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Job overview

An exciting opportunity  has arisen for a qualified  Registered Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker within the Perinatal team. This is a Band 6 post, however a Band 5/6 development post would also be considered. This is a full time position based in Boston, covering Boston, Spalding, the East Coast & Louth.

We are looking for a caring, enthusiastic, confident mental health nurse or social worker who has a passion for working closely with families & women in the perinatal period who are either pregnant or up to 24 months post-natal.

Experience of working with families with severe mental illness and complex social care needs is essential. 
The successful candidate will manage a caseload of women with varying mental health needs. They will work alongside the multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality evidence based care.

Experience of working in a community team is desirable.

Perinatal Mental Health experience is not essential for this role as a six week induction will be provided and there are opportunities available to access training to support the development of your knowledge and skills in this area. Induction will include shadowing experienced members of the team and you will receive regular clinical, managerial and team supervision.

Main duties of the job

Mental Health Nurse:

The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination of care needs, assessment, planning, and implementation of evidence based care to a defined group of service users and their carers within the service catchment area whilst under the guidance of senior staff. The post holder will provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Social Worker:

As a social worker you will develop your core skills towards becoming a more competent practitioner within a specialist service through the guidance of the National and Local competency frameworks
To participate in and provide management, leadership and supervision for more junior staff
To contribute positively to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team work

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.