Parent-Infant and Perinatal Mental Health Specialist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 31 Rhagfyr 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | £64,156.00 i £71,148.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £64156.00 - £71148.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 11 Ionawr 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | London, SE6 4JD |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9334-25-1338 |
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Key Responsibilities: 1. Service and Team responsibilities 1.1 To lead the provision and delivery of the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (PIMH) pathway in the Start for Life programme, provided by Lewisham CAMHS and Perinatal services and to be a highly specialist practitioner within the assessment, consultation, and treatment management for infants (0-2s) and parents with perinatal mental health and co-morbid difficulties. 1.2 To work as an independent and autonomous professional within professional guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own work. 1.3 To lead on the introduction of and monitoring the performance of new clinical systems for accepting referrals into assessment and treatment, delivering evidence-based interventions and modifying and adapting interventions drawing on a range of theoretical options. 1.4 To ensure optimum liaison and coordination of care for children and families between primary, community and secondary care. 1.5 To provide highly specialist consultation and supervision to designated parent-infant/perinatal community colleagues within the Start to Life Project and to the wider community workforce as appropriate. 1.6 To provide robust Infant and Perinatal Mental health assessments, other specialist assessments, using self-report measures, as appropriate, structured clinical observations, clinical interviews, and to interpret and integrate this highly complex data to identify and formulate the needs of infants and parent-child relationships, and perinatal mental health presentations. 1.7 To formulate mental healthcare and crisis treatment plans that are specific to each child, parent(s) and family, based upon an analysis of complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes contributing to the presentation. To assess safeguarding issues for each case, consulting with other professionals and referring concerns to the appropriate safeguarding team as required. 1.8 To ensure that evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used within and across the services to meet the emotional/mental health needs of children under 3, and parents with perinatal mental health difficulties and ensure that staff are adequately trained and supervised to deliver these. 1.9 Contribute to monitoring the quality of parent-infant assessments and intervention for children under 3 conducted by clinicians within the CAMH and Perinatal teams. 1.10 To communicate skilfully, and sensitively highly complex, sensitive and potentially distressing information with parents, carers and colleagues taking account of sensory and cultural barriers to communication. 1.11 To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry and recording. 1.12 To ensure that all services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities which make up the catchment area of the service. 2. Professional Leadership 2.1 To provide strategic PIMH input at senior level across Lewisham CAMHS and Perinatal services, ensuring effective advice to the Service managers, Lead Clinicians and other management teams. 2.2 To take a lead role in PIMH representation at relevant Steering groups and other management forums for perinatal and infant mental health in the borough. 2.3 To act as a supervisor, mentor and offer peer support to colleagues, junior staff and trainees in line with Trust values. 2.4 Maintain good working relationships and clear lines of communication with all colleagues, professionals, agencies and departments. 2.5 Develop own skills and advise colleagues on good practices for integrated working. 2.6 Contribute to the CPD of colleagues and junior staff by providing specialist teaching, improving knowledge and skills and through appraisal and appraisal reviews. 2.7 To share and develop good practice and promote evidence based practice. 2.8 To participate in the delivery of pre-registration and post-registration education effectively in order to deliver Trust objectives. 3. Teaching, Training and Supervision 3.1 To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior clinician according to Trust guidelines. 3.2 To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within a wide range of staff teams within the Trust (Perinatal, CAMHS) and externally with partner agencies. 3.3 To provide professional clinical supervision to PIMH colleagues in Perinatal and CAMHS for all aspects of their work. 3.4 To provide placements to trainees as required. 3.5 To provide advice, consultation, training and supervision to staff and parents/carers within Perinatal and CAMHS network across a range of settings including primary care, social services, education, residential units and family homes. 4. Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development 4.1 To identify any aspects of the service which need to be improved and to advise service and professional managers on appropriate changes. 4.2 To assist in the short-listing and interviewing of multidisciplinary staff as required. 4.3 To participate in the on-going development of clinical governance mechanisms across PIMH services and the Start for Life programme and in the process of conducting audits and implementing service improvement as an outcome of these audits. To undertake Serious Incident investigations as required by the Directorate. 5. Research and service evaluation 5.1 To contribute to the development of services for Lewisham CAMHS and Perinatal teams through initiating and undertaking service evaluation and audit. 5.2 To undertake computer-based literature reviews and carry out research relevant to the service in general and provide advice and supervision to other staff undertaking these. 5.3 To contribute to the development of outcome measurement and participate in the implementation of the use of same. 5.4 To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through service feedback, presentations and published articles. 5.5 To participate in agreed audit projects and to participate in service improvement based on the findings.