Community Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, passionate and motivated perinatal community practitioner to join our expanding Perinatal Mental Health Team. Applications welcomed from Mental Health Nurses and Occupational Therapists.

We are a specialist service that strives to deliver excellent standards of care to expectant and new mothers with severe and complex mental health problems. The 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.

We are looking for a dynamic, passionate and creative clinician who wants to make a difference to the lives of families, and who strives to provide the best care at all times

You will be joining a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team with extensive training opportunities along with regular supervision, reflective practice and opportunity for career progression.

The PMHT covers Telford and Shropshire area. The team base is in Bridgnorth, and we use other MPFT facilities across the county along with blended working options

Perinatal and maternal mental health services in Shropshire won The Positive Practice in Mental Health (PPiMH) Award in 2021.,

• Take responsibility for the management of a complex caseload, which includes, specialist assessment (within service specification), care planning in conjunction with service user and carer, evaluation of individual treatment plans (Care Programme Approach and Single Assessment Process).


• Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.


• Administer medication, complying with relevant Trust procedures and NMC Guidance.


• Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.


• Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care and Pathway guidance including; pharmacological and psychologically informed interventions.


• Complete and contribute, where appropriate to robust risk assessments and risk management plans. Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence.


• Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient condition


• Utilise agreed outcome measures to review the effectiveness of interventions, as part of the care planning and evaluation process.Participate in the development of the service to ensure clinical governance processes are actively implemented at team level
  
  By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by


• Supporting your career development and progression.


• Excellent NHS Pension scheme


• Generous maternity, paternity, 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


• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.


• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate


• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates


• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k


• Free car parking at all trust sites


• Free flu vaccination every year