Band 8a Perinatal Clinical Development Lead

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Band 8a Perinatal Clinical Development Lead

The closing date is 16 November 2025

The Perinatal Community Service within BSMHFT covers Birmingham Solihull and provides Specialised Perinatal care and treatment to women from the age of 16 who experience moderate to severe perinatal mental health difficulties in pregnancy until up to 2 years post-natal.

We are currently recruiting to our Clinical Development Lead role who will provide leadership and support throughout the service, working closely with Clinical Service manager and with a particular focus on quality, safety, service and pathway improvement projects.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will contribute to the implementation of strategic plans within the service and within the service, provide specialist perinatal clinical leadership and oversight of clinical processes within the service. They will support the use of QI projects to implement change, whilst demonstrating a strong focus on quality of the service user experience in the way services are designed and delivered with clear processes in place for addressing any risks or issues which are identified as impacting on this.

The post holder will support the development and delivery of service improvement objectives, taking into account the strategic aims and priorities of the Trust, ensuring effective communication and engagement with service users, their carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary teams, both internal and external to ensure the best possible experience is provided while accessing the services of BSMHFT.

They will work closely with the Clinical Leads and Team Managers, be highly visible and accessible as a professional leader of the service to all stakeholders and take the lead in supporting the achievement of key performance indicators for service area. Including quality, governance, workforce and financial measures. There will be a particular focus for the service on the reduction of the health inequalities experienced by women in Birmingham who experience mental health difficulties in their maternity and post-natal care.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Job responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification Education, Training and Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Practitioner
• Evidence of significant post registration education and development at degree level or equivalent
• Significant management and or leadership training

Knowledge and Experience

• Significant post registration clinical experience within the clinical speciality
• Extensive knowledge and expertise across a number of areas i.e. perinatal mental health, community clinical practice, infection control, safeguarding children, domestic abuse and safeguarding adults
• Experience of concurrently managing a wide variety of projects
• Significant professional leadership, especially professional development, clinical governance and supervision and appraisal
• Demonstrable experience and implementation of clinical and professional governance issues within the clinical speciality.
• Experience at band 8 or above level, leading change and quality improvement projects in mental health services.

Skills

• A demonstrable knowledge of evidence - based clinical practice in specialist area
• Current knowledge of relevant professional and NHS policy initiatives within the clinical speciality.
• Experience of effective redesign and improvement Methodologies

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.

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearpro rata