Internal Mpft Applicants Only Mental Health

At MPFT we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and we can offer you:

- Our SOOTHE resources - supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental and financial health. In addition to the support offered from our occupational health provider Team Prevent.
- Counselling support and lifestyle information with advice on a variety of personal matters
- “In our Gift” providing a platform for your voice to be heard to inform change
- The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Opportunities for flexible working (depending on the role)
- Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to in house training programs
- Innovative research training program entitled STARS (Supporting the advancement of Research Skills)
- Child Care Vouchers Scheme
- Recognition and engagement through our staff LOVE awards, LOVE long service awards and Staff Engagement Surveys
- NHS discounts available via the Blue Card and Red Guava schemes

The post holder will deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for people with severe tokophobia, birth trauma and those who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties following pregnancy and baby loss.. The role involves managing a defined caseload, acting as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will provide assessment, psychosocial, evidence-based interventions using a collaborative approach and will be skilled at risk assessment and management. They will complement the multi-disciplinary working of the team, providing supervision for other team members, as agreed with the Operational Manager. They will participate in team and service development and evaluation. Liaison, advice and consultation with a wide range of agencies is central to the role.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is an award-winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.

We pride ourselves on the services provided to support with the well-being of all our employees both physically and mentally and offer counselling support and lifestyle information. Opportunities for flexible working are also available depending on the role. We encourage career development provided by in house training programs and coaching support.

Expression of Interest for Mental Health Community Practitioner Post, Band 6, 22.5 hours per week - 9 month Fixed Term.

As part of the developing South Staffordshire’s Maternal Mental Health Service, we are excited to be able to offer a 9 month Fixed Term opportunity for a mental health practitioner to join the Lotus Service.

You would be joining a friendly and supportive team passionate about providing mental health support and interventions to people with severe tokophobia in a current pregnancy and those who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties following pregnancy and baby loss. We are a multidisciplinary team made up of team leader, team administrator, psychologists, specialist midwives and peer support worker and link in with the wider Perinatal Mental Health Services in MPFT.

The service offers both remote and face to face appointments within maternity clinics at Royal Stoke Hospital, Queen Hospital Burton and County Hospital in Stafford. Acting as a key member of the Lotus Service, you would have a varied role with a strong emphasis on trauma informed care, safeguarding and working closely with maternity services. You would provide trauma informed mental health assessment and psychologically informed interventions, alongside providing consultation, advice and training to other agencies.