Community Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner

Role Overview

Do you aspire to change peoples lives for the better? To work flexibly in a highly regarded team who strive to provide high quality care primarily to mothers, alongside their babies and partners. Ensuring women experience positive mental health during pregnancy and postnatally. We offer excellent training and development opportunities, including perinatal conferences, simulation training, postgraduate opportunities and regular internal training.

We are looking for a Perinatal Practitioner (OT, Social Worker or RMN) to cover the East team at Horizon House in Epsom. You will be a core member of the multi‑disciplinary team, assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care needs of the women accessing the service, and lead the care for a specified caseload. You will mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff, including students.

Responsibilities

• Be accountable and responsible for a defined caseload that reflects the priorities of the local population and carry responsibility for the assessment of care needs, under the supervision of the Clinical Lead Nurse.
• Ensure effective daily management of referrals, including appropriate triage and assessment within specified timescales across the service.
• Ensure appropriate response to emergency referrals, supporting referrals within the acute care pathway and liaising with services involved including HTT, inpatient services and MBU.
• Participate in the multi‑disciplinary assessment of women with mental health problems living in the community, by providing a community perinatal mental health nursing perspective and expertise.

Important Information

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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