Job Summary
We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic, energetic and clinically confident Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Worker to join our Croydon Community Perinatal Team. You will have experience of general adult inpatient, Mother and Baby inpatient unit, community mental health services or Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). You will also have experience of working with women who suffer from moderate to severe mental illness in the perinatal period.
You will be familiar with Perinatal community standards, governance and performance structures and confident in partnership work with other agencies such as Children and Family Social Services, Midwifery and Obstetric teams, CMHTs, Health Visitors and the Voluntary sector.
You will display excellent clinical knowledge and skilled practice in women with mental health disorders in the perinatal period. You will provide consistently skilled judgments in clinical work. You need to have experience of working in a richly diverse Borough and have the understanding of the opportunities challenges that this brings.
Working closely with your colleagues in PMHT’s, you will receive support and be part of the on-going Perinatal workforce training within SLaM and London wide. In addition, you will be partof the Pan London Community Perinatal Nurses network. This is a great opportunity to supervise juniorstaff, student nurses as well asimplementing new ways of working using best practice and NICE guidelines.
Main duties of the job
- Service and Team responsibilities
- Clinical – Individual
- To undertake all duties in line with the professional Codes of Professional Conduct, and maintain professional registration requirements for the post according to discipline/profession.
- You will manage your own caseload and work within a team but will have freedom to act within the service framework and Trust operational policies.
- To participate and lead in joint complex assessments with other disciplines and other agencies and provide reports for referrers, families and other agencies as required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- First level nursing qualification/registration RMN with current NMC (A). Degree or/and Master level in mental health studies
- Evidence of ongoing professional development ENB 998 or equivalent
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional development e.g. relevant training
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in psychiatric assessment, intervention and treatment service, liaison service or home treatment team
- Experience of working with people with complex needs and mental health problems in pregnancy and the post natal period
- Demonstrable experience of working with women with depression, anxiety, psychosis and personality difficulties using evidence based interventions and NICE guidelines
- Experience of using clinical and managerial supervision to effectively provide safe, evidence based psychological interventions
Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of how mood, anxiety, psychosis and personality difficulties manifest itself and the impact on mental well being
- Transferable psychological skills and knowledge relevant to work with working age adults with severe and enduring mental health
- Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner with an appropriate level of clinical and managerial supervision
- Partnership worker – supports and challenges people to work together to develop pathways that enhance service quality, care continuity and economy which may go across traditional boundaries
Desirable
- Knowledge of QI and evidence based models of care for acute and community services
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 02 September 2025
