Job summary
Are you a Qualified in speciality Neonatal Nurse with experience of working within a neonatal environment, who is looking for a new and exciting challenge with the opportunity to enhance your leadership, management and professional development? Why not consider joining our neonatal unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and let us help facilitate your professional journey.
For this role you will need to:
- Have current NMC registration and post registration experience
- Work as a skilled member of a nursing team.
- Assist in the provision of high standards of holistic family-centred care to neonates and their families.
- Assist in the creation of a welcoming, caring and safe environment for neonates and their families.
- Undertake management of Unit under supervision of senior staff
- Work in partnership with the medical staff and multidisciplinary team.
- Provide and develop evidence based care within the Unit
Experience of working in a neonatal Environment is essential.
Main duties of the job
Providing effective, individual nursing care for the neonate
Assessing the neonate's physical, psychological and social problems and need for nursing assistance.
Acting as a role model for the newly qualified nurses.
Supervising the preparation and updating of the nursing care plans including treatment delegated by the medical staff
Integrating care and treatments from other disciplines into care plans.
Giving skilled nursing care and treatments underpinned by current research
Planning the involvement of the neonates' family, teaching and supervising techniques in preparation for the transfer home.
Teaching parents how to maintain health at home and develop parenting skills
About us
We are one of the Local Neonatal unit within Essex. With an increasing birth rate of >4200 deliveries the Neonatal unit is flexing to meet the needs of our growing population.
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
- Patient at Heart
- Everyday Excellence
- Creative Collaboration
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Recording the patients response to nursing care planned and implemented
To provide a safe environment for the neonatal, reporting any untoward incidents and investigating to facilitate the cause optimal neonatal outcomes
Assisting the senior staff to enable effective patient care by the other qualified members of the ward team
Regularly taking charge of the unit. Using personal teaching and assessing skills and act as clinical supervisor.
Participate in the development and orientation programmes for the newly qualified nurses, nursery nurses and health care assistants
Being an assessor of student/nurses/midwives/ENB 405 students.Using counselling skills to benefit of staff, parents, relatives/carers.
Organising and participating planned teaching programmes for the ward in conjunction with the senior staff.
Participate in clinical governance cycle and Trust risk management procedures. Identifying relevant research findings to support clinical practice.
Participating in the development and testing of new equipment, materials and procedures for patient care.
Maintaining the safe custody and use of drugs.
Reporting any risks and deficiencies to health and safety and in the support services to the Clinical Manager.
Contacting as appropriate, other nurses, midwives and health care disciplines and providing written reports on request.
Preparing written summaries of nursing care and liaising with the Primary Health Care Team on discharge/transfer home.
To observe the confidentiality of patients information at all times in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
Assisting in the overall ward management and the determination of the nursing priorities.
Further duties and personal specification see job description
Job description
Job responsibilities
Recording the patients response to nursing care planned and implemented
To provide a safe environment for the neonatal, reporting any untoward incidents and investigating to facilitate the cause optimal neonatal outcomes
Assisting the senior staff to enable effective patient care by the other qualified members of the ward team
Regularly taking charge of the unit. Using personal teaching and assessing skills and act as clinical supervisor.
Participate in the development and orientation programmes for the newly qualified nurses, nursery nurses and health care assistants
Being an assessor of student/nurses/midwives/ENB 405 students.Using counselling skills to benefit of staff, parents, relatives/carers.
Organising and participating planned teaching programmes for the ward in conjunction with the senior staff.
Participate in clinical governance cycle and Trust risk management procedures. Identifying relevant research findings to support clinical practice.
Participating in the development and testing of new equipment, materials and procedures for patient care.
Maintaining the safe custody and use of drugs.
Reporting any risks and deficiencies to health and safety and in the support services to the Clinical Manager.
Contacting as appropriate, other nurses, midwives and health care disciplines and providing written reports on request.
Preparing written summaries of nursing care and liaising with the Primary Health Care Team on discharge/transfer home.
To observe the confidentiality of patients information at all times in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
Assisting in the overall ward management and the determination of the nursing priorities.
Further duties and personal specification see job description
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN/RN Child/RM
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Mentorship in practice (ENB 998 / MIPS)
- NLS Trained
- NMC Registered
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills Effective teaching, training and Preceptorship skills
- Excellent neonatal clinical skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN/RN Child/RM
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Mentorship in practice (ENB 998 / MIPS)
- NLS Trained
- NMC Registered
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills Effective teaching, training and Preceptorship skills
- Excellent neonatal clinical skills
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
