Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Ward Sister/Charge Nurse - Neonatal

The closing date is 02 July 2025

Job summary

Sister

Part Time 15 hours

Are you looking for a new challenge in a rewarding environment?

Applications are invited for Band 6 Registered Neonatal Nurses to work within our neonatal unit.

We are looking for highly motivated, compassionate, enthusiastic and experienced nurse to join our neonatal nursing team. We have a part time position available for an individual with a positive attitude and good communication skills.

Our Neonatal Unit is situated in Ormskirk, Lancashire and is part of the Northwest Neonatal Operational Delivery Network. The Unit is a Level 2 Local Neonatal Unit with 10 cots which includes 1 Intensive Care cot, 1 High Dependency cot, 8 Special Care cots, and a 4 cot Transitional Care Service.

We have achieved Green in our FICare accreditation and we have recently achieved Stage 2 BFI accreditation.

We strive to provide high quality, safe and effective care and are looking for someone with the vision, skill and enthusiasm to help take the unit forward.

The Paediatric and Neonatal Teams have been innovative and forward thinking, developing our own very skilled and competent ENP's, APNP's and ANNP's to ensure a stable and supportive workforce, and we are continuing to develop and value our staff in this way.

Main duties of the job

  1. To promote the maintenance of standards for professional practices in order to enhance the quality of care for patient.
  2. To support and participate in the functions required to fulfil the goals and services provided by the Unit.
  3. Act in a consultative capacity on nursing issues in the absence of the Unit Manager or Lead Neonatal Nurse.
  4. Act as an associate Nurse for a specified area of responsibility.
  5. To ensure Trust and Unit objectives for the service are achieved.
  6. To ensure awareness of policies and procedures in relation to the safeguarding of children

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

  • Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
  • Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
  • National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Details

Date posted

13 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

409-7262386

Job locations

Ormskirk

Wigan Road

Ormskirk

L39 2AZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Advertising date: 12th June 2025

Closing date: 2nd July 2025

Shortlisting date: 3rd July 2025

Proposed Interview date: 7th July 2025

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Advertising date: 12th June 2025

Closing date: 2nd July 2025

Shortlisting date: 3rd July 2025

Proposed Interview date: 7th July 2025

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional Registration in a relevant speciality RSCN, RN (Child), RM, RGN, RN (Adult)
  • Diploma or degree in Health related subject, or actively working towards same
  • ENB 997/8 mentorship course or equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Recent relevant clinical experience as a senior neonatal nurse.
  • Evidence of clinical expertise in Neonatal nursing
  • Evidence of ability to lead and develop nursing practice and promote excellence in clinical practice.
  • Safeguarding Children / Child Protection experience
  • Evidence of mentoring students and supporting staff development
  • Evidence of a sound specialist knowledge base of caring for neonates including critically ill and premature neonates and the impact on the child and their family
  • Knowledge of effective shift management and ability to prioritise
  • Knowledge of interagency working to ensure optimum service to the infant and family
  • Knowledge of infection control management, policy and procedures
  • Demonstrates knowledge of clinical governance (CG) at paediatric level

Desirable

  • Shift management experience of a small neonatal unit or an area in a larger regional unit
  • Experience of transporting infants including critically ill infants
  • Experience of critical incident management
  • Risk management experience
  • Clinical audit experience
  • Experience of supporting junior medics
  • Experience of assisting with the development of clinical protocols and policies
  • Experience of undertaking appraisals and developing Personal Development Plans

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Up to date clinical skills in order to ensure quality of services being provided
  • Able to prioritise effectively
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Effective team leader and change agent
  • Able to take responsibility for and identified area of clinical practice
  • Ability to work independently & as a team member
  • Able to work flexibly as part of a team
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional Registration in a relevant speciality RSCN, RN (Child), RM, RGN, RN (Adult)
  • Diploma or degree in Health related subject, or actively working towards same
  • ENB 997/8 mentorship course or equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Recent relevant clinical experience as a senior neonatal nurse.
  • Evidence of clinical expertise in Neonatal nursing
  • Evidence of ability to lead and develop nursing practice and promote excellence in clinical practice.
  • Safeguarding Children / Child Protection experience
  • Evidence of mentoring students and supporting staff development
  • Evidence of a sound specialist knowledge base of caring for neonates including critically ill and premature neonates and the impact on the child and their family
  • Knowledge of effective shift management and ability to prioritise
  • Knowledge of interagency working to ensure optimum service to the infant and family
  • Knowledge of infection control management, policy and procedures
  • Demonstrates knowledge of clinical governance (CG) at paediatric level

Desirable

  • Shift management experience of a small neonatal unit or an area in a larger regional unit
  • Experience of transporting infants including critically ill infants
  • Experience of critical incident management
  • Risk management experience
  • Clinical audit experience
  • Experience of supporting junior medics
  • Experience of assisting with the development of clinical protocols and policies
  • Experience of undertaking appraisals and developing Personal Development Plans

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Up to date clinical skills in order to ensure quality of services being provided
  • Able to prioritise effectively
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Effective team leader and change agent
  • Able to take responsibility for and identified area of clinical practice
  • Ability to work independently & as a team member
  • Able to work flexibly as part of a team

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Ormskirk

Wigan Road

Ormskirk

L39 2AZ


Employer's website

https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Ormskirk

Wigan Road

Ormskirk

L39 2AZ


Employer's website

https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

NeoNatal Unit Manager

Rachel Grice

rachel.grice@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk

01695656207

Details

Date posted

13 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

409-7262386

Job locations

Ormskirk

Wigan Road

Ormskirk

L39 2AZ


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