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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Principal Responsibilities
Managerial
• The post holder is responsible for managing own allocation workload supervised by and accountable to Perinatal Team Manager and Perinatal Health Visitor. They will also receive highly specialist clinical supervision from the Parent-Infant Lead Clinical Psychologist.
• Be responsible for organising their own work assessing and planning whilst considering priorities including home visits and parenting groups.
• Implement and evaluate individual programmes of care for mums and babies to support their relationship.
• Be responsible for updating and informing the wider team on the progress care or any significant/relevant changes related to parents, infants, children, and families.
• The post holder will work within recognised departmental policies and procedures and ethos.
• You will be expected to work with other perinatal clinicians and individually.
Clinical
• The postholder will be responsible and accountable to the Perinatal Team Manager and Perinatal Health Visitor, working as a qualified nursery nurse practitioner.
• The postholder will highly receive specialist clinical supervision from the Parent-Infant Lead Clinical Psychologist
• To be aware of the nature of information dealt within the NHS and to work in a manner that ensures confidentiality and security of this information
• Contribute to parent infant needs assessment and planning interventions to support their relationship and their interactions.
• Provide care in a variety of settings including clients’ home, Children Centres, G.P. surgery, health centre or other local community centre. To provide support to families within a variety of community settings under the direction of the perinatal mental health clinicians, taking in to account the diverse needs of the community.
• Work collaboratively as a team member to achieve team objectives. in the promotion of health and wellbeing of children aged 0-5 years and their families. Work within local and national child safeguarding procedures and have an occasional requirement to attend conference/core groups with other professionals.
• Give evidence-based advice and information in respect to baby care, development, infant feeding, breast feeding, weaning, behaviour management, play, hygiene, dental care, accident prevention, crying and soothing, attachment, parenting skills and local community facilities.
• To assist in assessing baby’s health, well-being and related needs and contribute to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.
• To support mothers in general management of baby care, demonstrating an understanding of how this may be hindered by the presence of mental illness.
• Provide practical and emotional support to help women prepare for the transition into parenthood.
• Supporting partners, siblings and wider family members prior to arrival of the baby.
• Enhancing attachment and bonding through pregnancy using current research and use of assessment tools.
Non-Clinical
• Be responsible for the care and safe keeping of equipment issued for personal and team use and to report any defect or loss.
Training & Education
• Continually maintain and improve professional knowledge and competence through reflective practice, formal/informal education and the application of evidence-based practice.
• Undertake educational courses, mandatory training and training as identified by appraisal and specialist perinatal service objectives including Brazelton training.
• Regularly update skills and knowledge to maintain fitness for practice
• Deliver individual and group health promotion sessions in a variety of settings with colleagues and parents and families we work with.
Clinical Governance/Research and Audit
• Work within and implement Clinical governance guidelines, policies, protocols and procedures.
• Actively contribute to the appraisal process, identifying professional objectives and personal development plans.
• Engage in clinical supervision as per organisation policy.
• Identify and report any accidents / incidents in appropriate documentation in accordance with organisational policy and take remedial action as appropriate.
• Manage complaints from clients and colleagues as per organisation policy. Reporting to the team leader as appropriate.
• Manage risk, health and safety and work within policies and procedures laid down by the organisation.
• Lone-worker for majority of client interactions and as such will be expected to work within agreed Lone-worker Policy / Guidelines.
• Participate in audits and practice development projects within the team and Trust wide.
• Work collaboratively with IT and Informatics initiatives to utilise appropriate information systems as they are developed.
• Contribute to the collection and maintenance of evidence for Care Quality Commission (CQC) outcomes and CCQI Perinatal Quality Network Review processes.
Communication
• Proactively establish good communication networks with clients, families, carers, members of statutory and voluntary agencies and colleagues
• Liaise with professionals ensuring appropriate channels of communication are developed and maintained.
• Communicate childcare and child centred information with empathy and reassurance to assist parents in improving language and disability barriers with their children.
• Communicate appropriately with parents making appointments for contacts and invitations to groups.
• To record client information contemporaneously on relevant documentation in a clear and concise manner assisting in the provision of verbal and written reports where necessary.
• Occasionally work in environments that contain emotive and distressing situations e.g., aggressive clients, families where children have recently diagnosed disabilities.
• Occasionally be subject to difficult and distressing family situations in particular where there is exposure to child protection, family breakdown, mental health, behavioural problems with babies and young children.