Job summary
We offer a service with dedicated and professional team members to deliver safe and effective care to our babies and their families within their own home in the community.
Our service offers home phototherapy, home oxygen, home nasogastric feeding and care for pre term infants, as well as other deliveries of care.
We meet our families prior to discharge to ensure they feel confident and safe, allowing them to ask for support and advice and build a rapport with them all whilst education them with the care their baby requires.
Main duties of the job
We support the facilitation of early discharge of well preterm babies and the home nursing of babies requiring specialist nursing intervention e.g. special feeding requirements, home oxygen, congenital abnormalities.Carry out blood sampling in the patient's home, thus preventing unnecessary return visits to the hospital.
We support families with prescription changes or drugs used on community, dependent on blood test results and organising TTO's for drugs difficult to access for community pharmacies. Offer advice to parents on non prescription/over the counter medicines.
We advise on changes in nutritional needs of the baby and weaning.We work in conjunction with other members of the multi disciplinary team and initiate transfer of care to other services e.g. HV/CDC/social services/CCNT/AHP
We empower and educate families to learn new skills and become competent caring for their baby at home, ensuring they are confident and always supported by our team
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.
We run a 7 day service 08.00-17.00, excl Bank Holidays where we work in partnership with our neonatal unit to empower and educate our families to take their baby home sooner, reducing the risk of hospital acquired infection, separation and outgoings for the family.
We work collaborately with our neonatal and transitional care teams to support early discharge and then carry out home visits regularly throughout our working week and support our colleagues on neonatal unit as and when is required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.
We run a 7 day service 08.00-17.00, excl Bank Holidays where we work in partnership with our neonatal unit to empower and educate our families to take their baby home sooner, reducing the risk of hospital acquired infection, separation and outgoings for the family.
We work collaborately with our neonatal and transitional care teams to support early discharge and then carry out home visits regularly throughout our working week and support our colleagues on neonatal unit as and when is required.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Neonatal experience with QIS or equivalent
- Experience looking after families in the community
Desirable
- Involvement in complex discharges/discharge planning
- Teaching/education for staff and families
Qualifications
Essential
- Neonatal QIS or equivilant
- RON
Desirable
- NLS
- Supervisors and Assessors Course
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Neonatal experience with QIS or equivalent
- Experience looking after families in the community
Desirable
- Involvement in complex discharges/discharge planning
- Teaching/education for staff and families
Qualifications
Essential
- Neonatal QIS or equivilant
- RON
Desirable
- NLS
- Supervisors and Assessors Course
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).
