Nursery Nurse-Postnatal Ward

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Nursery Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will be an effective member of the maternity multidisciplinary team working under the supervision and guidance of registered midwives/nurses and other health professionals.

You will assist registered midwives/nurses and parents to provide holistic care for neonates within the maternity services, including transitional care.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The postnatal ward consists of 27 cots. We also provide transitional care facilities as shared care between the Neonatal Unit and the ward.

Contribute to the team as an active member, always demonstrating a flexible and cooperative approach, supporting colleagues with clinical activities.Work within the agreed policies and procedures of the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.

To assist with the admission, transfer, and discharge planning of neonates, ensuring relevant information is communicated to patients and their families, as well as the midwife in charge. This includes the checking of babies' identity bands, wellbeing, and handover of clinical information of patient and baby.

The successful applicant will work in a supervised role assisting the Midwifery team, providing a high standard of family centred care within the Postnatal Ward environment.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Corey's Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Corey's Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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