Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner

2 weeks ago

Bridgnorth, Shropshire, United Kingdom Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner to join our Community Perinatal Mental Health Team at Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage a complex caseload of patients with perinatal mental health needs, providing specialist assessment, care planning, and evaluation of treatment plans.
  • Participate in the setting of quality standards, auditing, monitoring, and reviewing practice in line with current clinical guidance and policy.
  • Administer medication, adhering to Trust procedures and NMC Guidance.
  • Assess patient care needs, develop, implement, and evaluate programs of care.
  • Deliver a range of interventions, including pharmacological and psychologically informed interventions, in accordance with the agreed plan of care and Pathway guidance.
  • Complete and contribute to robust risk assessments and risk management plans, promoting positive risk-taking to improve quality of life and maximize occupational performance/independence.
  • Maintain an effective reporting system, observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient condition.
  • Utilize agreed outcome measures to review the effectiveness of interventions, as part of the care planning and evaluation process.
About Us

By joining Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, you will be part of a team that strives to deliver excellent standards of care to expectant and new mothers with severe and complex mental health problems. Our team is multi-disciplinary and works directly with women and their families, providing assessment, interventions, and support for pregnant women and women within the postnatal period with a range of mental health needs.

What We Offer
  • Support for career development and progression.
  • Excellent NHS Pension scheme.
  • Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
  • Options for flexible working.
  • Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
  • Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources.
  • Travel expenses covered for community work.
  • Lease car or salary sacrifice car options available.
  • Free car parking at all trust sites.
  • Free flu vaccination every year.
Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

  • Registered mental health Nurse or Occupational Therapist.
  • Post-registration experience, evidence of formal courses and training at diploma/degree level.

Desirable

  • Leadership qualification.
  • BSc degree in nursing/social work/occupational therapy or equivalent level.
  • Qualification in providing supervision.
  • Qualification in coaching.
  • Non-medical Prescriber.
  • Psychological intervention Qualification including EMDR, CBT, CBTp, Family Interventions, CAT, DBT.
  • Phlebotomy.

Experience

  • Evidence of extensive post-registration experience with working with adults experiencing mental health-related difficulties.
  • Experience of working with women experiencing perinatal mental health needs/knowledge of demographic risk factors for this client group.
  • Experience of working with people who have difficulty engaging with services and have complex mental health needs.
  • Experience of working in a community setting and making decisions autonomously.
  • Experience of assessing, planning, coordinating, and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting.
  • Experience of integrating care delivery across multi-disciplinary/multi-agency teams.
  • Experience of leading/contributing to CPA/SAP process.
  • Experience of presenting at local/national level.
  • Experience and ability to carry out clinical audit.

Skills

  • Knowledge of the Mental Health NICE Guidelines.
  • Understanding of the principles of the Care Programme Approach and Community Care Act.
  • Demonstrate understanding of Equality and Anti-discriminatory practice.
  • Knowledge of other relevant local and national documents/drivers that affect practice.
  • Knowledge of the wide range of statutory independent and third-sector service provision for adults with mental ill health.
  • Skills of assessing, planning, and evaluating care for people with mental health-related difficulties, utilizing the principles of Recovery.
  • Skilled in the assessment of clinical risk and developing and communicating appropriate risk management plans.
  • Knowledge and experience of holistic assessment of someone's mental ill health, strengths, and needs and appropriate nursing and multi-disciplinary and agency interventions.
  • Ability to complete and interpret HONOS.
  • Ability to integrate the assessment, care planning, and the review process for service users/carers in a sensitive manner.
  • A range of skills and knowledge to deliver evidence-based interventions.
  • Knowledge of the physical health needs and monitoring requirements for people receiving adult community mental health services.
  • Skilled in interventions to engage people difficult to engage.
  • Skilled in interventions to support concordance with treatment interventions.
  • Knowledge of Mental Health Act, the Mental Capacity Act, and DOLS.
  • Range of Interpersonal skills, (communication, listening, working collaboratively) maintaining good working relationships with service users/carers, other service providers, and agencies.
  • Ability to manage staff/support workers and to incorporate management/leadership skills into practice including: promoting positivity, supporting innovation, management of performance, delegation, and caseload and clinical supervision.
  • Supervisory skills and knowledge to be able to provide clinical supervision.
  • Participate in Staff Appraisal and Performance Review.
  • Ability to work to agreed Quality Standards (CQUINS, CQC, MONITOR, NHSLA, NHS OUTCOMES, and others).
  • Accurate and timely recording and maintenance of information systems.
  • Ability to type into and read information from electronic records.
  • Ability to manage conflict and complexity.
  • Ability to work across community settings and travel across a geographical area.

Desirable

  • Skilled in utilizing specific assessments and outcome measures including; GAD7, PHQ9, CAARMS, PANNS, SWEMWBS, Lunsers, GASS.

Personal Attributes

  • Leadership skills, ability to motivate and influence others.
  • Team player, Integrity, Negotiation skills, good time management/organisation skills.
  • Ability to deliver difficult messages in a sensitive manner.
  • Credibility with others as a clinician and a leader.
  • Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour.
  • Possesses values and beliefs that enables others to deliver services effectively.
  • Passion for working with adults experiencing mental health difficulties.
  • A flexible attitude.
  • Ability to work across community settings and travel across a geographical area.

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