Job summary
Job Title: Band 5 Registered Nurse Neonatal Unit
Trust Location: Dudley
Pay Rates: From £17.01 incl. Holiday PayShift Patterns: Early, Lates, Nights, Long Days, Weekends & Bank Holidays
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development and implementation and evaluation of programmes of care with supervision. They will be required to actively participate in the teaching and supervision of students and junior nurses. The post holder will also be required to undertake an identified lead/link nurse role for the neonatal unit.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
What youll be responsible for
- To develop skills and knowledge in the care of special care babies and with further support and training progress to care of high dependency/intensive care babies. Staff will be seconded to undertake the Neonatal Foundation course and the Neonatal Intensive Care course.
- To manage and organise care for a group of babies and their families/carers, prioritising care according to need.
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for babies and their families ensuring excellence in practice is maintained.
- To communicate effectively with babies and their families/carers to ensure that information needs are met.
- To ensure babies and their parents/carers are given information about their babies care and treatment to facilitate parental involvement in decision making.
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- To perform additional clinical roles relevant to the specialty and participate in the training, supervision and assessment of others learning these roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What youll be responsible for
- To develop skills and knowledge in the care of special care babies and with further support and training progress to care of high dependency/intensive care babies. Staff will be seconded to undertake the Neonatal Foundation course and the Neonatal Intensive Care course.
- To manage and organise care for a group of babies and their families/carers, prioritising care according to need.
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for babies and their families ensuring excellence in practice is maintained.
- To communicate effectively with babies and their families/carers to ensure that information needs are met.
- To ensure babies and their parents/carers are given information about their babies care and treatment to facilitate parental involvement in decision making.
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- To perform additional clinical roles relevant to the specialty and participate in the training, supervision and assessment of others learning these roles.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Youll need to have the following qualification/experience:
- A minimum of 6 months paid experience in an acute nursing environment within a hospital in the last 3 years
- Comply with NMC Professional Registration and keep up to date with current nursing practices
- Neonatal Intensive care course
- Ensure accurate records are kept in accordance with CHS policy and NMC guidelines.
- Undertake regular mandatory training
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Youll need to have the following qualification/experience:
- A minimum of 6 months paid experience in an acute nursing environment within a hospital in the last 3 years
- Comply with NMC Professional Registration and keep up to date with current nursing practices
- Neonatal Intensive care course
- Ensure accurate records are kept in accordance with CHS policy and NMC guidelines.
- Undertake regular mandatory training
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).
