Nursery Nurse Job Leeds England UK,Healthcare

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At Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT), we strive to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. We can only achieve this by putting our staff and the people using our services at the centre of everything we do. This starts with the people we employ. We recruit based on values and qualifications (where required) and believe lived experience is an advantage.

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We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated individuals to work as a qualified Nursery Nurses (3 full time positions available) on the Yorkshire and Humber Mother and Baby Unit, (CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education, BTEC National Diploma in Children's Care, Learning and Development or NVQ Level 3 in Children's Care, Learning and Development). This is a rare opportunity to work in a unique and specialised area of childcare.

You will be supporting mothers with an acute mental illness being cared for in an inpatient mental health setting. Our mothers are cared for with their infants present on the ward bringing a significant number of challenges and rewards. Our nursery nurses are required to work with both mother and baby providing support and guidance with baby care, promoting mother infant attachment and collaboration with the mother on an individualised care plan for the baby.

The role requires regular communication with relatives, psychiatrists, nurses, health care assistants, health visitors, midwives, children’s social care and other external agencies.

Main duties of the job

To provide a supportive environment by ensuring the optimum health and social wellbeing of each mother and baby and facilitate a nurturing bond and secure attachment relationship.
Work in collaboration with parents and multi-professionals to develop individualised programmes of care.
To work with mothers in the last trimester of pregnancy, and up to a year following delivery, offering support with pregnancy and parenting.
To work within the in-patient service on a rotational basis over a 24-hour period, facilitating identified sessions and supporting mother and infant on an individual and group basis.
Occasional work with outpatients, offering support and advice relating to parenting.
To work within this specialised area of mother and baby in-patient care, acting as identified Nursery Nurse for a group of infants.
Participates in the sharing of knowledge to ensure the educational needs of other professionals are met.
To keep up to date with relevant guidance and legislation specifically in relation to care of the infant.
To keep up to date with all aspects of infant care/development and ensure it is accessible to the team within the resource area

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

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