Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nursery Nurse - Perinatal MH Service
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 18 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 455-NLFT-0268
- Employer
- North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Forest Road Primary Care Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £32,199 - £34,876 Per Annum --- pro rata - outer London
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Nursery Nurse
Band 4
Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
- Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
- Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
- Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
- Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
- Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
- Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/
Job overview
The North London Partners - Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service is made up of a full MDT: consultant psychiatrists, clinical/counselling psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, family therapist, nursery nurses, peer support workers and pharmacist. MDT sub-teams staff work closely with the maternity sites in North Central London (Barnet Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital, University College Hospital and Whittington Hospital). Clinics normally run at team bases, maternity sites, children’s centres, and community centres across the boroughs as well as home visits. Some clinical work is additionally carried out via video call.
This role is for our EAST TEAM. Being a car driver is not essential but is useful
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work with service users with complex perinatal mental health needs, identifying goals using specialist assessment and intervention tools. They will contribute to the person-centred clinical care offered by the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) by;
-Carrying out home visits
-Running groups, baby massage, weaning etc
-Providing evidence-based interventions focusing on prevention, promotion, and early intervention
-Liaising with colleagues, external stakeholders, service users and their families.
-Ensuring that safe, evidence based, effective, culturally competent care is delivered in a timely manner to service users.
Working for our organisation
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
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We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
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With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
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We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
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We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To work with service users with complex perinatal mental health needs; to identify their goals using specialist assessment and interventions tools.
- To plan and deliver supportive interventions to parents caring for their babies to meet required standards in their babies' developmental needs.
- Good awareness of child development and ways of working with children.
- To work in partnership with parents, individuals or in group situations to promote appropriate play activities with children.
- To work in a variety of settings e.g., home, clinics and within the local community.
- To maintain a clean, safe environment in the clinic: including the safety and cleanliness of all toys and equipment, in line with trust infection control procedures.
- To liaise with the wider multi-disciplinary team when there are concerns regarding the well-being of a child. To follow trust Child Protection process and strategies.
- To work with families who have children under Children’s Social Care; contributing to care plans and working within trust guidelines.
- To ensure accurate and concise record keeping for service users and interaction with their babies.
- To communicate effectively using a variety of communication skills: verbal and non-verbal, written, and electronic, with a range of individuals and organisations within and external to the organisation.
- To establish and maintain effective working relationships with members of the MDT using excellent interpersonal skills.
- To update clinical skills regularly to ensure the highest delivery of care whilst recognising own limitations
- To recognise and promote all aspects of cultural diversity and respond positively to ethnic awareness / sensitivity when planning care plans within supervisory framework.
- To attend clinical meetings including perinatal birth planning meetings, child in need meetings and child protection meetings when required.
This vacancy is in the West Team - covering Barnet. Access to a car is desirable.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- National Nursery Education Board Qualification or equivalent to BTEC (National Diploma in Nursery Nursing / early years).
- NVQ level 3 (childcare and education) or foundation degree in early years, with a least 1 years’ experience.
- Previous experience working in community settings
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates continued professional development to maintain skills.
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Flexible and responsive approach to mother and baby care.
- • Able to prioritise workload and organise time and work to meet deadlines.
- Ability to plan, provide and participate in suitable activities for parents and children
Desirable criteria
- • Satisfactory level of understanding of Mental health disorders and treatment models.
- • Knowledge of the principles of risk assessment and risk management.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Understanding of the statutory framework for early year’s foundation stage and the EYFS to ensure best practice.
- • Experience of working within a multicultural environment.
- • Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with women and babies, particularly those with mental health needs.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Charlette Nicolaou
- Job title
- Lead Nursery Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07773 005 914
- Additional information
Candice Klotnick
Service Manager
07980 939 802
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Candi & Tavi
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