Neonatal Critical Care Community Outreach Nurse

Job summary

Our neonatal service is the largest neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) service within North West London and provides care to high risk, critically ill neonates, and integrating the family into care is one of our guiding principles. This supports parents in becoming partners in care, participating in providing active care for their baby with the help of competency based training, support and education.

As a QIS, qualified in specialty nurse you would join the Neonatal Outreach team working across both our hospital sites and in the community. We are looking for a skilled nurse to join the Outreach team to develop your skills in assessing and planning discharges. Our family centred approach supports early discharge for all babies being discharged from our Neonatal units including those with complex needs such as home oxygen and Naso-gastric tube feeding.

In addition, we can support you through MSc/post graduate pathways and advanced leadership training with coaching to continue your development as a leader within your chosen specialty.

With five world-renowned hospitals, we are full of opportunity for nurses looking for progression to further develop skills, get involved in quality improvement and collaborate with leading paediatric and neonatal teams. Your training and education is our priority. Our nurses benefit from having a full-time lead educator to support clinical facilitators and we actively encourage post-graduate funding applications.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision in both the hospital and the community setting
• The post holder will work as part of a multi-professional team co-ordinating the discharge of babies with on-going special needs both in the hospital and as part of the outreach service; will work in partnership with the parents, empowering them to meet their baby's on-going special needs following discharge and the continuity of care in the community and home setting
• The post holder is required to teach and supervise families and other nursing and non-nursing staff and be a resource person within the unit for discharge planning. The post holder is required to have flexible working hours and to deputies for the Lead Neonatal Critical Care Community Outreach Nurse where required.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community.

Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We welcome discussions about flexible working and encourage a range of flexible working opportunities wherever we can.

Employer details

Employer name

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Hospital

London

W2 1NY

Employer's website

https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Hospital

London

W2 1NY

Employer's website

https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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