Job summaryDo 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 to enable you to work in this specialism, including perinatal conferences, simulation training, post graduate opportunities and regular internal training.
We are looking for a Perinatal Practitioner (OT, Social Worker or RMN) to cover the Southwest team at Berkeley House in Godalming.
You'll be a core member of the multi-disciplinary team and will assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care needs of the women accessing the service and lead the care for a specified caseload. You'll mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.
Main duties of the job- 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.
- To ensure effective daily management of referrals, including appropriate triage and assessment within specified timescales across the service.
- To 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.
About usSurrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
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!
Job responsibilitiesPlease find attached Job description and Person specification for further information about the role and responsibilities.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Degree in health/social care or equivalent qualification/experience
- Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker
Desirable- Evidence of continued professional development
ExperienceEssential- Substantial experience of managing a busy caseload or service users with a range of mental health conditions
- Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environment
Desirable- Understanding of Perinatal mental health difficulties
- Experience of clinically supervising junior and unqualified staff and mentoring students
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer detailsEmployer name: Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Berkeley House, 11-13 Ockford Road, Godalming, GU7 1QU, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us
Employer contact detailsFor questions about the job, contact: Perinatal Service Manager, Vimbai Matemba, vimbai.matemba@sabp.nhs.uk, 07768926932
DetailsDate posted: 16 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £41,957 to £50,387 a year Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 325-8149752-COMM
Job locations: Berkeley House, 11-13 Ockford Road, Godalming, GU7 1QU, United Kingdom
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. 
