Clinical Team Leader, Perinatal Mental Health Service

Clinical Team Leader, Perinatal Mental Health Service

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 29 April 2025

Job summary

Location - North West Essex. (The post holder may be required to work across Essex and/or in any location in the Trust area)

The post holder will contribute to facilitating the transformation of the perinatal service to meet best practice standards including NICE Guidelines Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health (2014) and Royal College of Psychiatrist Quality Network Standards 6th edition 2020.

As a clinical lead within a team, you will bring with you a range of knowledge and experiences and have an established community mental health service knowledgebase. These personal attributes will enable you to effectively lead a dynamic and diverse team of practitioners and work positively with the multidisciplinary leadership team to shape the service going forwards. You must also have the ability to network, establish and maintain positive working relationships with other stakeholders across Essex.

Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge and interest in mental health during the perinatal period together with sound knowledge of child and adult safeguarding practice. Good communication, collaborative partnership working, time management and planning skills are essential. Some previous experience of working with this group would be an advantage.

Main duties of the job

The Essex Perinatal Mental Health Service is a growing team of skilled and compassionate professionals who have successfully established a new specialist service in the community across the county over the last three years and we are again expanding further to meet the needs of more women across Essex. This is an exciting opportunity for Band 7 Perinatal Clinical lead to join our dedicated and growing leadership team with expertise in this field.

The service operates from five Hubs across Essex with a north facing and south facing team concept, providing a stepped-care model of specialist assessment and intervention for women at risk of moderate or serious mental illness or complex disorders within the county of Essex. The successful candidate will be the clinical lead of the North West hub of Essex area, taking management and clinical responsibility for the community MDT and working clinical leadership duties within that hub being part of the service development and expansion for those areas.

The successful candidate will also be required to contribute to the ongoing service development to improve the quality of delivery of care, clinical practice and partnership working with key services. Fostering a good multi-disciplinary team framework together with our Perinatal Practitioners, Perinatal Psychologists, Perinatal Consultant Psychiatrists, Nursery Nurses, Parenting Counsellor and other new roles.

About us

We significantly invest in our workforce to foster expertise in our team providing specialist training packages and development opportunities in line with emerging evidence and standards for parental mental illness.

Date posted

15 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

364-A-8889

Job locations

Perinatal Office Derwent Centre
1 Hamstel Rd, Harlow
Essex
CM1 7LF

Employer details

Employer name

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Perinatal Office Derwent Centre
1 Hamstel Rd, Harlow
Essex
CM1 7LF

For questions about the job, contact:

Essex PMHT Service Manager
Salena Holmes

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As a clinical lead within a team, you will bring with you a range of knowledge and experiences and have an established community mental health service knowledgebase. These personal attributes will enable you to effectively lead a dynamic and diverse team of practitioners and work positively with the multidisciplinary leadership team to shape the service going forwards. You must also have the ability to network, establish and maintain positive working relationships with other stakeholders across Essex.

Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge and interest in mental health during the perinatal period together with sound knowledge of child and adult safeguarding practice. Good communication, collaborative partnership working, time management and planning skills are essential. Some previous experience of working with this group would be an advantage.

The Essex Perinatal Mental Health Service is a growing team of skilled and compassionate professionals who have successfully established a new specialist service in the community across the county over the last three years and we are again expanding further to meet the needs of more women across Essex. This is an exciting opportunity for Band 7 Perinatal Clinical lead to join our dedicated and growing leadership team with expertise in this field.

The service operates from five Hubs across Essex with a north facing and south facing team concept, providing a stepped-care model of specialist assessment and intervention for women at risk of moderate or serious mental illness or complex disorders within the county of Essex. The successful candidate will be the clinical lead of the North West hub of Essex area, taking management and clinical responsibility for the community MDT and working clinical leadership duties within that hub being part of the service development and expansion for those areas.

The successful candidate will also be required to contribute to the ongoing service development to improve the quality of delivery of care, clinical practice and partnership working with key services. Fostering a good multi-disciplinary team framework together with our Perinatal Practitioners, Perinatal Psychologists, Perinatal Consultant Psychiatrists, Nursery Nurses, Parenting Counsellor and other new roles., We significantly invest in our workforce to foster expertise in our team providing specialist training packages and development opportunities in line with emerging evidence and standards for parental mental illness.