Job overview
Here at the Beeches Mother and Baby (MBU) Unit, we aim to create a positive and supportive community to promote the mother's recovery and baby's development.
The team provide specialist inpatient care for up to 6 women with moderate to serious mental illness, during the perinatal period. This is a crucial and vulnerable time for women.
As many as one in five women experience post or ante natal depression, anxiety or in some cases severe mental illness such as psychosis during pregnancy or in the first year after childbirth.
The purpose of the MBU is to keep the Mother & Baby together, whilst treating the mother's mental health and promoting or maintaining attachment and bonding.
We accept admission for women in late stages of pregnancy and up until the baby is 1 year old.
Main duties of the job
You will be an NMC registered RMN/RN (Mental Health) with a keen interest in perinatal mental health.
You will form part of a multi-disciplinary team, working alongside professionals who strive to provide high quality care to mothers, alongside their babies and partners.
We offer excellent training and development opportunities to enable you to work within this specialism including perinatal conferences, post graduate opportunities and scheduled regional and internal training.
We welcome mental health practitioners that have a passion for perinatal mental health care, that are willing to learn and grow with the team and who want to make a positive difference.
You will be joining a supportive, caring and progressive team offering great job satisfaction, alongside the privilege of being part of women, their partners and babies lives at such a special time, making a crucial difference to their future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Have an active interest in perinatal services
Desirable
- Previous experience working with families
- Previous experience working within an acute mental health setting
- Previous experience working within perinatal services
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Hold a working knowledge of CPA and legal frameworks and legislation relating to mental health care.
- Be able to work in a patient centred, safe and evidence based manner
- Be able to plan, delegate, prioritise and deliver care in line with the needs of the ward
- Be able to recognise and respond to behaviours that challenge in a compassionate and least restrictive manner
- Be able to evidence an ongoing commitment to learning
Desirable
- Demonstrate knowledge of current perinatal national drivers and their implication for practice
- Be prepared to lead on an area of interest , develop appropriate audit tools, resources and training for the team
- Have knowledge of relevant attachment and infant mental health theory
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- RMN Qualification
Desirable
- Hold mentorship qualification
- Trained in clinical supervision
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This advert is for Perinatal Mental Health Nurse with Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Derby, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 pa, pro-rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Jul 2026.
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