Regional Perinatal Mental Health Specialist Health Visitor

at  Swansea Bay University Health Board

The post holder will provide specialist perinatal and infant mental health advice, support and training to the Health Visiting Service within Swansea Bay University Health Board.
They will contribute to the Quality improvement agenda and will ensure that relevant pathways, policies, and processes for parents with, or at risk of, mental illness are developed, implemented and audited. The post holder will work in partnership with individuals, families and communities and collaborate with the wider multi-agency team in accordance with the local and national public health agenda.
Key to the role is to upskill and empower health visiting teams to ensure that the services deliver the best possible personalised care to those parents and their families to optimise their emotional health and wellbeing.
All post holders must comply with standards of professional practice / conduct. It is the post holders’ responsibilities to ensure they are both familiar with and adhere to these requirements and maintain their professional membership to the relevant body.
The post holder will work as a specialist practitioner, continually developing and implementing the community based therapeutic service for parents-to-be, infants, young children and their families within a broad parent infant mental health framework.
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board. As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation. You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you. There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do. If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe’s most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
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