Job summary
The Lambeth Perinatal Community Mental Health Service is a community team that specialises in perinatal psychiatry. The service offers preconception advice appointments (by the consultant psychiatrist), detailed assessments, ongoing reviews of patients until the end of the first postnatal year and in selected cases until the end of the second postnatal year, partners/fathers assessments.
The ST will have the opportunity to work in perinatal psychiatry for three days per week, and liaison for one day per week in this post. The work will include assessment and management of women with moderate to severe mental illness who are pregnant or in the postpartum period (up to 12 months post-delivery). Referrals are accepted from GPs, IAPT, midwifery, obstetric, primary care, other psychiatric services, other health professionals and social services.
Due to the emotive and complex nature of the work the perinatal service has reflective practice, externally supervised, once monthly. We also have a complex case discussion/safeguarding supervision once monthly.
The service is primarily a community psychiatric service, with a component of obstetric liaison with reviews of patients on antenatal and postnatal ward when needed.
Main duties of the job
Overview
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
AM
Referrals and zoning MDT meeting
Clinic
General liaison
Perinatal MDT meeting
Weekly team activity
Special Interest
Day
Referrals and zoning MDT meeting
Clinic
PM
Admin
General liaison
Obstetric liaison
Supervision
admin
About us
The perinatal MDT comprises of band 6 and 7 nurses, perinatal psychiatrists, a clinical psychologist, an OT, perinatal nursery nurses and administrators. We work closely with the Parent Infant Psychotherapy service and when needed work jointly with CMHTs. The focus of the perinatal service can be defined as the "Perinatal Frame of Mind" which is the ability to think about the mother's needs, the infant's needs, and the mother-infant relationship as three distinct areas of interest for health and wellbeing.
The service works closely, and often jointly, with maternity departments, primarily at St Thomas's Hospital, but can joint work with other specialist maternity teams if patients under our care deliver in a different hospital. We meet fortnightly with the specialist midwifery team at St Thomas's Hospital (Tower Team Midwives) to discuss complex cases under our joint care. We are no longer based in St Thomas's Hospital as we have a wider role in the community but maintain an obstetric in-reach role and a close working relationship with Psychiatric Liaison at GSTT.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post includes two session of general liaison psychiatry.
Skills development focuses on:
Detailed assessment of patients in the perinatal period
Prescribing in pregnancy and breast feeding
Observation of the development of early relationships i.e. mother infant relationship
Psychiatric formulation
Management of complex cases with multiple agencies involved and an emphasis on the safeguarding of the baby and older children.
Joint working with maternity, parent infant psychotherapy, health visiting, other psychiatric services
Liaison with allied professionals including maternity, health visiting, primary and secondary care psychology services, safeguarding agencies, third sector organisations.
Chairing pre-birth planning meetings that involve the patient, her partner or nearest person to them, relevant professionals, to identify the key issues and formulate a clear plan to be shared will all involved
Training and teaching (regular midwifery training in perinatal mental health)
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post includes two session of general liaison psychiatry.
Skills development focuses on:
Detailed assessment of patients in the perinatal period
Prescribing in pregnancy and breast feeding
Observation of the development of early relationships i.e. mother infant relationship
Psychiatric formulation
Management of complex cases with multiple agencies involved and an emphasis on the safeguarding of the baby and older children.
Joint working with maternity, parent infant psychotherapy, health visiting, other psychiatric services
Liaison with allied professionals including maternity, health visiting, primary and secondary care psychology services, safeguarding agencies, third sector organisations.
Chairing pre-birth planning meetings that involve the patient, her partner or nearest person to them, relevant professionals, to identify the key issues and formulate a clear plan to be shared will all involved
Training and teaching (regular midwifery training in perinatal mental health)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Lambeth Community Perinatal Service
Wooden Spoon House, 5 Dugard Way,
London
SE11 4TH
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
