Nursery Nurse
The closing date is 12 April 2026
Job summary
Our Perinatal Mental Health Service Team -- Mother and Baby Unit currently has an exciting opportunity to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic Nursery Nurse to join the team.
Our Mother and Baby Unit provide 24/7 specialist care and treatment for mothers with their babies when they are suffering with mental illness.
On the Mother and Baby Unit you will be joining an extremely supportive, nurturing, and motivated team. We are consistently striving to improve our service and provide the best possible care for the mothers and babies we support and their wider families. We value every member of our team, our childcare practitioners are a vital part of our MDT and ensure the voice of the baby remains central to all decision making, your input and contribution will be listened to and valued.
We support the growth and development of our staff and offer a wealth of training to support our staff to become experts within this specialist field and reach their full potential.
We also offer a competitive staff benefits package to make sure our staff are well looked after, and make sure they receive what they deserve to make them feel valued.
If this sounds interested to you, then we would love to hear from you!
For further information on this role, please contact Samantha Neale or Charlotte Swain -- Ward Manager on 02382310083.
Main duties of the job
The Mother and Baby Unit provide inpatient care and treatment for mothers with their babies when they are suffering with mental illness. The Nursery Nurse role involves providing high quality of care and perinatal support to antenatal and post-natal mothers in the ward.
This role involves shifts work, weekends and nights.
Your main responsibilities are:
*Working as a team player.
*Provide perinatal support to antenatal and post-natal mothers in the ward.
*Provide high quality of care and emotional support at all times.
*Participate in assessment of needs, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for mothers and their babies.
*To maintain our service users' confidentiality and adhere the Trust's Policies and Procedures.
*Help supporting families to understand baby's perspective.
*To provide practical Baby Care.
*Support families with common baby issues, and signposting as needed.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Details
Date posted
30 March 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,485 to £30,162 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
348-SAC-10873
Job locations
Melbury Lodge
Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Romsey Road
Winchester
Hampshire
SO22 5DG
Employer details
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Melbury Lodge
Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Romsey Road
Winchester
Hampshire
SO22 5DG
Employer's website
https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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