Perinatal Parent Infant Practitioner (Community Nursery Nurse)

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Ellesmere Port; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time Parent Infant Practitioner/Perinatal Community Nursery Nurse (37.5 hours per week) to join the Specialist Community Perinatal Mental Health Team. The post involves working with mothers and infants to foster healthy attachment and development under specialist supervision.

You will provide evidence-based guidance on baby care and parenting, supporting families in diverse community settings, including homes and community

Qualifications

• Qualified Nursery Nurse with postnatal/infant care experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess baby's health and well-being and contribute to care planning.
• Provide practical and emotional support to mothers to aid parenting.
• Deliver home, centre or clinic-based support under supervision of perinatal clinicians.

Skills

Nursery Nurse

Parent-Infant support

Job description

The Specialist Community Perinatal Mental Health Team are seeking a full-time Parent Infant Practitioner/Perinatal Community Nursery Nurse (37.5 hours per week).

The post holder will be a qualified Nursery Nurse employed to work in a Parent Infant Practitioner role within the specialist perinatal multidisciplinary community team. The role will centre around supporting the mother and infant to develop physically and emotionally and nurture their developing relationship and attachment. All activities undertaken by the Parent Infant Practitioner (Nursey Nurse) will be at the discretion/delegation of the team's Perinatal Health Visitor and the Parent-Infant Lead Clinical Psychologist, after appropriate in-service training has been given and level of competency demonstrated., The postholder will be responsible and accountable to the Perinatal Team Manager and Perinatal Health Visitor, working as a qualified Nursery Nurse Practitioner. The postholder will receive highly specialist clinical supervision from the Parent-Infant Lead Clinical Psychologist. You will provide help and support to parents to enable them to make informed choices in relation to parenting giving evidence-based advice and information in respect to baby care, development, infant feeding, breastfeeding, weaning, behaviour management, play, hygiene, dental care, accident prevention, crying and soothing, attachment, parenting skills and local community facilities. You will provide intensive support to new parents in a variety of settings including clients' homes, Children's Centres, G.P Surgeries, health centre or other local community centre under the direction of the perinatal mental health clinicians, taking into account the diverse needs of the community. The postholder will assist in

assessing baby's health, well-being and related needs and contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of care. To support mothers in general management of baby care, demonstrating an understanding of how this may be hindered by the presence of mental illness and provide practical and emotional support to help women prepare for the transition into parenthood.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.