

Nurse RMN registration

Social Worker registration

Occupational Therapist registration

Job description

Perinatal Community Mental Health Lead Practitioner

A Vacancy at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

Fixed Term end date - 31/05/2027

North Lancs & South Cumbria SPCMHT covers a vast footprint including Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre, Lancaster and South Cumbria. We are seeking applications from confident and enthusiastic professionals who hold RMN/Social Work/OT registrations who are passionate about working in a perinatal service and have experience in a mental health, care coordination role.

Post holders will carry out specialist assessments of women referred into the service and also be responsible for an allocated caseload working alongside senior clinicians and have responsibility for the delivery of high quality care.

We welcome applications from both male and female applicants and although advantageous, there is no requirement to have previous perinatal experience, as training will be provided.

As a team and service, we support flexible working and offer fantastic training and development opportunities!

To work as a member of a multi-disciplinary community mental health team offering a comprehensive perinatal mental health service to women experiencing mental health difficulties.

To participate in the development and maintenance of a quality region wide perinatal service through effective collaboration, liaison and prioritisation with statutory and non-statutory organisations.

Contribution to the building up of local care networks for mothers across the Lancashire and South Cumbria Region.

To work as a Lead Practitioner in partnership with service users and other professionals’ within the Care Programme Approach framework managing and co-ordinating complex packages of care for both mother and infant.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our workforce well

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Nov 2026