Nursing Assistant - Perinatal Inpatient

Derbyshirehealthcareft; Derby; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a leading healthcare trust as a Band 3 Nursing Assistant in the Mother and Baby Unit, providing essential support to mothers and infants during the perinatal period. You will deliver compassionate care as part of a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring the safety and well-being of patients. With opportunities for ongoing training and career development, this role offers a fulfilling pathway in mental health support.

Benefits

27 days annual leave, increasing with service

Health service discounts

Free confidential employee assistance program

Good maternity and adoption benefits

Access to learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must hold NVQ3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent.
• Experience in mental health contexts is preferred.
• Ongoing training and development required.

Responsibilities

• Delivering high standards of person-centred care.
• Engaging patients in therapeutic activities.
• Completing physical observations and checks.

Skills

Communication

Compassionate care

Teamwork

Education

NVQ3 in Health & Social Care

Training in Safeguarding Children

Additional mental health training

Job description

Please note, if a high volume of applications is received, this advert may close early so please ensure you submit your application without delay.

We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated Band 3 Nursing Assistants to join the multi-disciplinary team at The Beeches Mother and Baby Unit. We welcome applications from those with a passion for supporting women and families during the perinatal period.

The Mother and Baby unit can accommodate up to 6 mothers with their babies. Women can be admitted from 32 weeks antenatally, or postnatally with their babies up until one year. The team provide specialist care for women with moderate to severe mental illness during the perinatal period.

The perinatal period is a crucial and vulnerable time for woman. We know as many as one in five women experience post or ante-natal depression, anxiety or in some cases severe mental illness such as psychosis during pregnancy or in the first year after childbirth.

The purpose of the Mother and Baby Unit is to keep the Mother & Baby together, whilst treating the mother's mental health and promoting or maintaining attachment and bonding.

We aim to create a positive and supportive community to promote the mother's recovery and baby's development. The long-term benefits of this kind of specialist care offers early help and support to parents for them to build a healthy bond with their children and improves outcomes for the child.

Main duties of the job

As a valued member of the team you will be expected to deliver high standards of person centred care showing empathy, patience and understanding at all times.

As part of the multi-disciplinary team you will be expected to work within the Trust Core Care Standards promoting service user dignity at all times.

As a Nursing Assistant you will be actively involved in delivering direct patient care under the supervision of qualified nurses and be accountable for the reporting of the care you give to qualified nursing staff.

The team is multi-disciplinary in nature and it is expected that you would be an active and supportive member of the team which includes working along side the nursery nurses and other roles to maintain the safety and well being of infants on the ward.

We offer ongoing specialist training and development, a robust supervision programme which includes a personalised annual appraisal.

To apply for the Band 3 post you must hold an NVQ III in Health and Social Care or its equivalent.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

Are you looking for a new exciting opportunity to work in a team where you can continually develop your skills and knowledge base?

As a Nursing Assistant you will be completing daily duties including:

• Providing care and support for patients who are acutely, mentally unwell
• Spending 1:1 time with patients
• Engaging patients and infants in therapeutic activities
• Completing physical observations and general physical checks
• Working alongside a multi-disciplinary team to make changes in patients' care
• Providing care to infants on the ward
• Responding to patients when they are distressed

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• NVQ3 In Health & Social Care or equivalent
• Training in Safeguarding Children
• Evidence of continued development/training
• Additional mental health training

Experience/skills

• Previous experience of working with acute mental illness
• Good Communication skills, both verbal and written
• Be able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Be able to accept direction from senior staff
• Be able to work under own intitiative
• Experience working with Children/Families
• Show an understanding or passion for perinatal mental health
• Compassionate person centred care for women in the perinatal period

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.