Perinatal Community Mental Health Practitioner inSouthampton inSouthampton PUBLISHED
FRI 10 JAN 2025
As a pioneering service with a dedicated inpatient unit, the Trust places great importance on accessible and inclusive recruitment processes, encouraging candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply. Additionally, there is flexibility in working arrangements, allowing potential candidates to discuss their needs during the interview process.
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Perinatal Mental Health Service is a well established and pioneering specialist service consisting of an expert multidisciplinary community team and a mother and baby inpatient unit. The service is also an early implementer site for maternity mental health services; broadening the remit and profile of specialist interventions available for women and ensuring an enhanced care pathway.
We are looking for an experienced mental health nurse or practitioner (social worker or occupational therapist) with an interest in perinatal mental health to join our team for 12 months to cover maternity leave.
The role of the perinatal community mental health nurse/practitioner will be to undertake comprehensive assessments, manage a complex caseload of service users, provide practical advice and support including risk management, psychological interventions and overseeing any safeguarding issues. Care coordination and care planning within the Multidisciplinary Team, as well as liaison with external stakeholders is a crucial part of this job to ensure patient led, collaborative, high quality care is being delivered.
About us
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
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