Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner, Cpn/Rmn/Ot

Job overview 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, manage a complex caseload, support by taking part in the duty rota and provide practical advice and support including family work, psychological interventions and overseeing any safeguarding concerns, both adult and child protection.
Main duties of the job 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 on to the most appropriate service which may include follow up with the perinatal mental health team.
We'll also need you 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.
We'll need you 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.
Working for our organisation Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able 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 progressionIndividual and Trust wide learning and development27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous serviceNHS DiscountPension schemeLease car schemeEmployee Assistance ProgrammeMental Health First AidersStaff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)Staff networking and support groups Detailed job description and main responsibilities 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 base's.
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.
Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Hold a relevant professional qualification at diploma or degree level - RMN, Occupational Therapy Desirable criteria Hold a relevant professional qualification at diploma or degree level - RMN, Occupational Therapy Skills Essential criteria To have excellent English verbal and written communication skillsTo be able to work collaboratively as part of a teamGood understanding of IT Desirable criteria Good English skills both verbal and writtenGood IT skills - knowledge of Rio Experience Essential criteria To have appropriate experience which should include community and working with mental health.
Desirable criteria Previous experience of working with adults in mental health.
All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study.
Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential.
All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research.
Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site.
The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing