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Main area
Perinatal Practitioner
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
364-A-8556
Employer
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Pride House (SW hub)
Town
Laindon
Salary
拢37,338 - 拢44,962 per annum, pro rata for part time
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust logo

Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner

Band 6

About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:

  • We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
  • We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.

Our vision and values

Our Vision

鈥淭o be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care鈥.

Our Purpose

鈥淲e care for people every day. What we do together, matters鈥.

Our Values

  • We Care
  • We Learn
  • We Empower

Our strategic objectives

  • We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
  • We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
  • We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
  • We will help our communities to thrive.

Our services

  • Mental Health Services
  • Community Health Services
  • Learning Disabilities Services
  • Social Care

Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.

Job overview

It is an extraordinary time for specialist perinatal mental health services across the UK with growing national and local focus on service development and expanding access for new and expectant mums. The national ambition is to improve outcomes for an increasing number women over a 5-year period through investment in resources and broadening of interventions available. The perinatal period includes from conception up until one year following the birth of the baby and is a critical time for prevention and treatment for women at risk of serious mental ill health. Providing a unique opportunity for intervention and change, improving outcomes for mums, their families and ultimately society, in the longer term.听

Main duties of the job

  • To work jointly with care coordinators from CMHTs with a small complex and challenging caseload of pregnant women or those with an infant up to one year old.
  • Conduct both single handed and joint high quality mental health assessments as required to identify mental health needs for people referred to the Perinatal Mental Health Service.
  • Take responsibility for the management of a defined client caseload as identified in consultation with the Team Manager, Clinical Team Leader and team.
  • Utilise the Care Programme Approach (CPA) as defined within the Trust Policy and to act as lead practitioner in the care of women under the perinatal service.
  • To ensure that all Trust Perinatal service users have a perinatal care plan, this is implemented. This may require attending and contributing to pre and post-birth meetings.
  • Ensure risks are effectively managed and interventions are effectively prioritised.
  • Maintain effective individualised care through the assessment of health and social care needs, planning, implementation and evaluation of care plans co-produced with service users.
  • Utilise the Information Management and Technology system of the Trust to maintain effective communication and clear, concise and contemporaneous documentation for individualised client care
  • Establish therapeutic relationships with individual clients and to work with fathers, partners and significant others to provide appropriate education training and support.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

  • Season Ticket Loans
  • NHS discounts for staff
  • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
  • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
  • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
  • Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Essex Perinatal Mental Health Service operates from five hubs across Essex the hubs are situated around the 5 acute hospitals. The bases are in the areas of Rochford, Laindon, Harlow, Chelmsford and Colchester and provide specialist assessment, intervention for women at risk of moderate to serious mental illness or complex disorders within the county of Essex. The successful candidate will be based at a hub and work from South Essex service providing care as a perinatal Practitioner, holding a caseload for women and their families in the perinatal period of conception up until one year following the birth of the baby.

This is a wonderful development opportunity for experienced RMN, OT or social worker interested in perinatal mental health and wishing to develop specialist knowledge and practice in this rewarding field. We significantly invest in our perinatal practitioners to foster expertise in our听team providing specialist training packages and development opportunities in line with emerging evidence and standards for parental mental illness. Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge and interest听in mental health in the perinatal period together with听knowledge of child and adult safeguarding practice. Good communication, collaborative partnership working,听time management and planning skills are essential. Some previous听experience of working with this group听would be an advantage.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RMN qualification and evidence of current registration on Part 3 of NMC register or Social worker Degree or Occupational therapist professionals qualification
Desirable criteria
  • at least 2 years post qualified experience

Education/Qualifications/ Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Minimum requirement of two years post basic training.
  • Evidence of continuing professional and personal development.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in perinatal mental health

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of Safeguarding issues and child protection requirements/legislation and how these apply to the role
Desirable criteria
  • Previous Perinatal experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Menopause Friendly EmployerEssex Family Friendly Employers

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Emma Fields
Job title
Perinatal Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07939882242
Additional information

Junior Nosa-Alohan - Perinatal Service Manager听

[email protected]