Elaine Clark Lead Nurse National Managed Clinical Network Scotland - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Elaine Clark Lead Nurse National Managed Clinical Network Scotland

Perinatal Mental Health impacts on all Nurses

• Mother & Baby Unit
• Specialist PMH Teams
• Liaison Nurses
• Out of Hours/CRISIS
• Health Visitor/Family Nurse

Partnership

• Practice Nurse
• Paediatric Nurse
• CMHTs
• CAMHS

Core Nursing Skills

Empathy compassion

• bservations therapeutic

knowledge plan & evaluate care

• holistic

assessment- mental health & physical health risk management containment Communication interpret listening Leadership evidence based interventions

Challenges

• Skills, knowledge & competencies
• More nurses leaving than joining

profession

• Demonstrating added value
• Lack of recognised national standards

and outcome measures

• Geographic and economic diversity
• Health budgets not aligned
• Influencing without authority

Addressing the challenges

Engagement

Expert Clinical practice Professional Leadership & Consultancy Education, Teaching & Research Practice & service Development & Evaluation

Change Agents

Women with lived experience throughout Scotland

• Key members of the NMCN Scotland
• Core group
• Developed Survey for Women & Families
• Women & Families Charter
• Member of review team which has visited each NHS Board area

“In Scotland every woman and her family have access to person centred, safe, timely & effective perinatal mental health care”

Thank you for your time

Elaine.clark6@nhs.net