Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner
Job summary
THIS POST IS FIXED TERM / SECONDMENT FOR 12 MONTHS DUE TO MATERNITY COVER IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE SECONDMENT POSITION, YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM YOUR CURRENT LINE MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THIS POST. This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate pan Powys service supporting women with moderate to severe mental health illness during the perinatal period.
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, clinically competent perinatal mental practitioner to join our team for a fixed term 12-month contract. The post holder will work closely with members of the multidisciplinary team and other multiagency professionals across the county to provide evidence-based advice, assessment, care and intervention, for women and their families during the perinatal period.
This job offers the chance to work autonomously within a supportive team, where there will be opportunities for personal and professional development, whilst also supporting the ongoing development of the service.
Main duties of the job
The Perinatal Mental Health (PNMH) Practitioner will work clinically and collaboratively alongside key professionals to oversee and ensure specialist clinical assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of clinical care in the community for women with PNMH services and their families. Influential in promoting perinatal mental health wellbeing, demonstrating enhanced competence in complex, clinical assessment, decision making, and the management of clinical needs in the perinatal period. There will be times when decision making will require timely and responsive intervention to manage risk.
About us
Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won't get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.
As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We're also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy 'life work' balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.
To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.
Job responsibilities
Develop and provide specialist clinical Perinatal pathways in secondary care mental health, in line with national and local agendas.Oversee current clinical pathways in Local Primary Mental Health Support Services and partner agencies to ensure seamless access to care and treatment.
Ensure that demand is met by the most appropriately skilled Clinical Practitioners and to ensure that pathways of care are seamless and according to patient need.Promote a culture based on principles of recovery, choice, and personalised care, in which the mothers and key supports, where agreed, are actively involved in decision-making about their care and treatment.
Work in an effective partnership with, the Specialist Perinatal Team Lead, the Consultant Psychiatrists, Psychological Therapies and Midwifery, Children andfamily services thus providing a strong multi-disciplinary leadership model. Carry an individual PNMH caseload of complex clinical need and clinical risk. You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the
