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