Job overview

An exciting opportunity for an experienced RMN to join the Mother & Baby Unit Team. You should have a willingness to work towards developing your understanding of this specialist field and of infant care and development whilst working within a multidisciplinary team.

The East London Mother and Baby Unit is a specialist service that aims to provide mental health care for mothers and support in the care of their infants. The unit provides an integrated approach to care planning and promotes recovery.

We provide care and treatment for women with a pre-existing mental illness who suffer a relapse during pregnancy or after giving birth, such as bi-polar affective disorder, schizophrenia, recurrent depressive disorder, severe anxiety disorder and schizo-affective disorder

Women who develop an acute mental illness such as puerperal psychosis or depression during or after pregnancy

Women who are at significant risk of becoming unwell in the perinatal period (prophylactic admissions) who have established diagnosis of mental illness and are already known to mental health services – referrals will be considered from 32 weeks gestation.

The aim of the unit is to ensure that all women who have young infants and who require admission can remain with their baby, enabling the special bond between mother and baby to be unbroken at a critical time in the life of a young family.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Practice Leads will support the Clinical Nurse Manager with 24-hour operational responsibility and accountability for the provision and management of high quality nursing care and for the treatment of service users within the inpatient service area.

You will be required to support developing the service and nursing team, support care delivery and work with service users and staff to ensure the provision of practices that respond effectively to both individual and service need.

There is an expectation that the post holder will contribute to the wider unit at City and Hackney and may at times be rostered to work on other acute wards locally; this will include providing cover for the Duty Senior Nurse role. The post holder will be required to undergo PMVA training.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information on the role and responsibilities

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification:

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience at band 5 level or above
• Working with people with mental health problems
• Managing challenging and aggressive behaviour
• Working within a multidisciplinary team environment
• Experience of providing individualized and culturally sensitive care

Desirable

• Supporting and supervising students and junior staff

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for complex patients
• Minimising clinical risk and reducing restrictive practices
• Able to work systematically and objectively in an environment with patients who can present high risk behaviours
• Able to manage time so that deadlines are met
• Ability to recognize and manage stress, in self and others

Desirable

• Knowledge of quality improvement practices

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
• Mentorship certification
• Completion of Preceptorship