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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement. We aim to support people of all ages to achieve the very best they can for their health and well being. To ensure that we achieve this goal we look to recruit candidates of a high calibre that share our passion for delivering excellent service user care, research and education.

Contact

Address: Elizabeth House; Fulbourn Hospital; Fulbourn; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; CB21 5EF
Contact Number: 0800 953 7016

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Ref: 310-ASMH-7425201 Vacancy ID: 7425201

Perinatal Community Psychiatric Nurse

Accepting applications until: 22-Sep-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 22-Sep-2025 23:59

Location

Site: City Care Centre
Address: Thorpe Road
Town: Peterborough
Postcode: PE3 6DB
Major / Minor Region: Cambridgeshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.)

Salary

Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 6)

Specialty

Main area: Adult and Specialist Community Unit

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

To be part of the development of the Countywide Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service.

To work directly with women, their infants and families who are at risk of or experiencing severe and complex perinatal mental health conditions, including assessment and intervention linked to the mother/ infant relationship.

To contribute to the development and delivery of Perinatal Mental Health Training and Education to other staffing groups.

To participate in safeguarding adult enquiries and complete safeguarding lead training.

Mentor and co-mentor students.

To provide medication advice and information within their competency

Provide supervision to junior staff.

To work jointly with staff from other services

To provide specialist advice and consultation to other staff regarding the management of women experiencing severe and complex mental health conditions during the perinatal phase including guidance on management and signposting where conditions do not require input from a specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service.

Attend professional’s meetings and other meetings to offer advice where appropriate.

Develop close working relationships and liaison work with maternity services and lead the liaison work in a designate area within the Trust.

Linking with the Named Professionals for Safeguarding Children, Psychiatric Liaison Team and other relevant staff.

To work as part of a team and autonomously as required.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
Children and young people’s mental health services;
Children’s community services in Peterborough;
Social care;
Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

Professional Health/Social Care qualification.
HCPC or NMC Professional Registration.

Desirable criteria

Post qualification specialist mental health training.
Post registration training relevant to the service area.

Physical Requirements

Essential criteria

Routine and regular use of computer
Post holder must be able to travel across all Trust sites (Peterborough, Fenland, Huntingdon and occasionally Cambridge) therefore must be independently mobile

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of inter-agency working.
Experience of developing user and carer involvement.
Experience of working with patients who have mental health difficulties /diagnosis.
Experience in managing complex cases.

Desirable criteria

Experience working in a Perinatal setting.
Experience of working as a care co-ordinator in a mental health setting.
Experience of managing and training staff.

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Able to assess people with complex mental health problems and collaboratively develop care plans and risk management plans.
Able to maintain comprehensive patient records concisely and accurately.
To be able to independently manage a caseload.
Able to manage conflict and change.
Able to manage pressure of working in an intensive environment.

Desirable criteria

Ability to develop and lead new initiatives within the clinical care environment.

Knowledge & understanding

Essential criteria

Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983/2007).
Knowledge of relevant professional Standards.
Working knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005).
Working knowledge and understanding of safeguarding vulnerable children and adults.