# Lead Nursery Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Devon Partnership NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-nursery-nurse/1f29e191-c3c7-404f-aff9-32ddb4c8fe66 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-nursery-nurse/1f29e191-c3c7-404f-aff9-32ddb4c8fe66.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Devon Partnership NHS Trust - **Location:** Langdon Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nursery nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32073.00 to £39043.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part-time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-03T11:09:45.946Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9369-26-0624 - **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/C9369-26-0624/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=C9369-26-0624 - **Employer website:** https://www.dpt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary This is an exciting opportunity for a trained Nursery Nurse to join Jasmine Lodge MBU in the role of Lead Nursery Nurse supporting Babies and their Mother's who are experiencing acute perinatal mental health difficulties. This is a management and mentoring position that supports a team of Nursery Nurses at Jasmine Lodge by delivering gold standard supervision, appraisals and support CPD and training in line with CCQI and accreditation standards. If you have skills, knowledge and expertise in the parent-infant relationship and you are Psychologically minded then this position will be appealing to you. This role will involve working closely wider MDT and Leadership team. As the lead Nursery Nurse you will have an active lead role for safeguarding practices and procedures. You will have a responsibility to ensure that all of the babies on the ward are safeguarded against harm, this includes supporting the Nursery Nurse team in taking an active role in safeguarding referrals and ensuring that the team are adequately trained. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate sound clinical leadership skills. The role will include regular review of operational policies and procedures to ensure that the quality of care that we are providing is safe and effective. The lead Nursery Nurse will have an active role in ensuring that Jasmine Lodge are providing a specialist perinatal service, this includes specialist therapeutic activities and interventions. ### Main duties of the job The job will include the following: - Completing management supervision and appraisals for the Nursery Nurses - Actively working towards the unit meeting the CCQI standards - Having clinical supervision with ward psychologist - Providing clinical supervision to Nursery Nurses - Attending leadership meetings - Working directly with mothers, their baby and the wider family unit to ensure the care being provided is effective - Having oversight of the care being provided to ensure the babies voice is being heard - Ensuring that the universal care is being received for all babies on the ward - Engage with Safeguarding supervision - Contributing to ward policies and procedures - Engaging in the referral process - Support the ward therapeutic program alongside OT and PSW - Maintaining clinical skills ### About us About Devon Partnership Trust We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery. We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do Our values We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas. We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader. ### Details - Date posted: 03 September 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 5 - Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year Pro Rata (30 Hours per week) - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Part-time - Reference number: C9369-26-0624 - Job locations: Jasmine Lodge, Dryden Road, Exeter, EX25SN, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience of working within a parent and infant mental health setting - Perinatal experience - Mental health experience - Knowledge of Safeguarding Legislation - Able to undertake administrative tasks - Able to work without direct supervision - Ability to supervision tasks undertaken by junior staff - Demonstrate leadership skills including audit and team development **Desirable** - Experience of line management and supervision - Experience of working with mothers and infants in a mental health setting - Insight into mental health difficulties related to child birth ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree in any of the following (or a health related degree): Early Years and Education Or Childhood Studies Or Childrens Care, Learning and Development Or Childcare and Education or Play Work Or equivalent experience **Desirable** - The following relevant courses are considered desirable for this role - NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education, BTEC National Diploma in Childrens Care, Learning and Development, Baby Bonding, Solihull Approach, Video Interactive Guidance, Watch Wait Wonder, Baby Massage & Yoga ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Able to perform and participate as part of a multidisciplinary team - Able to communicate effectively verbally, in writing and electronically - Able to work towards a competency framework - Able to provide & receive sensitive information & communicate to other members of staff with sensitivity & compassion - Able to deliver training to other staff in the Mother & baby unit, Perinatal Teams and parents & carer - Demonstrate excellent communication skills and an ability to engage with and form therapeutic relationships with your patients and their family ## 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.