nursery nurse
South Cumbria Nhs Foundation Trust, Astley Village, Chorley
nursery nurse
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South Cumbria Nhs Foundation Trust, Astley Village, Chorley
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 day ago, 11 Nov | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 655c14206ec44402bdb0e3f3c871af1a
Location ref: Astley Village, Chorley
Full Job Description
This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Applicants must have an existing right to work in the UK and be able to maintain that right for the duration of employment without sponsorship from the Trust
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, self-motivated and committed nursery nurse to join us in our 8 bedded Mother and Baby Unit, which offers specialist treatment of women with Perinatal Mental Health difficulties. You will work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team within the inpatient setting providing quality care to women and their infants.
Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the infants, promoting interaction and stimulation of infants and supporting the mums in their role as mothers.
Care is provided over a 24-hour period and team members work rotational shift patterns including days, nights, weekends and bank holidays to facilitate this.
You will be expected to complete all statutory and mandatory trainings identified by our trust which will include the prevention and management of violence and aggression and basic resuscitation, and our team are required to support the other mental health units on site when emergencies occur.
We are committed to continued professional development and therefore Specialist Perinatal training and clinical supervision will be provided.
The nursery nurse will assist mothers with perinatal mental health problems to care for their babies, ensure that the emotional and physical needs of the babies are met and engage in activities to promote the mother-infant relationship.
The core purpose of the team in which the post-holder will work, is to deliver high quality, tailored interventions in maternal mental health and attachment based approaches to mothers and infants.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
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