Job summary
- Main area
- Health Sciences
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Secondment post for 12 months)
- Hours
- Part time - 2 sessions per week (1 day per week - day and time to be negotiated.)
- Job ref
- 186-273-25-MH
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Greenhaven, Hopewood
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Perinatal Specialist Intervention Facilitator for Muslim Women
Band 7
Job overview
The Mental Health Division of Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust comprises of three directorates; Adult Mental Health, Mental Health Services for Older People and Specialist Services. More than 2,800 dedicated staff provide vital and integral healthcare services for our patients in a variety of settings, ranging from community through to acute wards, covering a vast geographical area.
We’re investing heavily in our staff, facilities and patient care. As we move into this new chapter, we need a strong, motivated and compassionate workforce to reflect our core values of Honesty, Compassion, Trust, Respect and Teamwork. There has never been a better time to join our growing team.
We have exciting opportunities across different specialities and services, with an emphasis on career development and progression. We want to help our staff reach their full potential, and are committed to providing the support, skills and development needed to succeed.
Main duties of the job
The Community Perinatal Psychiatry Team are part of the Specialist Services Directorate and co-located on the Hopewood site with Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services. We are a Nationally Accredited Service with the Royal College of Psychiatrists.Ìý We provide assessment and treatment to women with a range of mental health needs related to the perinatal period.Ìý The Team provides a service to the City and County of Nottinghamshire and Bassetlaw with clinics located across this geography.
Our core purpose is to work with expectant mothers and mothers to address their mental health needs and mitigate any impact on the unborn baby and infant. We aim to improve the health outcomes for mothers with the provision of a timely, integrated, high quality, effective, multi-disciplinary interventions.
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description for further information and the full responsibilities' for this role
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A postgraduate qualification in a social science
- Evidence of formal training in Research methods and relevant subject areas
- Evidence of continuing professional development in research and related subject areas
- Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD including specialist knowledge of professional interventions and evaluations.
Desirable criteria
- Additional training in either qualitative and/or quantitative research methods and techniques
- Post-graduate training specific to client group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of paid or voluntary work with children or adults in a health care setting.
- Experience of effective multi-disciplinary/agency working and established interpersonal skills
- Experience of designing and delivering different learning and development opportunities for staff teams.
- Experience in developing evaluation / audit tools and resources as part of profession/multi-professional team
- Experience of managing concurrent demands with minimal supervision
- Experience of undertaking literature reviews
- Experience of writing for publications in peer reviewed journals and commissioning reports
- Implementation of health research into practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading / managing project work.
- Experience of research, audit, service evaluation and/or quality improvement projects – setting up, evaluating, reporting and application
- Experience of collaboration across teams, services, and other stakeholders outside of the Trust
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge of research design and methods
- Excellent IT skills and detailed knowledge and experience of using MS Office packages including Excel.
- Design and management of routine clinical data collection, including use of Electronic Patient Record Systems
- Clear understanding of the service evaluation process, health related approval processes and relevant evaluation methods
- Basic understanding of perinatal mental health difficulties and attachment literature.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of maternal mental health and issues relating to complex pregnancy and loss.
- Familiarity with mental health and maternity practice and terminology
Skills
Essential criteria
- Language and communication skills relevant to Muslim populations in Nottinghamshire.
- Empathetic and psychologically minded
- Excellent written and oral communication skills for a variety of audiences, and in situations
- Excellent critical reasoning skills
- Well organised and able to prioritise a high turnover caseload
- Autonomous and able to work without direct supervision
- Team builder and team member
Desirable criteria
- Conducting semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Applicant requirements
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
- Dr Sarah Keenan
- Job title
- Perinatal Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0115 9529477
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Duncan Macmillan House
Porchester Road
Mapperley
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG3 6AA
- Telephone
- 0115 667 0364 - Corporate/Mental Health Services