Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Nurse | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 15 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £56,276 - £63,176 pro rata per annum inclusive of inner London HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, SW17 0YF |
| Company: | South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7738943/294-FASP-7738943-JB |
Summary
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Perinatal Mental Health Nurse to join our Kingston and Richmond sub‑team.
The successful candidate will already have essential perinatal mental health experience and be committed to delivering compassionate, trauma‑informed, family‑cantered care.
As a core member of our multidisciplinary team, you will hold a defined caseload, carry out timely assessments, deliver specialist interventions, and work collaboratively with services across the care pathway including maternity, HTT, inpatient units and the MBU.
- Be accountable for a defined caseload and provide specialist perinatal mental health interventions.
- Take responsibility for triaging and managing daily referrals and urgent queries when covering the duty rota.
- Participate in multidisciplinary assessments, offering expert perinatal nursing insights.
- Provide specialist support for women and families in pregnancy and up to 12 months postpartum.
- Work closely with maternity services, health visiting, primary care, inpatient teams and the MBU.
- Offer clinical supervision, mentoring and support to junior staff and students.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
• To have a working knowledge of the Perinatal pathway
• To manage individual patient pathways to ensure high quality services and care planning outcomes are achieved
• To deliver, or support the delivery of, highly specialist evidence-based assessment, care planning, treatment and review for women in the perinatal period.
• To provide specialist consultation, advice and support on best practice when working with pregnant women and women with infants up to one year old.
• To provide case management to a caseload of pregnant women or those with an infant up to one year old.
• To take action in respect of Safeguarding Policies and Procedures as required
• Following robust assessment to recommend safe and effective care pathways, ensuring all interventions are fully assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated
• To support in the identification and reporting of deficits within current service provision.
• Provide specialist nursing assessment, advice and consultation to colleagues in all the disciplines in the team.
• To provide high quality written reports of any assessments undertaken, with clear plans for ongoing management.
This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Jan 2026