Nursery Nurse

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Perinatal Community Nursery Nurse to join the Suffolk Perinatal Community Mental Health Team.

This Service provides care for birth people (and their babies) with moderate and severe mental health illness. The service offers pre-conceptual advice, alongside working with women/birthing people during pregnancy and up to two years after birth.

The post will join the existing multi-disciplinary team which comprises of: Nursery Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Mental Health Nurse specialists, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Parent/Infant therapist, CBT Therapist, and Peer workers.

We are a passionate and hard-working team, committed to providing the best care for our patients, keeping the patients and infants voice at the centre of care planning and support.

You will assist birth people/mothers with perinatal mental health conditions to care for their babies, ensure that the emotional and physical needs of babies are met and engage in activities to promote, develop, and enhance the parent-infant relationship.

The role is unique. The attachment and relationship between birthing person and infant underpin the support provided by the Nursery nurse. Holding the infant in mind and being their voice, at times where this is sometimes hard for the parent. You take every opportunity to highlight the positives within the relationship to build on these for positive outcomes.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a range of settings including (mostly) in the family's home.

We have bases in Bury and Ipswich.

The need to hold a full UK driving licence and access to transport is essential.

Knowledge on infant development and how infants communicate is important and essential in this role to allow you to mentalise the infants thoughts and feelings, and to be curious to what and how they are experiencing care and their environment.

As a team, we provide prevention, detection, support, and management of mental health problems that complicate pregnancy and the postpartum year.

You will be responsible for:

1. Co-working a caseload of birthing people and their infants with moderate to severe mental health needs within the perinatal period.
2. Undertaking assessment relating to parent/infant relationship.
3. Undertaking direct work with families.
4. Planning how to support the parent and infant relationship.

Experience of working with women in the perinatal period is essential, including an awareness of working with women from a multi-cultural and diverse community.

As a team we are passionate about the work we do and take pride in delivering a service that is patient-centred, safe and provides effective care to individuals.

If you are interested or would like to discuss this opportunity, please contact Claire Bolton (Lead Nursery Nurse) at Claire.bolton@nsft.nhs.uk.

About Us

Here at NSFT, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us?

We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?

The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops, and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Date posted: 15 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 4

Salary: £26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 246-CEN7054331

Job locations:

Grange Lodge, Twelve Acre Approach,
Kesgrave
IP52FZ

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Benefits

Benefits included with this role are:

• NHS pension
• A comprehensive in-house & external training programmes
• Career progression
• Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• Staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more
• Relocation packages.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• CACHE level 3 Diploma in Childcare & Education (NNEB), Diploma in Childcare Studies (BTEC), NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education, Full UK Driving licence

Experience Essential

• Experience of working within community services
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills Essential

• Competent clinical skills i.e. assessment, therapeutic interventions.
• Excellent communication skills with service users and other professionals, both oral and written
• Able to make autonomous decisions using judgement and to work effectively as part of a MDT.
• Ability to work without direct supervision and access regular supervision.

Knowledge Essential

• Knowledge around the effect of perinatal mental health presentations and how this would impact on care of baby.

Other Essential

• Able to travel independently.

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 details

Employer name: Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address: Grange Lodge, Twelve Acre Approach,
Kesgrave
IP52FZ

Employer's website: https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx