Senior Perinatal Mental Health Nurse

Our Norfolk & Waveney Perinatal Community Mental Health & Lotus Maternal Therapeutic Outreach Teams won the NSFT Staff Excellence Awards 2022. Each member of the team shows compassion and care towards one another, supporting each other to help meet service user needs in a timely way.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of Consultant Psychiatrists, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, a Therapies team, Registered Nurses, Social Workers, Assistant Practitioners, Peer Support Workers, Nursery Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Community Team Managers, a Matron and a Service Manager specialising in perinatal mental health.

We have recently restructured the teams to split the County into three patches. The new smaller teams remain supportive to each other and continue to work together closely.

We are looking for an experienced B6 Mental Health Nurse with relevant mental health and Community experience to join our Perinatal Community Mental Health team. This vacancy sits within the City and North locality offering a mix of working in both the beautiful Norfolk countryside and our 'fine' City. Within our specialist service, you can look forward to a supportive and collaborative team with low manageable caseloads, friendly, visible and accessible senior staff and medics. We offer specialist perinatal training, line management, caseload, and clinical supervision monthly.

Main duties of the job

As this is a Community post, it is expected most of our work is completed face to face in service user's homes or the Community, so a valid UK full driving licence is essential. Access to your own vehicle is preferred, though pool cars can be booked through the Trust's Hiyacar system.

The Perinatal Community Mental Health Team provides prevention, detection and management of mental health problems that complicate pregnancy and the postpartum year.

You will be responsible for:

• Managing a caseload of women with moderate to severe mental health needs within the perinatal period.
• Undertaking initial assessments.
• Formulating an appropriate plan of care/signposting to other services.
• Thinking about the parent-infant relationship.
• Participating in Duty rota (1-2 days a month).
• Escalating concerns about safeguarding to ECFS/Children's Services.
• Ensuring all service users have a co-produced care plan and up to date combined assessment.

The team offers therapeutic interventions, nursery nurse interventions, medication reviews, Consultant appointments and advocacy through Peer Support.

We are a cohesive, friendly, and kind team and will support you every step of the way.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job responsibilities

If you're enthusiastic, person-centred and have the skills needed to work in a community setting, we would love to hear from you.

For further information on main responsibilities and job description please see the attached job description.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Nursing degree or equivalent

Experience

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Familiar with risk assessment and its management

Skills

• Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work
• Ability to identify and action change in health care need
• Satisfactory verbal and written English language skills

Knowledge

• Up to date and evidence-based knowledge of Person Centred Care
• Working knowledge/application of the Mental Health Act

Other

• Be able and willing to undertake further training/development specific to the role
• Ability to travel independently

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.

Kingfisher House Mother and Baby Unit, Hellesdon Hospital

£37,338 to £44,962 a year gross per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern Reference number

246-CEN

Job locations

Kingfisher House Mother and Baby Unit, Hellesdon Hospital