Perinatal Community Psychiatric Nurse

NHS; Mansfield, Newark on Trent; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Perinatal Community Psychiatric Nurse in Mansfield. The role focuses on delivering high-quality mental health support to mothers during the perinatal period. Candidates must have a background in mental health nursing and be skilled in communication and risk assessment. The position emphasizes collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and includes responsibilities for the supervision of junior staff, aimed at improving maternal mental health outcomes.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Dedicated Health and Wellbeing team

Employee-led staff networks

Qualifications

• Experience of working with women who have had a perinatal mental illness.
• Understanding of Sure Start and its role.
• Post-qualification training in appropriate psychological interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide total packages of care from assessment through to discharge.
• Maintain excellent communication with service providers for multi-disciplinary working.
• Supervise junior members of the clinical team.

Skills

Good time management

Excellent interpersonal skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Risk assessment and management

Flexibility to change

Education

RMN or Diploma in Mental Health Nursing

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Registered with the NMC

Job description

Perinatal Community Psychiatric Nurse

The closing date is 28 December 2025

Main duties of the job

The Community Perinatal Mental Health Team are part of the Specialist Services directorate and co‑located on the Hopewood site with Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services. We are a Nationally Accredited Service with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. We provide assessment and treatment to women with a range of mental health needs related to the perinatal period. The Team provides a service to the City and County of Nottinghamshire and Bassetlaw with clinics located across this geography.

Our core purpose is to work with expectant mothers and mothers to address their mental health needs and mitigate any impact on the unborn baby and infant. We aim to improve the health outcomes for mothers with the provision of a timely, integrated, high‑quality, effective, multi‑disciplinary interventions.

Although the Team covers the whole region, this post will be located to the Newark and Mansfield areas.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee‑led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in‑house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net‑zero commitment.

Job responsibilities

Although the service provides care across the whole County and Bassetlaw, this specific post will be mostly offering appointments to patients in Mansfield and Newark areas.

Perinatal Mental Health Services has received extensive investment in recent years, recognising the importance on public health in treating mental health problems in the perinatal period. We are looking for an enthusiastic, diligent, and experienced Mental Health Nurse who has the ability to manage complex situations to join our team. Sound therapeutic strategies, combined with the ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing are essential. You will have experience of working with mothers with perinatal illness and some knowledge of normal child development in order to understand the potential impact of untreated maternal mental illness on the developing foetus/infant/children. You will have the ability to liaise effectively with various health, social and voluntary professionals. A sound working knowledge ofeguarding is also required. This post offers a supportive team working environment, with commitment to supervision.

• To participate fully as a member of the specialised PCPN team providing total packages of care from assessment through to discharge which includes prevention/minimisation of detrimental effects of Perinatal illnesses on the developing foetus/infant and other children.
• To maintain a diary of work activities and to produce timely and accurate statistics as required to enable close monitoring of contractual activity and to provide data for audit purposes.
• To maintain excellent communication between other service providers to ensure good multi‑disciplinary working, attending case conferences and client reviews as required.
• To offer specialist advice/training to other professionals, carers, statutory and voluntary agencies to promote mental health awareness.
• To provide advice and consultation to GPs, Consultant Psychiatrists, Obstetricians and other medical staff, Midwives, Health Visitors, Social Workers and other allied professionals.
• To provide urgent assessments on the maternity wards in the locality.
• To ensure client confidentiality is maintained in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Policy.
• To maintain effective records in line with Trust Policies and Procedures.
• The supervision of junior members of the clinical team.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however, reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced); this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Some knowledge of normal child development in order to understand the potential impact of maternal mental illness on the developing foetus/infant/children.
• Child protection.
• Therapeutic strategies/psychological interventions appropriate to the peripartum period.
• Perinatal trauma and its impact.
• Effects of psychotropic medication on foetus and infant.
• Understanding of Perinatal CCQI (College Centre for Quality Improvement).
• National drivers around perinatal mental health care.

Skills

• Good time management.
• Flexibility to change.
• Ability to use supervision appropriately.
• Range of therapeutic skills for the treatment of common mental health disorders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Autonomous working.
• Ability to build working relationships with the MDT, working collaboratively to improve the patient experience.
• Risk assessment and management.
• Offering support in a mental health crisis.
• Reflective practice.

Experience

• Experience of working with women who have had a perinatal mental illness.
• Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Understanding of Sure Start and its role.
• Undertaking mental health and risk assessments confidently, and developing care plans accordingly.
• Attended conferences/study days in Perinatal Mental Health.
• Experience of teaching groups.
• Caseload holding and management.

Qualifications

• RMN or Diploma in Mental Health Nursing.
• Registered Mental Health Nurse.
• Registered with the NMC.
• Teaching qualifications.
• Recent academic study.
• Post‑qualification training in appropriate psychological interventions.

Training

• Continued professional development in offering therapeutic interventions.
• Mental Health Act.
• CPA.
• Safeguarding Children.
• Safeguarding adults.

Physical Requirements

• The post holder will be required to drive and have the ability to access patients' homes or other venues as requested by the patient.

Contractual Requirements

• Maintain current UKCC registration.
• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Values and Behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork.
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.

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.

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year, pro‑rata for part‑time.