Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (1 year Secondment cover 01/01/26-31/12/26)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-CS-21808
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NWS Perinatal Service
- Town
- Crawley
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
(RMN) Specialist Nurse Practitioner (Community - Perinatal)
NHS AfC: Band 6
Come and join us
We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.
At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.
We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.
We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may choose to use it to help prepare your application. We welcome innovation but ask that anything you submit reflects your own abilities, experience and voice. AI can support how you describe your skills and experience, but it should never replace your own words as we want to get to know you.
We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a practitioner - RMN to join the North West Sussex Team - this post is 0.8 WTE fixed term / secondment - 1st January 2026 - 1st January 2027.
Full training, support and supervision given - and this role can build on previous mental health experience. This is an exciting time to join a developing, innovative specialist service!
Main duties of the job
As a practitioner in the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health service you will be working closely with psychiatrists, psychologists and other clinical practitioners, as well as management and administration colleagues, to provide a mental health service for individuals with perinatal mental health problems. We offer assessment and treatment in clinic community settings as well as in the home. The service also works closely with other agencies such as children and family services, primary care as well as non-statutory organisations.
This role comes with specialist perinatal training as well as a package of supervision and reflective practice and lead nurse support.
Working for our organisation
The Long Term Plan for Mental Health sets out national and local ambitions to improve care for people in pregnancy through the first stages of the babies life who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, mental health difficulties.
One in five women experience post or ante natal depression, anxiety or in some cases psychosis, during pregnancy or in the first year after childbirth.
Perinatal community mental health services provide specialist care for women (and their babies) with moderate to severe mental illness, such as bipolar disorder or severe depression. The long-term benefits of this kind of specialist care offers early help and support to parents and babies to help with a range of perinatal issues including parent infant bonding.
Sussex Partnership have a Perinatal Mental Health Service that covers Sussex. This is delivered by four teams across the area. The service is committed to delivering a high quality service with a strong focus on staff wellbeing.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description for outlines of the main duties and responsibilities of this post, and the person specification which lists the requirements necessary to perform the job. Candidates will be assessed according to the extent to which they meet the specification.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- First Level Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Proven experience in Adult Mental Health
- Working within a multi-professional and cross organisational environment
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Parker
- Job title
- NWS Perinatal Service Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07388 994207
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