The post holder will be based in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Parent Infant Mental Health Service located in Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, CAMH Service. The post holder will lead and contribute to the ongoing development of the Best Start Family Hub Healthy Babies Programme. This initiative builds on developments undertaken over the past two years in partnership with the Local Authority through the Best Start for Life programme. The post holder will contribute to the ongoing development and delivery of a universal – mild – moderate perinatal and parent-infant mental health (PIMH) service offer and care pathway, working in partnership with services across Rochdale. The service provides a clinical service, strategic leadership, training and workforce development in the perinatal period up until the child’s 2 nd birthday across the multi-agency network in the borough. The service has good working relationships with Health Visiting, Maternity Services, Family Hubs, Adult Mental Health Services, Voluntary sector and Children’s Social Care, etc.
The post holder will work as a highly specialist practitioner implementing and developing a community based therapeutic service to expectant parents, infants, and their families with a particular focus on early intervention and preventative work with high risk and vulnerable families (e.g. socially excluded families). S/he will provide assessment and treatment of the parent-infant relationship, working with parents/carers and infants grounded in the principles and techniques of psychoanalytic psychotherapy/Clinical Psychology.
The training and strategic development aspect of the role involves acting as a specialist resource, and contributing to multi-agency training of relevant professionals across the borough. The post holder will be expected to offer consultation and clinical supervision to professional colleagues.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
Access to Continued Professional Development
Involvement in improvement and research activities
Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Clinical
Deliver an Under 2s psychotherapy/clinical psychology service within CAMHS in a multi-agency context.
Provide specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapy/psychological assessments for expectant parents, parents and infants with complex and enduring mental health needs.
Formulate and implement evidence-based therapeutic interventions from referral onwards, considering developmental and historical factors.
Contribute to the development of specialist parent–infant provision using recognised models of practice.
Offer consultation, advice and expertise to PIMH colleagues and wider professional networks.
Manage and prioritise a clinical caseload within the PIMH service.
Participate in the PIMH duty rota, providing advice and support to professionals and families.
Attend and contribute to team meetings, referrals, CPD and business meetings.
Contribute as an independent clinician to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings.
Liaise effectively with external professionals and services.
Contribute to audit, evaluation and evidence-based practice.
Maintain autonomous professional responsibility in line with ACP/HCPC standards.
Participate in service development and communicate effectively within the MDT.
Assess, treat and discharge cases in line with professional codes of conduct.
Produce timely, clear and comprehensive reports.
Participate in regular supervision and support caseload management.
Service Development
Contribute to development of the PIMH service under the direction of the Clinical Lead.
Work collaboratively with CAMHS, adult mental health, early years, education, social care and voluntary services to deliver integrated care.
Supervision and Training
Contribute to training and supervision of trainees and staff where appropriate.
Provide specialist supervision, consultation and training across services supporting infants and families.
Continuing Professional Development
Engage in regular supervision and CPD.
Develop specialist skills relevant to CAPT/Clinical Psychology/PIMH.
Contribute to supervision, teaching and training activities.
Participate in KSF reviews and identified learning needs.
Clinical Governance and Research
Participate in audit, service evaluation and research activity.
Contribute to monitoring and evaluation processes.
Use evidence-based literature to inform practice.
Maintain high professional and ethical standards.
Administrative
Maintain accurate records in line with legislation.
Undertake administrative duties relevant to the role.
Adhere to clinical governance, quality assurance and audit processes.
Policy
Work in accordance with Trust policies and professional guidelines.
Promote safe working practices and health and safety compliance.
Contribute feedback to policy and service development.
Adhere to infection control standards.
General Duties
Undertake duties appropriate to the role as requested.
Comply with Trust policies and contribute to strategic goals.
Standards of Business Conduct
Act with honesty, professionalism and integrity.
Maintain appropriate professional boundaries.
Build positive working relationships with colleagues, patients and stakeholders.
Uphold professional standards and maintain relevant registrations.
Equality, Diversity and Safeguarding
Promote equality, diversity and non-discriminatory practice.
Treat all individuals with dignity and respect.
Safeguard children and vulnerable adults in line with policy and guidance.
Professional Development, Confidentiality and Safety
Complete mandatory training and participate in performance reviews.
Maintain confidentiality and adhere to GDPR requirements.
Ensure accurate information governance and record keeping.
Follow health and safety procedures, report incidents and support infection control practices.
