Inpatient Perinatal Nursery Nurse
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Norwich, NR6 5BEView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£28,392 to £31,157
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
29 October 2026
10 days leftJob description
Are you an experienced Nursery Nurse looking for a new opportunity in a rewarding, growing service? The Kingfisher Mother and Baby Unithere at NSFT s ...
The Kingfisher Mother and Unit provides inpatient care for the management of mental health problems that complicate pregnancy and the postpartum year. We work closely with other mental health services, jointly supporting women.
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. The successful candidate will:
- Provide perinatal support to antenatal and post-natal mothers in an inpatient setting, promoting and modelling a high standard of care at all times within the birth to five framework.
- Participate in the assessment of needs, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care plan for mothers and their babies.
- Understanding the stages of development, assisting when difficulties are experienced and empowering families to be confident in their parenting and care.
- To be part of the multi-disciplinary team utilising skills and knowledge in supporting and advising mums across all domains of caring for their baby.
- To maintain confidentiality and adhere to local policies at all times in line with Trust Policy.
If this sounds like a challenge you'd enjoy, we'd love to hear from you...
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
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- Previous applicants need not apply *
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.
Other
Essential: - Able to travel independently
Knowledge
Essential: - Knowledge around the effect of perinatal mental health presentations and how this would impact on care of baby
Skills
Essential
- Competent clinical skills i.e. assessment, therapeutic interventions.
- Able to make autonomous decisions using judgement and to work effectively as part of a MDT.
Desirable: - Competent teaching skills; - Planning and organising skills for caseload management
Experience
Essential: - Experience of working within community services; - Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable: - Experience of working within a Perinatal Mental health Services; - Working with Service Users with mental health needs
Qualifications
Essential: - CACHE level 3; - Diploma in Childcare & Education (NNEB); - Diploma in Childcare Studies (BTEC); - NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education
Desirable: - Video Interactive Guidance
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
15 October 2026
Last checked
16 October 2026
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