Job summary
- Main area
- Perinatal Mental Health Community - Specialist Services - PMHCS
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 380-FR0460
- Employer
- Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Poppy House, Maidstone
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Perinatal Mental Health Community Nurse
Band 6
The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In 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, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Job overview
The Perinatal Mental Health Community Service (PMHCS) covers the whole of Kent and Medway. PMHCS specialise in the assessment, diagnosis and short-term treatment of women aged 18 and above who are affected by a moderate to severe mental health illness in the preconception, antenatal and postnatal period.
You will be an active member of the Perinatal Mental Health Community Service, providing specialist clinical interventions and support to a defined caseload of women and their infants who experience perinatal mental illness.
Main duties of the job
To work alongside the existing PMHCS team delivering a service to Mothers and Infants within the Kent & Medway area.
To maintain a clinical caseload within agreed limits. Providing a range of specialist clinical interventions to clients with perinatal mental illness.
To provide specialist liaison advice and support on the developments of nursing practice within the PMHCS to professionals within primary and secondary care.
To participate in the delivery of specialist perinatal mental health training and supervision to other professionals within primary and secondary care when needed.
To develop links with local mental health services to improve the interface between primary and secondary care for this client group.
Working for our organisation
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Perinatal Mental Health Community Service (PMHCS) is seeking a part-time highly experienced Mental Health Nurse to join the West Kent team based in Maidstone. We are particularly interested in applicants that have a passion for working in perinatal mental health, with mums and their families, and have a keen interest in developing specialist skills in this area.
This is an exciting opportunity to advance your knowledge and skills, with the backing of a well-developed team to make a difference to the recovery of our mums. You would further develop your expertise to ensure that we deliver high quality, person centred care at the right time and in the right place.
To accept referrals requiring specialist input for assessment, treatment and coordination with other relevant services.
To work collaboratively with care co-ordinators and other mental health professionals complimenting the ongoing intervention of the generic teams during the perinatal period.
To provide specialist clinical interventions to clients, infants and families experiencing perinatal mental illness.
To manage caseloads and administration systems.
To formulate, implement and evaluate clinical programmes.
Please see the job description for full details.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN
- Member of a professional body
Desirable criteria
- Further training relevant to perinatal mental health
- Degree
- Mentorship
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the Care Programme Approach
- Ability to work autonomously
- Be able to demonstrate a clear interest in perinatal mental illness
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of safeguarding procedures
- Understanding of infant and child development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience of working within mental health services
Desirable criteria
- Clinical experience of working in Perinatal Mental Health
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Angela Shorter
- Job title
- Perinatal Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01322 622101
- Additional information
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