Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic and clinically confident Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Nurse to join the Lambeth Community Perinatal Team. You will work with women experiencing moderate to severe mental illness during pregnancy and the postnatal period, managing your own caseload and providing evidence-based interventions. The position involves partnership work with various agencies and offers opportunities to supervise junior staff and contribute to service development. You will be based at Wooden Spoon House, Mary Sheridan Centre.
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development e.g. relevant training
- 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
- 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
- Knowledge of QI and evidence based models of care for acute and community services
- Education/Qualification
- 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
- Evidence of continuing professional development e.g. relevant training
- 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
- 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
- Knowledge of QI and evidence based models of care for acute and community services
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, clinically confident Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Nurse to join Lambeth 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 with 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 for 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 London Borough and have understanding of the opportunities and challenges this brings.
Working closely with colleagues in PMHT's, you will receive support and be part of the on-going Perinatal workforce training within SLaM and London-wide. 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 w
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