Clinical Specialist Nurse / Social Worker / Occupational Therapist

The Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service (SPMHS) is a multi-disciplinary community mental health service for pregnant and postnatal women and birthing people with mental illness. The aim of the team is to detect, prevent and treat perinatal mental health problems to improve the experiences of pregnancy and the two years postpartum for service users and their families.

Staff work closely with the five maternity sites in North Central London; University College London Hospital, Whittington Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, Barnet Hospital and North Middlesex University Hospital. Clinics run at maternity sites, children's centres and community centres across the boroughs as well as home visits.

The model consists of an Administrative Hub and operates with 3 clinical sub-teams;

-East team (Enfield & Haringey)

-South team (Camden & Islington)

-West team (Barnet)

There are two roles:

Role 1 - is based in the East team (Enfield and Haringey). The postholder will work from the East Team base in N9 7HD.

Role 2 - is based across the South Team (Camden and Islington). the post holder will work in NW1 0AS.

Please express in your application if you have a preference for a particular vacancy.

The post holder will be supported and supervised by the band 7 senior perinatal clinicians in the Perinatal Service to carry out, a high number of comprehensive new patient assessments and manage a caseload of patients in line with therequirements of the service line operational policy and service line strategy and that safe, evidence based, effective, culturally competent care is delivered in a timely manner to service users.

In carrying out this role the post holder will make best use of the resources available to them; ensuring that at all times best use is made of health and social care resources to assist recovery and re-enablement.

The post holder will support governance and audit within the team, ensuring that service delivery focuses on the quality agenda and that dignity, privacy and respect is afforded at all times to service users.

This job description is written as an indication of the nature and scope of duties and responsibilities. Additional competencies may be required. It is not intended as a fully descriptive list and does not include specific skills or therapeutic interventions that may be required of the specialist service area. The job holder will be expected to carry out other duties assigned by the Operational Service Manager, which are appropriate to the grade.

The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.

Why choose to join the partnership?

· We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.

· Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.

· Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff, and visitors.

· Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.

· We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.

· Generous Annual Leave Allowance

· NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.

· We have excellent internal staff network support groups.

The North London Partners (NLP) have developed Perinatal Mental Health Services in North Central London across the five boroughs of Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. The service has been running since 2017.