About the team
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, energetic and clinically confident Perinatal Mental Health Nurse to join our Community Perinatal Teams across Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark due to further expansion of the Perinatal Community services.
Applicants will have experience of general adult inpatient, Mother and Baby inpatient unit, community mental health services or Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). They will also have experience of working with women who suffer from moderate to severe mental illness in the perinatal period.
Applicants 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.
Applicants will display excellent clinical knowledge and skilled practice in women with mental health disorders in the perinatal period, providing consistently skilled judgments in clinical work. Experience working in a richly diverse inner‑city borough and an understanding of the opportunities and challenges this brings is required.
About the role
Working closely with colleagues in PMHTs, the successful candidate will receive support and be part of the ongoing Perinatal workforce training within SLaM and London wide. They will also be part of the Pan London Community Perinatal Nurses network.
This position offers a great opportunity to supervise junior staff, student nurses and implement new ways of working using best practice and NICE guidelines.
The Croydon Perinatal Service provides a Monday to Friday, 9–5 service to service users residing within the Borough of Croydon, offering assessment, intervention and treatment to women who suffer from moderate to severe mental health disorders in the perinatal period.
About the location
The successful candidate will be based at the Croydon Perinatal Team, Bethlem Royal Hospital.
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 the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.
Benefits
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. We provide an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family and strive to make you feel part of a close‑knit team at SLaM.
* Generous pay, pensions and leave, dependent on the role and length of service.
* Work‑life balance, flexible working and support for a range of flexible options, such as part‑time working and job sharing.
* Career development, with opportunities to progress your career and support through mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
* Car lease, with competitive deals to lease cars.
* Accommodation, with keyworker housing available on selected sites.
* Health Service discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well‑known retail brands via the Health Service Discounts website.
* 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.
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