Night Nurse - Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom - Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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    Northamptonshire Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service provides assessment and treatment to women experiencing or at an increased chance of experiencing a moderate to severe mental health condition during pregnancy and up to the child's 1st birthday.

    The service provides assessment and high quality evidence based interventions to an increasing number of women in Northamptonshire in line with the 5 Year Forward View and NHS Long Term Plan.

    We are looking to recruit a Mental Health Nurse with significant experience who have a passion for delivering evidence based interventions.

    Applicants will need to have a genuine interest in Perinatal Mental Health and the development of the service, excellent communication skills, the ability to provide supervision to junior staff and mentorship to students.


    The Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service also offers pre-conception advice for woman with a known mental illness wishing to conceive and provide training and education to professionals alongside experts by experience.


    Experience of working in the Perinatal Mental Health field is desirable as is knowledge of Perinatal Mental Health Conditions, prevalence rates, treatment interventions and Safeguarding Policies and Procedures.

    A keen interest and passion for working with women and their families is a must, as is the ability to work closely with a range of professionals from health visiting, Maternity, Children's Services and the Third Sector.


    NHFT welcomes applications from people, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status or pregnancy or maternity status.


    In particular, applications from disabled people (with both visible and non-visible disabilities), people from black and minority ethnic communities and lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered (LGBT) people.


    NHFT supports three staff equality networks to help us to develop our equality practice, as well as providing peer support for staff.

    NHFT Staff Disability & Allies Network
    NHFT BME Staff Development Network
    NHFT LGBT & Allies Network

    RMN qualification and evidence of current registration on NMC register
    Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people or willingness to undertake
    Specialist training in perinatal and infant mental health

    Experience working with women with serious mental illness
    Experience of risk assessment and risk management
    Experience of undertaking detailed mental health assessments and developing care plans
    Experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working including with statutory agencies
    Substantial experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems

    Experience of working with women in the perinatal period
    Experience of liaison working with obstetrics and maternity services
    Experience of planning and delivery of training in response to identified needs

    Specialist knowledge of perinatal mental health conditions and interventions or willingness to undertake training.
    Specialist knowledge in attachment and infant mental health or willingness to undertake training.
    Ability to provide specialist assessments and interventions to women in the perinatal period/willing to undertake training

    Knowledge regarding risk within the perinatal period, red flags and MBRRACE-UK confidential enquiries in to maternal deaths
    Knowledge of National policy and service development issues relating to perinatal mental health

    Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust