About The Organisation
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
The Role
To undertake the role of community nursery nurse within the Community Perinatal Mental Health Team across NHS Lanarkshire. The post holder will establish and provide a supportive environment by ensuring the optimum health and social wellbeing of each mother and baby within allocated caseload, and facilitate a nurturing bond and secure attachment relationship within individualised programmes of care.
The post holder will be expected to work with a range of professionals across health, social care and 3rd sector agencies, developing positive relationships across the multi-agency network in order to effectively support mothers, infants and their family and carers.
In this key role, you will:
- To work within the Lanarkshire Community Perinatal Mental Health Team, with mothers in pregnancy, and up to a year following delivery, offering support with pregnancy and parenting. This will require the post holder to educate parents and facilitate the development of practical parenting skills, such as feeding, play and interactions, response to stressors.
- Assess infant needs using relevant assessment tools including child development, the infant parent relationship and practical parenting; in collaboration with the patient and partner where possible and plan, implement and evaluate a programme of care which is evidence based utilising all available resources taking in to consideration the needs of the patient and infant in the context of the mother’s mental state, her parenting responsibility, lifestyle, race, gender, and cultural background, ensuring involvement with:
- Child’s father/carer
- Siblings and other family members
- Significant others
- Work with outpatients, offering support and advice relating to parenting. This may be at the service base or in the service users own home.
- To support NHS Lanarkshire’s values of fairness, respect, quality and working together through the application of appropriate behaviours and attitudes.
- Empower patients to take responsibility for their own and their child’s health and wellbeing and future lifestyle by practising in an open, transparent and inclusive manner
What You'll Bring:
- Educated to SCQF level 8 e.g. Practitioner level qualification (e.g. SVQ3 in Childcare and Early Years Education or a HNC in Childcare and Education, or equivalent). Solihull Training and NES Peri Natal and Infant Mental Health e-learning modules to be completed to support role.
- Registration with Scottish Social Services Council.
- Knowledge and training to be able to work with families and children within the nursery nurse role, including child protection training and a demonstrable portfolio of continued professional development.
- A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
From 1 April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will reduce from 37 hours to 36 hours. Part-time working hours will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. A corresponding increase in the hourly rate will apply, ensuring that overall pay remains unchanged.
What we Offer
As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
- Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Annual incremental salary progression
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- NHS discounts and more.
NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
For informal discussion, please contact Alana Burke, Senior Charge Nurse, 01698 754610
If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Jessica Murphy Recruitment Administrator on Jessica.Murphy@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
