Perinatal Mental Health Nurse (0-5 Services)

Job summary
Are you a Mental Health Nurse passionate about supporting parents and babies?

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group is looking for an NMC-registered Mental Health Nurse to join the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health team within our 05 Health Visiting team. This is a new role that will grow and develop, and its a chance to help shape how we support parents experiencing perinatal mental health difficulties.

You will work with parents from pregnancy until their baby is two years old. Your care will be compassionate, trauma-informed and relational, and youll work closely with:

• Health Visitors
• the Specialist Perinatal Lead
• ELFT Perinatal Mental Health Services
• maternity services
• Family Hubs and community partners.

In return, we offer:

• regular clinical supervision and reflective practice
• ongoing professional development
• mentorship and coaching
• a supportive, friendly team.

The Care Group reserves the right to close this advert early where we have received a high number of applications, and we encourage candidates to submit their applications promptly.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver emotional wellbeing visits and brief interventions to parents experiencing perinatal mental health concerns.
• Carry out mental health assessments and reassessments using outcome measures such as PHQ-9, GAD-7 and MORS.
• Support triage and initial assessments when needed because of absence or demand.
• Co-deliver group interventions for the mild-to-moderate pathway with the MDT.
• Contribute to MDT discussions, case formulation and care planning.
• Work with Health Visitors, PMHT, maternity, Family Hubs and other agencies so care is joined up.
• Identify and escalate safeguarding and risk concerns, and keep accurate, timely records.
• Provide day-to-day line management, supervision and appraisal for the Band 4 Perinatal Mental Health Community Nursery Nurse.

About us
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (The Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.

Read up more about Tower Hamlets GP Care Group, click here: https://www.gpcaregroup.org/

The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.

Click here to know more about Tower Hamlets Together partnership- https://www.towerhamletstogether.com/

The key priorities for the Care Group are:

• Innovation and support for primary care
• Being a great place to work
• Integrating primary and community care
• Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people
• Influencing improvements in health outcomes

Details
Date posted: 23 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year Including Inner HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: E0136-26-0031
Job locations: Island Health, 145 East Ferry Road, London, E14 3BQ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Clinical Delivery

• Undertake mental health assessments and reassessments (e.g. PHQ-9, GAD-7, MORS, Family Health Needs Assessments), underpinned by trauma-informed and relational practice.
• Support to deliver group intervention for mild-moderate pathway with MDT.
• Support initial assessments or triage where needed due to staff absence or high demand.
• To seek consultation where necessary with clinical supervisor and line manager on clinical work and participate in regular supervision.

Teamworking and MDT Contribution

• Contribute to case formulation and care planning within multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Work closely with perinatal lead; Health Visitors and PMHT to ensure holistic, family-centred support.
• Attend reflective practice and clinical supervision as part of ongoing development and safe practice.

Multi-agency Liaison

• Work in partnership with Health Visitors, Family Hubs, maternity services and other community teams to coordinate care and ensure integrated support for families.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to support safe transitions and joined-up service delivery.

Training and Capacity Building

• Support the delivery of perinatal mental health awareness training to professionals across the borough.
• Promote emotionally attuned, relational ways of working with families among partner professionals.

Safeguarding and Risk

• Identify and escalate safeguarding concerns in line with local and organizational procedures.
• Monitor mental health and family risk factors and share concerns promptly within MDT or with the Operational Lead.
• Maintain accurate and timely records of interventions, assessments, and communications.

Professional and Clinical Governance

• Adhere to the professional standards, competencies, and values of your relevant registration (e.g. NMC).
• Maintain own continuing professional development, and participate in line management, supervision and appraisal.
• Follow all GP Care Group policies relating to clinical practice, safeguarding, information governance, and equality and diversity.

Management Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational line management, supervision, appraisal and performance management to the Band 4 Perinatal Mental Health Community Nursery Nurse. This includes delegation of appropriate duties, ensuring safe and effective delivery of care, monitoring standards of practice, supporting learning and development and addressing any performance or conduct issues in line with organisational policy.

Person Specification
Skills and Abilities (Essential)

• Confidence in identifying safeguarding concerns and thresholds for escalation, and knowledge of safeguarding procedures and risk management.
• A clear understanding of perinatal mental health presentations, attachment and relational models, and how they affect parenting and infant outcomes. You should also be familiar with trauma-informed, culturally sensitive practice.

Experience (Essential)

• Experience contributing to MDTs and case formulation. You will also need excellent communication, strong record-keeping, and confidence using outcome measures and clinical recording systems.
• Experience delivering direct 1:1 mental health support and emotional wellbeing interventions in community settings, including with mild-to-moderate presentations in diverse communities.

Qualifications (Essential)

• NMC registration as a Mental Health Nurse

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details
Employer name: Tower Hamlets GP Care Group
Address: Island Health, 145 East Ferry Road, London, E14 3BQ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Danai John, danai.john1@nhs.net, 07548764736

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