Perinatal Mental Health Clinical Specialist Health Visitor

Job overview

This exciting 1-year secondment and maternity cover opportunity involves working as a clinical specialist health visitor for perinatal mental health for 4 days a week. The sole focus of this role will be on specialist clinical perinatal mental health duties with some elements of health visiting work.

The PNMH Clinical Specialist Health Visitor supports universal services through the delivery of training, supervision and specialist advice in areas associated with perinatal and maternal mental health. The role supports the assessment and identification of perinatal mental health and parent infant relationship needs within universal services, helping practitioners to appropriately support families and refer to relevant services where needed, whilst continuing to work collaboratively with specialist teams involved in a family’s care.

This includes supporting the delivery of Emotional Wellbeing Visits, Newborn Behavio...