Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Perinatal Community Nursey Nurse to join the Suffolk Perinatal Community Mental Health Team.

This Service provides care for birth people (and their babies) with moderate and serve mental health illness. The service offers pre- conceptual advice, alongside working with women/birthing people, during pregnancy and up to two years after birth.

The post will join the existing multi-disciplinary team which comprises of: Nursery Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Mental Health Nurse specialists, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Parent/Infant therapist, CBT Therapist, and Peer workers.

We are a passionate and hard-working team, committed in providing the best care, for our patients, keeping the patients and infants voice at the centre of care planning and support.

You will assist birth people/ mothers with perinatal mental health conditions to care for their babies, ensure that the emotional and physical needs of babies are met and engage in activities to promote, develop, and enhance the parent-infant relationship.

The role is unique. The attachment and relationship between birthing person and infant underpin the support, provided by the Nursery nurse. Holding the infant in mind and being their voice, at times where this is sometimes hard for the parent. You take every opportunity to highlight the positives within the relationship to build on these, for positive outcomes.

Main duties of the job

The Successful applicant will work part of a multi- disciplinary team, in a range of settings including (mostly) in the family’s home.

We have bases in Bury and Ipswich.

The need to hold a full UK driving licence and access to transport is essential.

Knowledge on infant development and how infants communicate is important and essential in this role to allow you to mentalise the infants thoughts and feelings, and to be curious to what and how, they are experiencing care, and their environment.

As a team, we provide prevention, detection, support and management of mental health problems that complicate pregnancy and the postpartum year.

You will be responsible for

·       Co working a caseload of birthing people and their, infants with moderate to serve mental health needs within the perinatal period

·       Undertaking assessment relating to parent/ infant relationship.

·       Undertaking direct work with families.

·       Planning how to support the parent and infant relationship.

Experience of working with women in the perinatal period is essential, including an awareness of working with women from a multi- cultural and diverse community.

As a team we are passionate about the work we do and take pride in delivering a service that is patient centred, safe and provides effective care to individuals.

If you are interested or would like to discuss this opportunity than please contact Claire Bolton (Lead Nursery Nurse)  [email protected]

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.