# Inpatient Perinatal Nursery Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/inpatient-perinatal-nursery-nurse/51b300b5-7b3a-4ec0-bc31-5e85618e3427 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/inpatient-perinatal-nursery-nurse/51b300b5-7b3a-4ec0-bc31-5e85618e3427.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hellesdon Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nursery nurse - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 Per annum/pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Would consider two part time positions) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-05T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-21T11:11:28.647Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Perinatal_Inpatient_Services/Perinatal_Inpatient_Services-v8273762 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8273762?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an experienced Nursery Nurse looking for a new opportunity in a rewarding, growing service? The Kingfisher Mother and Baby Unit here at NSFT s seeking a motivated Nursery Nurse to join our existing team As a Nursery Nurse, you will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team providing quality services for patients who are admitted to the Kingfisher Mother and Baby Unit, under the supervision of a registered professional. Your role will be to assist mothers with perinatal mental health problems to care for their babies, ensure that the emotional and physical needs of the babies are met and engage in activities to promote the mother-infant relationship. As a team, we are all committed to making a difference to the lives of our service users, their babies, and families in the antenatal period and for up to two years following birth. ### Main duties of the job 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… ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a full list of role requirements, please see the attached job description and person specification. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Able to travel independently ### Skills **Essential** - Competent clinical skills i.e. assessment, therapeutic interventions. - Excellent communication skills with service users and other professionals, both oral and written - Able to make autonomous decisions using judgement and to work effectively as part of a MDT. - Ability to work without direct supervision and access regular supervision. **Desirable** - Competent teaching skills - Skills in group work - Planning and organising skills for caseload management ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge around the effect of perinatal mental health presentations and how this would impact on care of baby ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working within community services - Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams. **Desirable** - Experience of delivery groups - Experience of delivering training - 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 ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10589361) - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.