Nursery Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Chorley; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Nursery Nurse to join our 8-bed Mother and Baby Unit, providing care to women with Perinatal Mental Health difficulties and their infants.

You will work in a multi-disciplinary inpatient setting, helping ensure infant safety, promoting mother-infant interaction, and supporting mums in their role as mothers. Training and clinical supervision are provided.

Qualifications

• Degree in childcare, education, playwork or equivalent.
• Degree level in Early Years and Education or equivalent.
• BA (Hons) in childhood studies or equivalent.
• Experience supervising staff in a nursery or crche setting.
• Knowledge of safeguarding legislation.
• Able to undertake administrative tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assist mothers and infants in the unit and support mother-infant relationship.
• Deliver high quality, tailored interventions for maternal mental health and attachment-based approaches.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary inpatient team to ensure infant safety and wellbeing.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Safeguarding legislation knowledge

Administrative tasks

Education

Degree in Childcare, Education, Playwork or equivalent

Early Years/Education degree level

BA (Hons) in childhood studies

Job description

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Nursery Nurse

The closing date is 24 November 2026

This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Applicants must have an existing right to work in the UK and be able to maintain that right for the duration of employment without sponsorship from the Trust

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, self-motivated and committed nursery nurse to join us in our 8 bedded Mother and Baby Unit, which offers specialist treatment of women with Perinatal Mental Health difficulties. You will work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team within the inpatient setting providing quality care to women and their infants.

Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the infants, promoting interaction and stimulation of infants and supporting the mums in their role as mothers.

Care is provided over a 24-hour period and team members work rotational shift patterns including days, nights, weekends and bank holidays to facilitate this.

You will be expected to complete all statutory and mandatory trainings identified by our trust which will include the prevention and management of violence and aggression and basic resuscitation, and our team are required to support the other mental health units on site when emergencies occur.

We are committed to continued professional development and therefore Specialist Perinatal training and clinical supervision will be provided.

Main duties of the job

The nursery nurse will assist mothers with perinatal mental health problems to care for their babies, ensure that the emotional and physical needs of the babies are met and engage in activities to promote the mother-infant relationship.

The core purpose of the team in which the post-holder will work, is to deliver high quality, tailored interventions in maternal mental health and attachment based approaches to mothers and infants.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Childcare, Education, Playwork or equivalent qualification and experience
• Degree Level in Early Years and Education or equivalent qualification and experience
• BA (hons) in childhood studies or equivalent qualification and experience

Knowledge

• Baby Care Skills - Birth to 1 Year
• Demonstrate knowledge of the physical, emotional needs of babies
• Demonstrate knowledge of Safeguarding children issues and The 1989 Children Act

Experience

• Experience of working in a supervisory role within a Crche or Nursery setting
• Knowledge of Safeguarding Legislation
• Able to undertake administrative tasks

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 name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust