Overview
Interview will be held on 27th March 2026. Join our dynamic and compassionate Community Perinatal Mental Health Team in Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner, supporting women and birthing people experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties during pregnancy and in the postnatal period.
If you are passionate about maternal mental health, early intervention, and making a lasting impact on the birthing population and their families, this is an opportunity to grow your career in a forward-thinking and supportive environment.
This role is 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. The Team’s base is at Resource House in Wokingham where you are surrounded by local cafés and shops. The role combines remote, community and office working with hot desking bases across Berkshire.
The Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. Our values emphasise caring for you, safe services, and working together to develop innovative solutions. We offer an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people can flourish.
Responsibilities
- Act as a Care Coordinator, delivering high-quality, trauma-informed, and evidence-based interventions to birthing people and their families at a crucial stage of life.
- Undertake comprehensive specialist assessments, develop collaborative care plans, and provide or transfer into therapeutic interventions that promote recovery, resilience, and positive parent–infant relationships.
- Work autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, including other MH practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health wellbeing practitioners, nursery nurses and support workers; closely linked to specialist midwives, health visitors, other community MH teams and social care partners.
- Contribute expertise to risk management, safeguarding, and case formulation; liaise with maternity services, health visiting, adult MH services, primary care and community agencies to ensure seamless, holistic care and recovery in the community.
Requirements
- You must be a Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) or Social Worker (or equivalent qualification licensed to assess, plan and evaluate care for patients with mental health problems) to apply for this role.
- Experience of working effectively with a range of professional staff and external agencies.
- Knowledge and experience of working in a care environment with service users who have complex mental health needs.
- Experience of working effectively in a multidisciplinary team and multi-agency environment.
- A passion for supporting patients and their families’ recovery in the community with strong support plans that promote long-term stability.
- The ability to independently manage and organise personal workload and identify inefficiencies that support overall improvements of personal workload and of the team.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please call Pam Bidiyal on 07500 579063 or email pam.bidiyal@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Mar 2026.
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