Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner, CPN / RMN / OT

Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse or Mental Health Occupational Therapist with a passion for Perinatal Mental Health? Are you looking for a rewarding role, allowing you to utilise your skills to make a real difference to women suffering from mental health issues associated with pregnancy and childbirth in the North of Oxfordshire? Oxfordshire Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service is a community-based, forward thinking service. We are committed to delivering quality patient interventions to meet the needs of our service users. Our service works with women at pre-conception, during pregnancy & postnatally where mental health concerns have been identified. We are devoted to improving the outcomes for mothers, babies and families by providing assessment and treatment of the woman's needs. Our service provides perinatal care across the beautiful county of Oxfordshire and this role will cover across the county. It is therefore essential that you are able to travel to service user's homes and travel freely to meet the needs of the service so you should have access to a car for work purposes. As a Perinatal Psychiatric Nurse/Occupational Therapist , you would be undertaking comprehensive mental health assessments, manage a complex caseload, support by taking part in the duty rota and provide practical advice and support including family work, psychological interventions and overseeing any safeguarding concerns, both adult and child protection.Main duties of the job In this role, you will hold responsibility for the clinical triage of service users who access Mental Health Services during pregnancy and in the first-year post-partum and signposting on to the most appropriate service which may include follow up with the perinatal mental health team. We'll also need you to conduct social and health assessments involving assessment of risk within the support framework of the perinatal mental health team and in a location acceptable to the birth parent, usually via digital consultation or within the service user's home, using the perinatal assessment document. We'll need you to ensure that each assessment is conducted collaboratively in consultation/agreement with the birth parent and their carer, where available, and the assessment will be informed by the wider multidisciplinary team involved with the birth parent during the perinatal period, including, but not exclusively midwifery and health visiting.

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At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount
• Pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups