Job summary
Under supervision will provide optimum quality of care to babies and their families on the Neonatal Unit, offering support to trained staff, ensuring adherence to Trust policy at all times, including all aspects of child protection. Ensuring the safety of those in your care at all times.
Secondment will be considered for internal candidates - If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer.
Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.
Main duties of the job
- Responsible for own actions, ensuring all patient interactions/observations are communicated to the appropriate healthcare practitioner, and documented appropriately.
- Undertake agreed clinical and non-clinical tasks, following training in defined practices. Ensure referral to the appropriate healthcare practitioner where appropriate.
- Take responsibility for care and welfare of a defined caseload of patients within your scope of practice. Able to recognise changes in a patient condition and take appropriate action.
- Promote the importance of structured developmental care and stimulation of neonates.
- Continuously assess, implement and evaluate treatment, using appropriate methods of care as agreed by a registered professional.
About us
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Act as link workers/cascade trainers to promote, arrange and audit a discreet service need within the speciality as designated, e.g. Infant feeding, manual handling or hand hygiene.
- Demonstrate technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management e.g patient observations, equipment management and administration of agreed invasive tests/procedures and defined expanded clinical roles.
- Promote choice, wellbeing and protection of all individuals, reporting any safeguarding concerns appropriately.
- Contribute to the education of parents and carers as appropriate.
- Supervise and provide mentorship to a small number of learners or junior staff.
- Utilise IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient data
- Support the team in expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need.
- Support staff and patients exposed to difficult, sometimes distressing, situations arising in the clinical area demonstrating compassion and empathy.
- Contribute to the reporting, handover and documentation of patient care maintaining confidentiality at all times.
- Participate in research and audit as appropriate to ensure standards of patient care are monitored and improved.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Act as link workers/cascade trainers to promote, arrange and audit a discreet service need within the speciality as designated, e.g. Infant feeding, manual handling or hand hygiene.
- Demonstrate technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management e.g patient observations, equipment management and administration of agreed invasive tests/procedures and defined expanded clinical roles.
- Promote choice, wellbeing and protection of all individuals, reporting any safeguarding concerns appropriately.
- Contribute to the education of parents and carers as appropriate.
- Supervise and provide mentorship to a small number of learners or junior staff.
- Utilise IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient data
- Support the team in expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need.
- Support staff and patients exposed to difficult, sometimes distressing, situations arising in the clinical area demonstrating compassion and empathy.
- Contribute to the reporting, handover and documentation of patient care maintaining confidentiality at all times.
- Participate in research and audit as appropriate to ensure standards of patient care are monitored and improved.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Address
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Clifford Bridge Road
Coventry
CV2 2DX
Employer's website
https://www.jobsatuhcw.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)
