Perinatal Nursery Nurse

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

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Job summary

We are delighted to announce that a full time Nursery Nurse opportunity has become available within the Perinatal Mental Health Community Service. The position is for the West Kent Team, working across the localities of Maidstone and South West Kent.

The West Kent team base is in Maidstone.

Working closely with NHS England, the aim is to improve the access and quality of perinatal mental health services across the counties.

We are therefore looking for an experienced Nursery Nurse to provide nursery nursing interventions and support to women in the community who are experiencing moderate to severe perinatal mental health issues. This will include women in the antenatal and postnatal periods. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team, working alongside professionals offering therapeutic input as well as wider community teams.

You must have a recognised Child Care qualification e.g. NNEB or BTEC National Diploma.

Main duties of the job

Work as a member of the MDT, assisting in the provision of interventions to meet the needs of the baby for those mothers receiving in-patient care.

Promoting and supporting the health of the mother and baby.

Provide an effective and supportive nursery nurse service to mothers in the antenatal and postnatal period, within the community.

Support the mother and the rest of the MDT ensuring the emotional and practical care of the baby and to monitor developmental progress.

Work in partnership with the family and the wider community nursing teams e.g. Midwives, Health Visitors, Community staff nurses, and Community Nursery Nurses.

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Date posted

17 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-FR0459

Job locations

Poppy House

Oakapple Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9NW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

NNEB or BTEC National Diploma

Experience

Essential

Minimum 2yrs Post Qualification Experience
Keen interest in working in Perinatal Mental Health

Desirable

Experience working with women experiencing Mental Health issues

Skills

Essential

Sound Knowledge of Child Development
Sound understanding of attachment theory
Good IT Skills

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

NNEB or BTEC National Diploma

Experience

Essential

Minimum 2yrs Post Qualification Experience
Keen interest in working in Perinatal Mental Health

Desirable

Experience working with women experiencing Mental Health issues

Skills

Essential

Sound Knowledge of Child Development
Sound understanding of attachment theory
Good IT Skills

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.