Community Perinatal Nursery Nurse

Job overview

The Nursery Nurse role involves visiting mothers and/or birthing individuals to support the physical and emotional needs of them, their babies and the entire family.

The role will involve working closely with the multi-disciplinary team in meeting the needs of children and their families by undertaking delegated duties that support and enable family-centred care. The nursery nurses will be part of the multi-disciplinary team which includes appropriate communication with other professionals involved in the care of the child and parent.  The job role will be community based in mothers' homes or at other premises such as children’s centres across Surrey.

Main duties of the job

Provide perinatal support to antenatal and post-natal mothers in the community, promoting and modelling a high standard of care at all times within the birth to five framework.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Provide perinatal support to antenatal and post-natal mothers in the community, 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 programmes for mothers and their babies
• To maintain confidentiality and adhere to local polices at all times in line with Trust Policy.

The role will include:

Antenatal preparation

• Providing practical and emotional support to help mums prepare for the transition into parenthood.
• Supporting partners, siblings and wider family members prior to baby’s arrival.
• Enhancing the attachment and bonding process through pregnancy using current research.

Enhancing the attachment and bonding process

• Help to support families to understand baby’s perspective.
• Baby Massage
• Mother and Baby WRAP
• Use of Watch, Wait and Wonder, Video Interactive Guidance or other recommended interventions.

Practical baby care

• Providing advice and practical support on:

• Guidance to provide a safe and stimulating home environment for babies and children.

• Feeding and promoting breast feeding where possible
• Bathing, dressing and changing
• Settling, soothing and sleep
• Dealing with crying
• Safety: Awareness of handling baby and head safety

Best practice in baby care

• To liaise regularly with community based nursery nurses, health visitors and other professionals involved in the family' care.
• Provide advice and support as required on age-appropriate play and child development.
• Support families with common baby issues and signposting as needed.

Encouraging social networks

• Opportunity to run parent groups to encourage socialisation and signposting to local children’s centres.
• To provide practical advice to mums on establishing patterns and routines to care for their baby
• Signpost and assist in attending current parenting programmes at local children’s centres.
• Identify local age-appropriate play opportunities

Safeguarding

• To liaise with other professionals on matters related to safeguarding issues.
• To maintain timely and accurate records in line with Trust Policy.
• To provide information to conferences or court hearings as required and to give information relating to the specific case.  These will be within the context of the Children Act 1989 and local Child Protection procedures.

Education and Training

• To engage with regular provision of clinical and management supervision.
• Participate in any In-Service training that is considered necessary.
• Keep up to date with changes in professional practice.  To develop through the appraisal and supervision systems a professional development plan and utilise any relevant training opportunities.
• To provide training and relevant up to date guidelines to other members of the multidisciplinary team on all areas of support of parenting and child development.
• To share information on local resources to other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Service Development:

To participate in regular quality improvement sessions, Away Days and project work.