Job summary Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with a passion for Perinatal Mental Health?Are you looking for a rewarding role which would allow you to utilise your skills to make a real difference to women and birthing people, in Gloucestershire, who are experiencing mental health issues related to pregnancy or childbirth?The Gloucestershire Perinatal Mental Health Team offers specialist mental health care to women and birthing people experiencing moderate and severe illness during the perinatal period.
Due to expansion of the service an additional clinical lead role is needed to support the team.
Main duties of the job The purpose of the Perinatal Lead Practitioner role is to be part of the leadership team to ensure the effective provision of the service.
The post holder will work across the Specialist Perinatal Community Team providing clinical leadership, supervision and training.The role will involve collaboration with service users, carers and partnership agencies, providing training and advice and deputising for the Operational Manager as required in the absence of the Deputy Operational Manager.Clinically the Perinatal Lead Practitioner will demonstrate enhanced competence in complex decision making, assessment and the management of needs.The post holder will provide practical advice and support to the team, supporting with specialist care, family work and leading on safeguarding issues.The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services.
We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.
For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views ( It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that: believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; would recommend the organisation as a place to work; agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority; would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West.
However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Job description Job responsibilities Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy.
The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live.
Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them.
It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs.
Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care.
So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Person Specification Qualification Essential Professional health or social care qualification Social Work, Occupational Therapy, RMN, RNLD Desirable Educated to Masters Level Experience Essential Evidence of leadership skills and/or experience Experience of working in a senior role within mental health services Desirable Experience of Perinatal Mental Health