The Specialist Perinatal Service is a passionate, dynamic, and committed service who is looking to offer a dynamic Band 7 to cover a full-time secondment 37.5hrs a week. The successful candidate will be working in the Sutton & Merton sub-team.

This is an exciting time to join the perinatal service which is planning to expand services to work with birthing people and their partners with young children up to 2 years old. Although it would be an advantage, you do not need previous experience of working in perinatal mental health, as training and development is something we pride ourselves on with plenty of opportunities for team members to build on their skills and knowledge.

We are dedicated to high quality, evidence-based practice.

The secondment offers a great opportunity for a Band 7 Nurse to develop and expand their skills within a highly specialist area of work.

Main duties of the job

To contribute to the Perinatal model for assessment and treatment within the Perinatal Mental Health Community Services Team (the Perinatal Team) - working as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, providing individual, group and family work to clients where appropriate.

To contribute to the further development of the Perinatal Team, working in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team, including supporting the development of a Perinatal Training Programme

To liaise and work with other agencies in the relevant borough and other Trust services involved in the provision of care to the client group.

The Perinatal Community Mental Health service is a specialist secondary care multidisciplinary team comprising psychiatry, psychological therapies, OT, specialist nursing and nursery nursing, social work, and peer support. We are a diverse and experienced group of mental health professionals with a passion for delivering excellence in perinatal care.

The service operates across 3 sub teams, (Wandsworth, Kingston & Richmond, Sutton & Merton) who come together weekly for meetings and case discussions. We also meet as a whole service on a regular basis.

We offer reflective practice and complex case discussions and hold a regular team business meeting to ensure smooth operation and involvement from all disciplines in developing our vision and strategy for service development.

About us

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

About our locations:

Springfield University Hospital, Tooting

Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

• To have a working knowledge of the Perinatal pathway
• To manage individual patient pathways to ensure high quality services and care planning outcomes are achieved
• To deliver, or support the delivery of, highly specialist evidence-based assessment, care planning, treatment and review for women in the perinatal period.
• To provide specialist consultation, advice and support on best practice when working with pregnant women and women with infants up to one year old.
• To provide case management to a caseload of pregnant women or those with an infant up to one year old.
• To take action in respect of Safeguarding Policies and Procedures as required
• Following robust assessment to recommend safe and effective care pathways, ensuring all interventions are fully assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated
• To support in the identification and reporting of deficits within current service provision.
• Provide specialist nursing assessment, advice and consultation to colleagues in all the disciplines in the team.
• To provide high quality written reports of any assessments undertaken, with clear plans for ongoing management.
• To develop nursing philosophy, policies and procedures that ensure clinical excellence and reflect a multi-disciplinary team approach including:
• Evidence based and detailed assessment tools
• Risk assessment and management
• Goal setting and treatment planning
• Evaluation and outcome measures
• To participate in individual and team clinical supervision, line management and professional supervision arrangements as required
• To participate in Clinical Governance structures which are proactive and reflective
• To develop an environment where critical thinking and evaluation contribute to continued and positive learning from clinical issues and incidents.
• An ability to highlight, challenge and influence clinical practices in a positive, supportive manner.
• Contribute to the development of innovative and challenging approaches that support both local and national strategies.
• Act as a member of a Multi-Disciplinary Team managing a clinical caseload independently, providing highly specialist assessments, treatment and follow-up for women referred with complex problems, which includes comprehensive risk assessment
• Contributes to the development of sustainable, evidence-based quality standards.
• Develop integrated and collaborative working with service users and carers that is inclusive and equitable.
• To have up to date knowledge in relation to:
  • The Childrens Act (1989) and 2004
  • Current Mental Health Legislation
  • Trust and local Child Safeguarding policies and guidelines
  • Nurse prescribing
  • Consent to treatments
  • Restriction of liberty
  • Risk assessment and management
  • Clinic Governance local and national
  • Local and National developments in Perinatal Mental Health
  • Trust Care Plan Approach
  • Trust wide Zoning
  • NICE guidelines
• Undertake to deliver training and education, including supporting the development of a Perinatal Training Programme for other stakeholder groups as an integral part of the Clinical Nurse Specialist role, and as part of the Perinatal Team
• To attend and participate in weekly MDT meetings bringing cases for discussion as appropriate. To keep the team, lead informed of any situation concerning the women under the Trusts care or staff health and safety as necessary

Administrative Responsibilities

• Develop high quality communications, both written and verbal, within the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies.
• Contribute to the development of quality audit monitoring tools both professionally and within the team.
• To maintain accurate records of care and treatment in accordance with the NMC and Trust policy, on the RiO system and using CORE-OM and HoNoS outcome measures
• Represent the service at Sub-team, Borough, and Trust level as required, ensuring service delivery
• Ensure non-discriminatory practice and promote the Trust Policies on Diversity and Equal Opportunities.
• Participate in the development of strategy and service provision.
• Always maintain appropriate Confidentiality.
• Take responsibility for management of own caseload
• Ensure Key Performance indicators are delivered and reported as required
• Support the production of reports for the Team Lead, commissioners, service line, Nursing Directorate, and Governance Department as appropriate
• Understand, manage and analyse complex data and associated spreadsheets. This will include Trust Dashboards, performance data, and Excel documents reflecting activity targets
• Attend Perinatal Team and MDT meetings
• Participate in supervision and Performance appraisal and development reviews

Professional Responsibilities

• Maintain the highest levels of professional nursing practice as described in Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct
• Maintain and develop ones own professional and clinical competence as appropriate (attending in-service training, clinical courses, seminars, networking, reading literature etc.) and keep accurate records of these in accordance with NMC guidelines for CPD.
• Contribute to the development of a learning environment that develops skills, knowledge and expertise and based on evidence-based practice and outcomes
• Provide specialist teaching and training and contribute to multi agency training
• Develop and contribute to audits, research, clinical papers and conference presentations
• Participate in seminars, workshop and training opportunities to health and other agencies involved in caring for children
• Acts as a suitably qualified mentor to student nurses on placement

Person Specification

TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• RN (Mental Health) NMC registered.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• oHold a teaching qualification to educate midwives GP's and fellow mental health practitioners' on perinatal risk issues.

Desirable

• Management Qualification
• Additional Specialist training, e.g. Diploma in Perinatal Mental Health
• ENB 603
• Supervision Training
• RN (Mental Health).

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Considerable experience in adult mental health
• Risk assessment/management skills
• Experience of working as an autonomous clinical practitioner and managing a complex case load.
• Audit and research skills and ability to interpret and apply to practice
• Experience of teaching and developing others
• Knowledge of family/group/cognitive and behaviour therapies

Desirable

• Other relevant post-registered experience
• Experience in the assessment and treatment of Perinatal mental health
• Experience in children's nursing
• Evidence of an active interest in further professional development through interface with national professional forums.

Employer details

Employer name

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Springfield Hospital

Tooting

SW17 7DJ

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