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Perinatal Nursery Nurse | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Job details
Posting date: 22 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £25,147 - £27,596 pro-rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 22 May 2024
Location: Ilford, IG3 8XJ
Company: North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6195456/395-WF

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Summary


Job overview
The Perinatal Parent Infant Mental Health Service are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and knowledgeable nursery nurse to join our team
on a permanent basis for the London Borough of Waltham Forest.
The successful post holder will work as part of our Multi disciplinary team, providing treatment and intervention to women during the perinatal
period who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties.
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 in Waltham Forest.
The Nursery Nurse role involves working with mothers and babies in their own homes, the community or at other premises such as children’s
centres across the boroughs. At the time of advertisement, we are using a blended hybrid model of working due to Covid-19 restrictions. This
involves a mixture of remote working and face to face contacts.
Please be aware that this advert will be closed early if we received a high volume of applicants



The post holder will assist the multidisciplinary team in meeting the needs of children and their families by undertaking delegated duties that
support and enable family centred care. To work as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring that there is appropriate communication
with other professionals involved in the care of the child and mother.
You will work alongside professionals offering therapeutic input with the mother and baby relationship as a focus of your work.
The post holder would be expected to have robust knowledge of child development and attachment which will inform their intervention. They
should also have experience with maternal mental illness and the impact this has on the mother baby relationship.



Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time).

High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,192 to a maximum of £2,011 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy






This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024

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