Nursery Nurse

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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. We look for potential, not perfection, and this means that together, we are as diverse as the communities we care for.

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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.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(but this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Demonstrates an ability to work under direct/indirect supervision when carrying out individualised care packages.
• Maintains accurate care records for both mothers and babies.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate individualised plans of care for babies, which reflect their mothers care package.
• To take a lead with the Nursery Nurse team with all issues related to infant feeding to ensure the team is working in a consistent and co-ordinated way with support from Health Visitors and professional

Please note that Midwifery or Childrens Nurse qualifications are not appropriate for this role, we are looking for someone with a recognised Nursery Nurse qualification as outlined in the shortlisting criteria.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you you help you apply.

Person specification Qualifications

• Current UK Nursery nurse qualification (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).

Experience

• An up-to-date awareness of infant development - specifically ages 0 - 12 months.
• A working knowledge of mother / infant interaction and attachment
• Experience working with babies 0 -12 months.
• Experience developing individualized care plans / programs of care for infants.

Values Based

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees - temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.

The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work. Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.

All new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response. LYPFT is committed to upholding its' statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty . click apply for full job details