Public Health Staff Nurse for Perinatal & Infant Mental Health

HDFT are seeking to recruit a motivated and passionate registered Nurse to be part of the innovative Growing Healthy Wakefield 0-19 service. The Public Health Staff Nurse for Perinatal & Infant Mental Health is a new and exciting role within the Service in Wakefield and will be an integral part of the Family Hubs - Start for Life developments.
In HDFT and Wakefield we are dedicated in working towards improved public health outcomes for children and families, delivering high quality universal and targeted services to meet the key improvement priorities for the population.  
This role will focus on parent & infant relationships and supporting family health & wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve working in different community settings, including Family Hubs and family homes both as part of a team and as a lone worker. The role will support the Clinical Lead for Perinatal & Infant Mental Health (PIMH) with leadership and supporting colleagues. The post holder will deliver direct care using recognised assessment and observation techniques under the supervision of the Clinical lead . The role will support with the development, organisation, delivery and evaluation of PIMH training across the workforce. Also including the dissemination and implementation of care pathways, policies and procedures for women and families experiencing mild, moderate and severe mental health problems. The post holder will be required to support the Specialist HV PIMH with any areas of research, audit, analysis and development. As this role is part of the Family Hub development there would be an expectation of effective integrated working with key delivery partners and the voluntary sector.