Perinatal Nurse Specialist (Band 6) — Community & Maternity Care

West London Mental Health Trust; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 61,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

West London NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Perinatal Nurse Specialist for a 12-month fixed-term role. You will manage a caseload of antenatal and postnatal women with mental health needs, coordinating care across maternity units, primary care and other mental health services.

The role involves working across community settings, maternity units, children’s centres, with a mix of home visits and remote work. 60% office-based work is required as per Trust policy.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring women (age 18+) who are pregnant and booked for delivery and/or have infants under twenty-four months receive appropriate screening, assessment and identification of their mental health needs and these are managed using evidence-based interventions throughout this period.
• Actively liaising with primary care, maternity and health visiting staff as well as other mental health services regarding referrals, care co-ordination, transfer of care including facilitating professionals’ meetings.
• Efficiently managing a caseload of up to 25 women (antenatal and postnatal) with moderate mental health needs, by providing assessments and reviews in community sites (children’s centres), joint reviews with maternity, health visitors or other mental health professionals, home visits and care planning meetings.
• Providing on-going training, supervision, consultation and advice on mental health issues in childbearing to a range of professionals who work closely with this group of women.
• Participating on rotation in the service daily Duty rota, to support the triage of new referrals and urgent / emergency presentations in the maternity units.
• Supervising and mentoring students in the service.

Job description

West London NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Perinatal Nurse Specialist for a 12-month fixed-term role. You will manage a caseload of antenatal and postnatal women with mental health needs, coordinating care across maternity units, primary care and other mental health services.

The role involves working across community settings, maternity units, children’s centres, with a mix of home visits and remote work. 60% office-based work is required as per Trust policy.