Community Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working as a Community Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner within a highly regarded team, providing high-quality care to mothers, babies, and partners. You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care needs for women accessing the service, managing a defined caseload. The position offers excellent training and development opportunities in perinatal mental health. You will also mentor and supervise qualified and unqualified staff.
Key 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.
- 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.
Essential criteria
- Degree in health/social care or equivalent qualification/experience
- Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker
- 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 criteria
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Understanding of Perinatal mental health difficulties
- Experience of clinically supervising junior and unqualified staff and mentoring students
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £41,957 – £50,387 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Community Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
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 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 East team at Horizon House in Epsom.
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
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