Perinatal Mental Health Deputy Team Leader

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in this recently opened service. We are looking for a full time, Band 6 Deputy Team Leader. The postholder will support the Team Leader to provide clinical leadership and first line management for The Specialist Perinatal Community Mental Health Team, working within East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

The SPCMHT aspires to provide an excellent comprehensive Perinatal Mental Health Service for the women of Lancashire and South Cumbria. We deliver a sustainable and resilient solution for women suffering from a mental illness in the perinatal period by focusing on improving outcomes for them, their infant and their families. We do this by effective multidisciplinary integrated team working and ensuring effective prevention that responds to local need by:

o Intervening earlier to at preconception, during pregnancy and up to 2 years following deliveryo On-going training of professionals from multiple disciplineso Improving pathways and processes for mothers, their families and professionalso Delivering a multi-disciplinary specialist perinatal mental health service to woman who present with severe/complex mental health needs, in accordance with CR197 staffing recommendations and delivery of NICE recommended intervention.

The post holder will work with the Team Leader and other senior clinicians, supporting the delivery of a high quality and high performing team to a defined population., To assist the team leader with first line management for a community-based perinatal mental health team in designated geographical localities within Lancashire Care Foundation Trust and South Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust.

The post holder will work with the team leader and senior clinicians who have responsibility for the delivery of a high quality and high performing team to a defined population

To support the team leader in ensuring that staff in the team have opportunities for continuing professional development, in order to provide best practice and meet the requirements of registering bodies, and to drive improvements in standards of clinical practice and patient care in line with the NHS modernisation and Public Health agendas

To provide clinical input 0.5 WTE and management support 0.5 WTE.

To work with the Team Leader and senior clinicians to actively lead in the delivery of the clinical governance, quality improvement and performance management agenda within an identified locality team

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.