Specialist Perinatal Service Inpatient Nursery Nurse

The Specialist Perinatal Service (SPS) Inpatient Nursery Nurse will hold a key role in providing expert child assessments, interventions, and acute support for families and infants under one year old, who are under the care of the Inpatient Psychiatric Mother and Baby Unit., As a SPS Inpatient Nursery Nurse you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team collaborating with many professionals and organisations to provide high quality care to families across Greater Manchester including:

• Child and Family Social Workers,
• Health visitors,
• Midwives
• Parent-Infant Mental Health specialists
Key elements of this role include:
• Contributing to structured assessment of parent-infant interaction
• Provide feedback to the MDT based on observations
• Develop and facilitate therapeutic group actives (i.e., baby massage, rhyme, and sign)
• Deliver packages of care in collaboration with families as part of an individualised baby care plan.
• Contributing to and supporting families with targeted interventions.
• Incorporate evidence based practice drawn from the field of both perinatal and more general child care related knowledge into the assessment, planning and implementation of care
  
  You will need to be motivated to work in an environment of change and innovation.
Have a good understanding of the signs of abuse and neglect and a knowledge of safeguarding in line with policies and procedures.,
• NNEB Diploma in Childcare, BTEC or equivalent childcare qualification National vocational qualification - 3 or 4 in childcare, Experience of working with women and families in the Perinatal period
• Experience of working in Mental Health
• Multi-disciplinary team working, Understanding of attachment theory, Previous Community Experience, Specialist interest in PMH
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.

The SPS supports women and birthing people who experience high-risk mental health problems during and after pregnancy, and for their infant up to the age of one year. This post is based in Andersen at Loweswater Ward. Andersen Ward is based in Wythenshawe, however due to ongoing repairs we are temporarily based at Loweswater Ward at GMMH headquarters in Prestwich., Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over6,400members of staff, who deliver services from more than160 locations. Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity. Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.


• Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme, Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
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