Job summary
As the Neonatal Matron you must take overall responsibility in the management and leadership of the Neonatal Department. As a registered, accountable and autonomous nurse you must act in the best interests of your patients at all times and take personal responsibility for your actions and decisions. You will be responsible for patient assessment, diagnosis, planning of care, giving and supervising safe and compassionate care, and evaluating the effectiveness of care in the neonatal unit.
Main duties of the job
- Provide expert advice on all matters relating to neonatal care.
- Work with the lead Band 7 Nurses to ensure a consistent approach to neonatal nursing across all areas of responsibility, through collaborative working and the development of shared procedures and guidelines, supervising the audit of practice development and the implementation of action plans.
- Work with the Lead Nurse to ensure that continuous quality improvement programmes are in place, working collaboratively with the Directorate of Nursing in the delivery clinical benchmarks.
- Ensure that nursing practices comply with Trust policy, procedures and guidelines.
- Act as an advocate for critically ill neonates and their families as appropriate; particularly when informed discussion may lead to choices being made concerning treatment options.
- Collaborate with other health, education and social agencies to facilitate the best outcome for the neonate and their family.
- Ensure effective discharge planning for all patients within areas of responsibility, through timely planning by multi-disciplinary team members and appropriate use of community services.
- Work with the Band 7 Infant feeding lead to ensure ongoing compliance to Unicef Baby Friendly standards and support any future development of this service.
- Provide professional role modelling to lead and inspire the professional development of neonatal care.
About us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have aroundt 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We believe working here is rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday inclusive of bank holidays (pro rata) and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything: easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visitingwww.experiencesalisbury.co.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities
Person Specification
Application form and interview
Essential
- oNMC registered RSCN/RN/RM.
- oRelevant post registration neonatal qualifications in speciality (QIS)
- oEducated to degree level in relevant subject area or equivalent experience.
- oRecognised leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
- oEvidence of continuing professional development.
- oGood understanding and knowledge of National and Local NHS and Neonatal/ Midwifery agenda
- oMinimum of 3 years at Senior Charge Nurse/Sister level within specialty
- oBudget management experience.
- oExperience and knowledge of quality, standard setting, and audit
- oExperience in managing complaints and quality assurance.
- oWorking knowledge of Clinical Governance and information Governance
- oExperience of introducing change to clinical environment.
- oArticulate with highly developed communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels, including interpersonal skills, liaison and negotiation skills
- oReport writing skills and experience.
- oResponsive and flexible attitude and approach.
Desirable
- oMasters Level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP).
- oRecognised teaching/assessing qualification.
Person Specification
Application form and interview
Essential
- oNMC registered RSCN/RN/RM.
- oRelevant post registration neonatal qualifications in speciality (QIS)
- oEducated to degree level in relevant subject area or equivalent experience.
- oRecognised leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
- oEvidence of continuing professional development.
- oGood understanding and knowledge of National and Local NHS and Neonatal/ Midwifery agenda
- oMinimum of 3 years at Senior Charge Nurse/Sister level within specialty
- oBudget management experience.
- oExperience and knowledge of quality, standard setting, and audit
- oExperience in managing complaints and quality assurance.
- oWorking knowledge of Clinical Governance and information Governance
- oExperience of introducing change to clinical environment.
- oArticulate with highly developed communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels, including interpersonal skills, liaison and negotiation skills
- oReport writing skills and experience.
- oResponsive and flexible attitude and approach.
Desirable
- oMasters Level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP).
- oRecognised teaching/assessing qualification.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
