Exciting opportunity – iHV Professional Development Officer – PIMH

Exciting job opportunity with the Institute

Professional Development Officer – Perinatal and Infant Mental Health

Are you:

A dynamic and motivated professional?
Passionate and knowledgeable about perinatal and infant mental health?
Able to deliver high quality training to meet the needs of multi-agency audiences?

If yes, then come join us.

The iHV is seeking to appoint a Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (PIMH) Professional Development Officer to join its existing well-established mental health team. The successful post holder will be an NMC registrant (nurse, midwife or health visitor) with additional knowledge and experience in the field of perinatal mental health and a proven track record of experience of training delivery. This exciting opportunity is offered to grow the capacity of the existing team and provide an opportunity for the right candidate to develop their career with experience of working for the Institute.

As Professional Development Officer – PIMH, you will work as part of the iHV Mental Health team and act as the lead trainer (working with a co-trainer) delivering specific PIMH training events for multi-agency and uni-professional audiences. You will prioritise the quality of participant learning and ensure these events are delivered to the highest standard to meet our contractual obligations to our stakeholders (commissioners, grant funding bodies and individual participants).

As Professional Development Officer – PIMH you will:

Be home-based and work remotely with the iHV Mental Health and Training Teams to deliver high quality virtual training events (with tech support).
Deliver in-person training events on occasion and support iHV conferences – this will entail some travel and overnight stays.
Participate in any opportunities that arise to represent iHV at national mental health meetings and potentially support projects and practice developments within the team that require mental health expertise or peer review.

This post will offer the right candidate a unique opportunity to develop further in the field of perinatal and infant mental health working with a fabulous, respected team delivering acclaimed training programmes at a national level. The Institute offers a competitive pension scheme.

Applications close: 9am Monday 25 September 2023. Shortlisting and notification will be undertaken during week of 02/10/23.
Interviews: Wednesday 18 October 2023

For further information or an informal conversation about this post please contact:

[email protected] – iHV PIMH Lead
[email protected] – iHV Head of Training

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Exciting new opportunity with iHV

Exciting and unique development opportunity with the Institute

Professional Development Officer: Perinatal and Infant Mental Health

The iHV is seeking to appoint a Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (PIMH), Professional Development Officer.
The successful post holder will be a health visitor expert in perinatal and infant mental health and will support the iHV Mental Health Department workstream.

The post holder will be home based but, as restrictions ease, they should be prepared to travel mostly within the UK, but potentially also internationally. They will ideally be an iHV PIMH Champion and/or a specialist health visitor for PIMH, have broad experience in these fields, with additional research, or project development experience. A proven track record in delivering high quality PIMH training, both virtually and face-to-face, is essential.

A confident self-starter, they will deliver training to multi-agency audiences, attend national and regional PIMH meetings, deliver UK-wide regional Forums for our PIMH Champions and input advice to other iHV work streams on request.

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated leader, who is passionate about perinatal and infant mental health – an individual who is confident to drive and deliver positive change to enable good family mental health and wellbeing.

This post is for one year in the first instance with a definite expectation of extension, a job share would be considered. The Institute offers a competitive pension scheme.

Applications close: 9am Monday 28 February 2022

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Exciting opportunity with iHV – Professional Development Officer, PIMH

Exciting and unique development opportunity with the Institute

Professional Development Officer, Perinatal and Infant Mental Health, ideally based South of England

The iHV is seeking to appoint a full-time health visitor expert in perinatal and infant mental health and practice development to work with them supporting their European project, training and various other related projects, as well as covering some national meetings, a job share would be considered.

The post holder, who will have a masters’ degree, will preferably be based in the South of England and will be prepared to travel within the post, mostly within the UK, but potentially also to European countries. They will ideally be an iHV infant and perinatal mental health (PIMH) champion or a specialist health visitor for PIMH, have broad experience in these fields, with additional research, or project development experience.

A confident self-starter, they will deliver the requirements of our European project, training, attend meetings, develop regional forums for our PIMH champions and input advice to other workstreams on request.

The post holder will be highly respected by colleagues for their capacity to drive and deliver local professional developments.

1 year post in the first instance with a definite expectation of extension, a job share would be considered. The Institute offers a competitive pension scheme.

Applications close: Thursday 26 November 2020

Interviews: Wednesday 2 December 2020

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