Job summary
The Neonatal Service Clinical Sister is a key member of the Senior Nursing Team within the Children's Clinical Business Unit and will provide accountable leadership and expertise to junior colleagues at the same time as assuring that the highest-level quality of care is provided within the Hull Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Transitional Care area.
The successful candidate will be a highly competent, knowledgeable and visible practitioner setting the highest standards of care. The post-holder will ensure the provision of excellent, evidence-based care for all patients and their families.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Sister will act as a role model to junior colleagues and be skilled in decision making, educating/sharing clinical and leadership skills and communicating clearly to all members within the multi-disciplinary team.
In addition to clinical aspects of the role, the successful candidate will have the skills and personality to have a positive impact on the working days of colleagues, recognizing openly good practice and effort whilst at the same time challenging practice constructively and supportively where necessary. As the Clinical Sister you will foster an environment where people aspire to work and become part of our NICU family.
The post holder will be expected to work with the minimum of supervision and co-ordinate his / her activities to ensure that an efficient and safe service is consistently provided.
The key dimensions of the role will be:
- Direct and indirect clinical care.
- Effective leadership.
- Management of a defined team of staff.
- Providing education and support to colleagues and families.
- Quality improvement work.
- Communicating across a complex and extended MDT.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse - Child or Adult Branch or registered Midwife
- Qualification in Speciality - Neonatology 405 or equivalent
- Mentorship preparation programme or equivalent e.g. 997 / 998, or on live register of mentors
- Evidence of professional self-development
- Degree or equivalent level of education or equivalent experience.
- Competent in the use on standard IT packages and the aptitude to learn how to use new IT systems
Desirable
- Evidence of further study/knowledge at master's level or equivalent.
- Recognised leadership qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of commitment to continuous learning and application in practice.
- Newborn Life Support Instructor
Application Completion
Essential
- ALL sections of application form FULLY completed
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Safeguarding children's training level 3.
- Newborn Life Support course certification
- Ability to support and lead the team in complex and challenging clinical situations
- Use leadership skills to direct the team in the provision of safe care, informed by clinical information and evidence
- Clinical Expert in Neonates with a minimum of two years shift coordination in a level 3 tertiary unit.
- Experience in managing a team and individuals to achieve positive outcomes
- Experience of working in an MDT and across organisational and professional boundaries
- Excellent/exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (Emotional intelligence)
- Use evidence-based knowledge to critique the technical skills of all team members and manage gaps that could impact safe service delivery
- Exercise professional judgement and clinical credibility gained from a range of experience obtained within the intensive care environment.
- Evaluate their knowledge of policies, procedures and processes which influence decision-making and impact safe service delivery
- Work collaboratively with the team and line manager to ensure that policies and strategies support service users, their families, and staff when making decisions
- Critically apply learning from national reports to your area of practice, including benchmarking activities
Desirable
- Awareness of budgeting / resource management
- Experience of involvement in Quality Improvement
- Experience of involvement in policy development
- Coaching and counselling skills
- Comprehensive knowledge of the NHS national/local targets and priorities
- Recruitment and Selection, Appraisal and other relevant HR/People management training
- Management Development Training
- Facilitate time for reflection and learning to encourage and support others to make realistic self-assessments of their knowledge and skills, so that the right person is in the right place at the right time to deliver safe and effective care
Communication & Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Ability to understand the impact of your behaviours as a leader on the experience and wellbeing of colleagues
- To possess a critical awareness of your personal impact on staff
- Advocate and promote a culture which rewards positive behaviour.
- Ability to create a culture where psychological safety and quality improvement is achieved and maintained in a well led service
- Foster collaboration to enable the team to engage in decision-making
- Promote a psychologically safe environment where team members are encouraged to raise concerns and share learning.
- Identify and act when behaviour does not align with, or undermines the principles of equality, diversity and civility
- Apply conflict resolution skills to de-escalate and resolve challenging conversations
- Critically evaluate own role in creating and mitigating conflict
- Lead compassionately to find solutions to resolve distress for staff and service users
- Formulate your own personal development plan reflecting feedback from others
- Prioritise confident, communication skills as a leader during an emergency, while maintaining a calm approach
- Clearly articulate to the MDT their roles in an emergency
- Be approachable, trustworthy, and professional to foster effective and kind communication with the team and service users
- Use hot debriefs to create opportunities for immediate learning from emergencies
Desirable
- Appraise and implement the principles of human factors when leading the MDT.
- Understand the key principles of human factors and their impact on service delivery.
Special Attributes
Essential
- Excellent time management and organisation skills
- Role model the values of the organisation to reflect kindness, trustworthiness, and approachability.
- Proactively seek out opportunities to improve own knowledge and skills to remain effective in the role of clinical sister
- Use audit to measure, appraise and interpret data on service users' experiences and feedback
Other Requirements
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post
- Good sickness/attendance record in current employment
- Ability to adhere to the trust uniform policy and challenge staff on poor compliance
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse - Child or Adult Branch or registered Midwife
- Qualification in Speciality - Neonatology 405 or equivalent
- Mentorship preparation programme or equivalent e.g. 997 / 998, or on live register of mentors
- Evidence of professional self-development
- Degree or equivalent level of education or equivalent experience.
- Competent in the use on standard IT packages and the aptitude to learn how to use new IT systems
Desirable
- Evidence of further study/knowledge at master's level or equivalent.
- Recognised leadership qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of commitment to continuous learning and application in practice.
- Newborn Life Support Instructor
Application Completion
Essential
- ALL sections of application form FULLY completed
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Safeguarding children's training level 3.
- Newborn Life Support course certification
- Ability to support and lead the team in complex and challenging clinical situations
- Use leadership skills to direct the team in the provision of safe care, informed by clinical information and evidence
- Clinical Expert in Neonates with a minimum of two years shift coordination in a level 3 tertiary unit.
- Experience in managing a team and individuals to achieve positive outcomes
- Experience of working in an MDT and across organisational and professional boundaries
- Excellent/exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (Emotional intelligence)
- Use evidence-based knowledge to critique the technical skills of all team members and manage gaps that could impact safe service delivery
- Exercise professional judgement and clinical credibility gained from a range of experience obtained within the intensive care environment.
- Evaluate their knowledge of policies, procedures and processes which influence decision-making and impact safe service delivery
- Work collaboratively with the team and line manager to ensure that policies and strategies support service users, their families, and staff when making decisions
- Critically apply learning from national reports to your area of practice, including benchmarking activities
Desirable
- Awareness of budgeting / resource management
- Experience of involvement in Quality Improvement
- Experience of involvement in policy development
- Coaching and counselling skills
- Comprehensive knowledge of the NHS national/local targets and priorities
- Recruitment and Selection, Appraisal and other relevant HR/People management training
- Management Development Training
- Facilitate time for reflection and learning to encourage and support others to make realistic self-assessments of their knowledge and skills, so that the right person is in the right place at the right time to deliver safe and effective care
Communication & Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Ability to understand the impact of your behaviours as a leader on the experience and wellbeing of colleagues
- To possess a critical awareness of your personal impact on staff
- Advocate and promote a culture which rewards positive behaviour.
- Ability to create a culture where psychological safety and quality improvement is achieved and maintained in a well led service
- Foster collaboration to enable the team to engage in decision-making
- Promote a psychologically safe environment where team members are encouraged to raise concerns and share learning.
- Identify and act when behaviour does not align with, or undermines the principles of equality, diversity and civility
- Apply conflict resolution skills to de-escalate and resolve challenging conversations
- Critically evaluate own role in creating and mitigating conflict
- Lead compassionately to find solutions to resolve distress for staff and service users
- Formulate your own personal development plan reflecting feedback from others
- Prioritise confident, communication skills as a leader during an emergency, while maintaining a calm approach
- Clearly articulate to the MDT their roles in an emergency
- Be approachable, trustworthy, and professional to foster effective and kind communication with the team and service users
- Use hot debriefs to create opportunities for immediate learning from emergencies
Desirable
- Appraise and implement the principles of human factors when leading the MDT.
- Understand the key principles of human factors and their impact on service delivery.
Special Attributes
Essential
- Excellent time management and organisation skills
- Role model the values of the organisation to reflect kindness, trustworthiness, and approachability.
- Proactively seek out opportunities to improve own knowledge and skills to remain effective in the role of clinical sister
- Use audit to measure, appraise and interpret data on service users' experiences and feedback
Other Requirements
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post
- Good sickness/attendance record in current employment
- Ability to adhere to the trust uniform policy and challenge staff on poor compliance
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).
