Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner, CPN/RMN/OT (Band 6) - Oxfordshire Perinatal Mental Health[...]

Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner, CPN/RMN/OT (Band 6) - Oxfordshire Perinatal Mental Health Services - Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust – Oxford, Oxfordshire

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, managing a complex caseload, participating in the duty rota, and providing practical advice and support including family work, psychological interventions, and overseeing any safeguarding concerns, both adult and child protection.

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 to the most appropriate service which may include follow-up with the perinatal mental health team.

You'll also need 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.

You'll need 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.

Oxford Health is a great place to work. To showcase the best of yourself when making an application, you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles.

Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.

As a Trust, we provide physical, mental health, and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics, and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

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
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups

The main office is based in Slade House, Headington, but this is admin space only. Our service covers the whole of Oxfordshire and clinical work is completed in patients' homes and/or at AMHT clinical bases. Therefore, access to transport for business use is essential for the role. There is an expectation that you work from Slade House a minimum of 2 days a week.

Perinatal mental health is currently high on the national agenda and our service is part of the Thames Valley Regional Perinatal Mental Health Network, contributing to regional development.

The person we're looking for will ideally:

• Have a positive attitude and passion for specialist perinatal mental health services.
• Have an understanding of perinatal mental health and its impact on service users.
• Be proactive, flexible, and adaptable in order to meet the needs of our diverse service and the changing demands associated with community specialist perinatal mental health service.
• Be committed to delivering high-quality care.
• Be familiar with current legislation, guidelines, and processes that may affect the way in which mental health care is delivered.
• Be prepared and able to travel across Oxfordshire.
• Be able to use professional skills to support and motivate colleagues and service users.

You will be working closely with other services including health visitors and midwives to ensure we are working together to support our service users' birth parents during the perinatal period.