Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner - Truro, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Truro, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner:

Band 6:

Main area

Perinatal Mental Health

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Grade

Band 6

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Contract

Permanent: full and Part Time hours available

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Hours

Full time
Part time
Job share

37.5 hours per week
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Job ref

Site

Truro Health Park

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Town

Truro

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Salary
- £33,706 - £40,588 Per Annum, pro rata
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

Today at 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_:

We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

_ Great Organisation__ _**:

We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

_ Great People _:

We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

_ Great Partner_:

With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people's quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._

- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:

The post holder will have a core qualification (RMN, OT or SW), will have previous experience of working within mental health services.

They will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the effective provision of Perinatal Mental and Infant Mental Health Services to an identified caseload of women.

The post holder will work as a senior member of the team and liaise with a wide range of both statutory and non-statutory agencies to provide creative packages of care that meet national standards set out by NHSE and the Royal College of Psychiatrists Perinatal Quality Network.

The post holder will be involved in the triaging of referrals to the service, carry out perinatal assessments and will deliver specialist therapeutic interventions aimed at addressing identified perinatal and infant mental health needs in the family.

The post holder will have the opportunity to train in further perinatal specific training to support them in their role.

The core purpose of the team in which the post-holder will work, is to deliver high quality, tailored interventions in maternal mental health and attachment based approaches to mothers and infants in Cornwall.

The service will have a key role in raising the profile and standards of mental health care for expectant and newly delivered mothers across universal and specialist services.

Would you like a job that makes a difference every day, using your skills, experience and compassion to help those with perinatal mental illness?

Main duties of the job:

Our Trust is passionate about promoting good mental health and wellbeing, we understand how important the first 1001 days are in an infant's life.

Our Specialist Perinatal MH team supports new mums and mums-to-be experiencing severe to moderate mental health illness during the perinatal period.

As part of a substantial service expansion, your experience and compassion could be just what we need to deliver our long term ambition for this vital service.

This an exciting time to join the team as we continue to grow and develop to deliver a high-quality mental health response to women in the perinatal period and their partners.

This post will work as part of an established integrated multi-disciplinary Specialist Perinatal MH team which promotes a dynamic and innovative way of working, tri