Job summary

**Internal Applicants Only**

The role will provide clinical leadership, programmes of training and staff development to ensure an efficient, effective and high-quality provision for Perinatal Infant Mental Health and emotional resilience support across South Tyneside. Acting as a role model and a source of first line information for stakeholders.

The post holder will promote PIMH and emotional resilience within community services and support frontline professionals in the development of strategies in South Tyneside for the continued support of Perinatal mental health and emotional resilience in the future.

Main duties of the job

To Provide clinical expertise to meet the needs of the families in relation to parental mental health, parent infant relationships and infant and young children's development.

To deliver direct care using recognised assessment and observation techniques.

Act as an advocate for parents and their infants with perinatal mental health difficulties to ensure they receive active and effective care.

Develop, organise, deliver and evaluate PIMH and emotional resilience training across the workforce in line with role specific mandatory training.

Leading strengths-based approaches across the levels of need at community, universal, targeted and specialist intervention, reducing health and social inequalities and supporting the best start in life for children

About us

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!

We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.

Please note:

• Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
• Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
• Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
• All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.