Job summary
City Hospital Neonatal Unit has an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic, forward thinking professionally registered nurses with a Qualification in Neonatal Intensive Care Specialism to join our dedicated team. We are looking for nurses who have the appropriate knowledge, skills and flexibility that will enable them to work across all areas of the Neonatal Unit to care for our babies whilst supporting and empowering families within our special care and mixed acuity areas.
Main duties of the job
Your role will involve supporting students, colleagues and peers to lead our unit to deliver high standards of care embedding best evidence based practice to our patients requiring intensive neonatal nursing care supporting our unit to achieve BFI and BLISS baby charter.
We undertake advanced neonatal life support including initiating cooling, high frequency oscillation and nitric oxide here at SWB whilst stabilising babies that may require level 3 care within our Neonatal network.
Our families are empowered to care for their baby's needs with education from our team including nasogastric feeding, home oxygen and home phototherapy, supporting family centered care and maintaining close and loving relationships
About us
We are a 29 bedded Level 2 Local Neonatal Unit, incorporating 5 ITU, 5 HDU of mixed acuityand 19 SCBU beds admitting babies from 27 weeks plus. We have a dedicated Neonatal team including Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Neonatal Community Outreach Team.
The successful candidate will be responsible for contributing to the transformation of services in the ward environments and contribute to the wider organisation strategies in preparation for our move to the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital due to open in 2024. This is an exciting time for our service and our teams as we work to facilitate the smooth relocation of inpatient services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in neo natal nursing with intensive care experience
Qualifications
Essential
- RN Child Branch/RSCN/RM
- Current NMC registration
- Relevant post basic qualification relevant to clinical speciality (Neo Natal)
- Teaching qualification Assessing qualification
Clinical and Leadership Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of specialty
- Management / Supervision / Coordination skills
- Able to delegate
- Able to assess student nurses/support workers / Act as a preceptor/mentor as required
- Team leadership skills
- Able to support ward/department manager in the development and implementation of ward/department strategies
- Knowledge of change management and its application
- Able to set, monitor and maintain effective stock levels appropriate for the ward
- Extended roles - IV administration, IV cannulation, phlebotomy, ultra sound scanning, central lines, arterial blood sampling
- Able to calculate drug dosages
- Understanding of family centred holistic care
- Awareness of key principles of risk management process
Personal Development
Essential
- Commitment to Personal Development Commitment to development of others
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in neo natal nursing with intensive care experience
Qualifications
Essential
- RN Child Branch/RSCN/RM
- Current NMC registration
- Relevant post basic qualification relevant to clinical speciality (Neo Natal)
- Teaching qualification Assessing qualification
Clinical and Leadership Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of specialty
- Management / Supervision / Coordination skills
- Able to delegate
- Able to assess student nurses/support workers / Act as a preceptor/mentor as required
- Team leadership skills
- Able to support ward/department manager in the development and implementation of ward/department strategies
- Knowledge of change management and its application
- Able to set, monitor and maintain effective stock levels appropriate for the ward
- Extended roles - IV administration, IV cannulation, phlebotomy, ultra sound scanning, central lines, arterial blood sampling
- Able to calculate drug dosages
- Understanding of family centred holistic care
- Awareness of key principles of risk management process
Personal Development
Essential
- Commitment to Personal Development Commitment to development of others
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).
