Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Staff Nurse - Band 5 Neonatal Unit

The closing date is 20 July 2025

Job summary

'Do you want to work in the award winning purpose built Dyson Centre for neonatal care?

Would you like to work within a dynamic Silver ward accredited team who put Family integrated and developmental care, and safety at the centre of all we do?

Well look no further!

We are fully UNICEF Baby Friendly Neonatal accredited and have a dedicated feeding advisor to support parents and staff.

Our families have access to a psychologist who is able to offer them additional support whilst they are on NICU.

We are looking for motivated staff nurses who are enthusiastic practitioners. We welcome newly qualified and experienced nurses alike. Opportunities for dual roles between neonatal unit and paediatrics available, for Children's nurses. In return you will be supported by our skilled nurses and advanced neonatal nurse practitioners, our practice education and medical teams. There is opportunity to work either full or part time on a permanent contract. We welcome and support applications from children trained nurses, midwives and adult trained nurses with critical care experience.

We serve a birth population of 5300 deliveries a year, designated as a level 2 local neonatal unit with 21 cots, 4 intensive, 3 high dependency and 14 special care. We have an embedded Transitional Care Pathway and operate an established Outreach service. We also have close links the South West Neonatal Network. Visit here for virtual unit tour: www.swneonatalnetwork.co.uk/bath

Main duties of the job

  1. There is a fully supported orientation and induction programme, including a supernumerary period. . You will also be supported closely by our experienced clinical practice nurse educators on the South West Neonatal Foundation programme. We offer opportunities to attend national and local study days to enhance your professional development in line with NMC revalidation and to nurture any particular area of Neonatal Nursing of interest to you.

Newly qualified staff nurses will have the opportunity to participate in the Trust preceptorship programme.

We pride ourselves as being a supportive and friendly team with a very good reputation.

Please contact us if you would like to discuss the role further or have any questions

About us

At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Details

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum, pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

427-7300275

Job locations

Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care

Royal United Hospital, Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registered Childrens Nurse, Adult Nurse or Midwife

Desirable

  • Neonatal Critical care Course
  • Teaching and Assessing Course

Experience

Essential

  • NMC Registered Childrens Nurse, Adult Nurse or Midwife

Desirable

  • Neonatal or critical care experience
  • 6 months post registration experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registered Childrens Nurse, Adult Nurse or Midwife

Desirable

  • Neonatal Critical care Course
  • Teaching and Assessing Course

Experience

Essential

  • NMC Registered Childrens Nurse, Adult Nurse or Midwife

Desirable

  • Neonatal or critical care experience
  • 6 months post registration experience

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.

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.

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

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care

Royal United Hospital, Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care

Royal United Hospital, Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Nurse

Kirstie Flood

kirstie.flood@nhs.net

01225825654

Details

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum, pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

427-7300275

Job locations

Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care

Royal United Hospital, Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG


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