Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Perinatal Duty Practitioner
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An Exciting New Opportunity
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Duty Practitioner within the Greater Manchester Specialist Perinatal Service. This is a newly created role designed to strengthen our duty function and ensure timely, responsive care for mothers and birthing people during the perinatal period.
About the Role
As a Duty Practitioner, you will act as the first point of contact for referrals and urgent queries, providing clinical triage, risk assessment, and advice to professionals and service users. You will work closely with our multidisciplinary team to ensure safe and effective care pathways.
Key Responsibilities
- Undertake duty triage appointments via video link or telephone
- Manage access to service for a complex caseload of service users
- Provide practical advice and support including risk management, psychological interventions and overseeing any safeguarding issues
- Liaise with external stakeholders to ensure patient led, collaborative, high quality care is being delivered
Working Environment
We have a vacancy in Cluster 2 Bolton Office. The Greater Manchester Specialist Perinatal Service is a well-established, expert multidisciplinary community team. We provide specialist mental health care and advice from pre-conceptual medication planning, throughout pregnancy, and up to the infant’s first birthday. Our service operates Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm (excluding bank holidays).
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Requirements
The role will require the successful candidate to:
- Work in collaboration with both colleagues from Adult Mental Health services and staff from other perinatal services
- Work collaboratively with Specialist Midwifery, Children and families’ services, Early attachment services and IAPT
- Work in a variety of settings undertaking assessments, using the agreed processes of women/birthing people with serious mental health conditions who have been referred to the team
- Ensure that quality and timely care is delivered at all times
- Support students and new team members with information and shadowing opportunities within the duty team
About the Employer
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
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We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
About Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Laura Condliffe
- Job title: Team Manager
- Email address: laura.condliffe@gmmh.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0161 271 0188
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