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- Prif leoliad
- LS Perinatal
- Gradd
- Band 6
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Rhan-amser - 15 awr yr wythnos (Part time - 15 hours per week)
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 222-H&F-121
- Cyflogwr
- West London NHS Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- Hounslow House
- Tref
- Middlesex
- Cyflog
- £45,953 - £54,254 per annum pro rata inclusive of 15% HCAS
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 28/06/2026 23:59
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 09/07/2026
Teitl cyflogwr
Perinatal Nurse Specialist
Band 6
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
The Tri-borough Perinatal Mental Health Service is a specialist community-based service operating across the London boroughs of Ealing, Hounslow, and Hammersmith & Fulham.
The service is designed to deliver an integrated, high-quality model of care, working in close collaboration with primary care, secondary mental health services, maternity services, partner agencies, and service users.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
To deliver, or support the delivery of, highly specialist evidence-based assessment, care planning, treatment and review for women/birthing people in the perinatal period.
Under supervision provide specialist consultation, advice and support to both WLT in-patient and community services, as well as other external services/stakeholders on best practice when working with pregnant women/birthing people and those with infants up to two years old.
To work jointly with mental health professionals from local Community Mental Health teams (MINT), with a small complex and challenging caseload of pregnant women/birthing people or those with infants up to two years old.
To work in consultation with other professionals making known concerns regarding safeguarding children and/or adults to the appropriate and responsible service. This includes attending safeguarding case conferences, as appropriate, where the child is at risk because of the mother’s mental illness.
To support the MDT in setting up structures that allow the dissemination of knowledge and skills regarding working with perinatal women/birthing people in both in-patient and community services.
To liaise and work with specialist tertiary services such as Mother & Baby Units, personality disorder services, eating disorder services etc.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Manyleb y person
Qualifications and training
Meini prawf hanfodol
- • RMN qualification and evidence of registration on Part 3 of NMC register or equivalent
- • Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role
- • Current / up to date entry on the mentorship register (or equivalent)
Meini prawf dymunol
- • Educated to degree level or equivalent
- • Dual qualified as RGN, Midwife or Health Visitor
- • Specialist training in perinatal and/or infant mental health
- • Clinical supervision training
- • Qualification / training in additional specialist skills e.g. therapeutic / psychological interventions
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- • Significant post qualification experience working in mental health services
- • Experience working with women with serious mental illness
- • Evidence of networking within the Perinatal specialty
- • Experience of managing a caseload of service users with evidence of completing high quality assessments
- • Experience of working in a complex multi-disciplinary / multi-agency context
- • Experience of formal child protection processes and inter-agency work with families
- • Experience of undertaking complex mental health and mental state, risk and needs assessments
- • Experience of working in a multi-racial/cultural community and of working with interpreters
Meini prawf dymunol
- • Experience of delivering both individual and group based interventions
- • Experience of supervising mental health / non mental health professionals
- • Experience of contributing to policies and procedures
- • Experience of planning and delivery of training in response to identified needs
- • Experience of multi-agency pre-birth planning for women with serious mental illness
Skills and ability
Meini prawf hanfodol
- • Sufficient clinical knowledge to be able to make semi-autonomous decisions, based on analysis of complex presenting problems and judgement about available options
- • Team/self management and organisational skills that enable a number of complex activities and clinical work to be undertaken, revising and adjusting these according to the needs of individual patients and the service
- • Ability to contribute to and facilitate effective multi-disciplinary/multi-agency diversity and equality issues and their application in perinatal psychiatry services
- • Ability to liaise and offer highly specialist consultation to other agencies effectively
- • Ability to provide highly specialist therapeutic assessments and a range of therapeutic interventions
- • Ability to effectively manage own clinical and administrative caseload and work under pressure at times of change
- • Ability to identify, recognise and understand safeguarding children issues and refer appropriately
- • Ability to develop and deliver training on mental health and associated issues such as safeguarding children, domestic violence
- • Ability to provide supervision to staff within own and other disciplines and to use supervision effectively
- • Ability to work flexibly across service boundaries and with professionals from health care settings such as maternity services
- • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both oral and written
- • Ability to work effectively from diverse minority ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation, social isolation, exclusion and stigma
Meini prawf dymunol
- • Computer literate to an intermediate level
Personal qualities
Meini prawf hanfodol
- • Ability to demonstrate to empathise towards individuals with a mental health problem as well as show a positive attitude towards mental health care
- • Able to work seamlessly with other professional groups
- • Ability to deal with stress appropriately and work under pressure
- • Good attendance record
- • Commitment to life-long learning
Knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- • Knowledge about mental illness in the perinatal period
- • Up to date knowledge and awareness of recent research and current best practice in child care
- • Knowledge and understanding of diversity and equality issues and their application in perinatal psychiatry services
- • Knowledge & understanding of contributions of other disciplines and professionals to a multi-agency service
- • Understanding of clinical governance and audit issues
- • Understanding of issues around information-sharing in relation to Child Protection and Children in Need
- • Knowledge of relevant Perinatal service models
- • Knowledge of relevant legislation e.g. MHA, MCA
Meini prawf dymunol
- • Up to date knowledge of evidence based practice and current developments in perinatal psychiatry
Bathodynnau ardystio / achredu cyflogwyr
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Akvinder Bola-Emerson
- Teitl y swydd
- Perinatal Lead Nurse
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
Rhestr swyddi gyda West London NHS Trust yn Nyrsio a Bydwreigiaeth