Job summary

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

The Beeches Mother and Baby Unit team provide specialist inpatient care for up to 6 women with moderate to serious 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 accept admission for women in late stages of pregnancy and up until the baby is 1 year old.

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

The role of the nursery nurse within the team will be to provide parents with opportunities to positively interact and connect with their babies.

These opportunities will empower parents to support and understand the development of their baby and meet their holistic needs.

As a nursery nurse you will need to be able to bring a flexible, compassionate approach to working with mothers and their babies while offering broad range of appropriate activities.

A good understanding of infant development, attachment theory and care will be essential. Your previous experience and knowledge as a nursery nurse can help these families to grow and develop together.

You will be able to deliver both one-to-one and group interventions to support mothers to develop skills and confidence in caring for their baby.

You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team providing a high level of care for both the mothers and their babies. Therefore, good inter personal, communication and organisational skills are required.

The successful candidate will be required to work shifts including nights and weekends.

Local induction will be provided, in addition to supervision and ongoing specialist perinatal training opportunities.

PLEASE NOTE:We welcome anyone interested in applying for this role to come and visit the ward and have a chat with the team - Please contact us to arrange this if this is something you'd like to do.

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
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• 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 LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities