Perinatal Mental Health Community Nursery Nurse (PBEW Service)

Key result areas

Provide practical and therapeutic support to

strengthen early attachment, observing parent-infant interactions and

escalating concerns appropriately.

Implement structured programmes (e.g., infant

• development guidance, parenting support, emotional wellbeing strategies) under
• the supervision of specialist clinicians.
• Offer tailored guidance on infant care, routines,
• and development while supporting parents experiencing perinatal mental health
• challenges.

Work collaboratively with midwives, health

visitors, mental health teams, and social care to ensure joined-up support and safe, consistent care pathways.

Maintain accurate records, monitor progress, and

contribute to risk assessments by sharing observations with the wider clinical

team.

Main duties and

responsibilities

Provide interventions that strengthen the

developing parent-infant relationship and promote healthy attachment.

Provide one-to-one support to parent/caregivers, including emotional

well-being visits, practical guidance, and low-intensity

interventions as directed by the multidisciplinary team.

To support Parents in the general management of

baby care, demonstrating an understanding of how this may be hindered by the

presence of mental illness

To work in collaborate with other professionals

• to deliver coordinated, evidence-based care for parents with
• mild - moderate perinatal mental illness.
• Ensure the infants needs are identified,
• promoted, and met within the agreed care plan, including monitoring feeding,
• routines, development and general wellbeing.

Developing

working and therapeutic relationships with women and their families and

communicate effectively with them and the networks surrounding them.

Assist in planning and delivering group

programmes for parents who are experiencing mild -moderate mental health needs

Keep clear, contemporaneous electronic records

of assessments, interventions, and observations in line with service and

safeguarding requirements.