Community Nursery Nurse

North London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider is seeking a Specialist for their Perinatal Mental Health Service to support mothers and their babies. The role involves home visits, delivering evidence-based interventions, and working within a multi-disciplinary team. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and experience in community settings. This position offers a salary range of £32,199 to £34,876 annually, pro rata, including Outer London HCAS.

Qualifications

• Must have at least 1 year's experience in a community setting.
• Demonstrate continued professional development.
• Experience working with women and babies, particularly with mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• Work with service users with complex perinatal mental health needs.
• Plan and deliver supportive interventions for parents.
• Maintain a clean and safe environment in the clinic.
• Liaise with multi-disciplinary team regarding child's well-being.

Skills

Flexible approach to mother and baby care

Ability to plan and organize activities

Understanding of mental health disorders

Knowledge of risk assessment principles

Education

National Nursery Education Board Qualification or equivalent to BTEC

NVQ level 3 in childcare and education

Foundation degree in early years

Job description

The Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service is made up of a full MDT: consultant psychiatrists, clinical/counselling psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, family therapist, nursery nurses, peer support workers and pharmacist. MDT sub-teams staff work closely with the maternity sites in North Central London (Barnet Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital, University College Hospital and Whittington Hospital). Clinics normally run at team bases, maternity sites, children's centres, and community centres across the boroughs as well as home visits. Some clinical work is additionally carried out via video call.

This role is for our WEST TEAM, covering Barnet.

Being a car driver is not essential but is useful

Please apply only if you have the relevant qualifications required.

Main duties of the job

• Carrying out home visits
• Running groups, baby massage, weaning etc
• Providing evidence-based interventions focusing on prevention, promotion, and early intervention
• Liaising with colleagues, external stakeholders, service users and their families.
• Ensuring that safe, evidence based, effective, culturally competent care is delivered in a timely manner to service users.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:

We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job responsibilities

• To work with service users with complex perinatal mental health needs; to identify their goals using specialist assessment and interventions tools.
• To plan and deliver supportive interventions to parents caring for their babies to meet required standards in their babies' developmental needs.
• Good awareness of child development and ways of working with children.
• To work in partnership with parents, individuals or in group situations to promote appropriate play activities with children.
• To work in a variety of settings e.g., home, clinics and within the local community.
• To maintain a clean, safe environment in the clinic: including the safety and cleanliness of all toys and equipment, in line with trust infection control procedures.
• To liaise with the wider multi-disciplinary team when there are concerns regarding the well-being of a child. To follow trust Child Protection process and strategies.
• To work with families who have children under Childrens Social Care; contributing to care plans and working within trust guidelines.
• To ensure accurate and concise record keeping for service users and interaction with their babies.
• To communicate effectively using a variety of communication skills: verbal and non-verbal, written, and electronic, with a range of individuals and organisations within and external to the organisation.
• To establish and maintain effective working relationships with members of the MDT using excellent interpersonal skills.
• To update clinical skills regularly to ensure the highest delivery of care whilst recognising own limitations
• To recognise and promote all aspects of cultural diversity and respond positively to ethnic awareness / sensitivity when planning care plans within supervisory framework.
• To attend clinical meetings including perinatal birth planning meetings, child in need meetings and child protection meetings when required.

This vacancy is in the WEST TEAM, covering Barnet.

Access to a car is desirable.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• National Nursery Education Board Qualification or equivalent to BTEC (National Diploma in Nursery Nursing / early years).
• NVQ level 3 (childcare and education) or foundation degree in early years, with a least 1 years' experience.
• Previous experience working in community settings
• Demonstrates continued professional development to maintain skills.

Skills/ Abilities

• Flexible and responsive approach to mother and baby care.
• Able to prioritise workload and organise time and work to meet deadlines.
• Ability to plan, provide and participate in suitable activities for parents and children
• Satisfactory level of understanding of Mental health disorders and treatment models.
• Knowledge of the principles of risk assessment and risk management.

Experience/ Knowledge

• Understanding of the statutory framework for early year's foundation stage and the EYFS to ensure best practice.
• Experience of working within a multicultural environment.
• Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Experience of working with women and babies, particularly those with mental health needs.

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.

£32,199 to £34,876 a year pro rata Inclu Outer London HCAS