About the team:We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic, energetic and clinically confident Perinatal Mental Health Nurse to join our Community Perinatal Teams across the Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark teams due to further expansion of the Perinatal Community services. 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 inner city Borough and have the understanding of the opportunities challenges that this brings.
About the role: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 part of the Pan London Community Perinatal Nurses network. This is a great opportunity to supervise junior staff, student nurses as well as implementing new ways of working using best practice and NICE guidelines.
The Lambeth Perinatal Service provides a Monday to Friday, 9-5 service to service users residing within the Borough of Lambeth offering assessment, intervention and treatment to women who suffer from moderate to severe mental health disorders in the perinatal period.
About the location:You will be based at the Lambeth Perinatal Team, Wooden Spoon House.
Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.
Job responsibilitiesBenefits:We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. Its important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
- Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
We look forward to receiving your application.
QualificationsEssential- Current NMC registration and revalidation
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Qualifications in BSc (Hons) in Nursing or Diploma in Mental Health Nursing or equivalent
Desirable- Evidence of continuing professional development e.g. relevant training
ExperienceEssential- Experience of working in an Inpatient or community setting
- Experience of working with Patients with severe and enduring mental health problems
- Understanding of Maternal Mental illness
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable- Use of the use of evidence-based interventions relating to the care of service users with severe and enduring mental health problems
Knowledge / SkillsEssential- Understanding of Care Co-ordination under CPA
- Skills in risk assessment, risk management and crisis management
- Knowledge and awareness of Safeguarding children policies, Local and National
- Different Interventions for patients with Perinatal Mental Health illness
Desirable- Use of the use of evidence-based interventions relating to the care of service users with severe and enduring mental health problems
Personal Qualities and AttributesEssential- Ability to work in a Team
- Ability to reflect on practice
- Ability to involve patients in their care
- Ability to provide care that is sensitive to the needs of minority groups
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.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). 
