256728 - Neonatal Nurse

NHS Scotland; Wishaw; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave: 35 days

NHS pension scheme

Incremental salary progression

Paid sick leave

NHS discounts

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a dedicated Neonatal Nurse to assist the Senior Charge Midwife in delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred care for ill and premature neonates. The role spans planning, implementing, and evaluating clinical care within the neonatal unit.

The post holder will lead in audits, risk management, and the development of policy and procedures, while ensuring staff supervision in the absence of the Charge Midwife. Eligible for NHS Scotland benefits.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with valid NMC registration and current practising status.
• Education at degree level or higher, with ongoing professional development.
• Postgraduate expertise in neonatology or related speciality.
• Strong knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards in neonatal care.
• Proven leadership to support safe, efficient service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Senior Charge Midwife in delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred neonatal care.
• Plan, implement and evaluate clinical care in the neonatal unit.
• Ensure compliance with NHS Lanarkshire policies and statutory requirements.
• Contribute to audits, risk management and policy development.
• Supervise and deploy staff in the absence of the Charge Midwife.

Skills

NMC Registration

Clinical Leadership

Patient Care

Audit & Risk Management

Education

Degree level education

Postgraduate neonatology training

Job description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services. We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

The post holder will assist the Senior Charge Midwife in the overall delivery of high quality safe, effective evidence-based woman and baby-centred care. The post holder will be involved in providing both individualised patient care and in planning, implementing and evaluating clinical care within all areas of the neonatal unit, ensuring compliance with NHS Lanarkshire’s policy and procedures and maintaining statutory requirements in accordance with the NMC. To provide safe, effective, person-centred care.

In This Key Role, You Will

• Planning, assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating planned programmes of care for the ill and premature neonate in intensive care, high dependency and specialist care.
• Being an advocate for women, the neonate and their families
• Provide a health education role for women, their partners and extended families
• Setting and maintaining standards of care
• Recognising deviations from normal and implementing appropriate action
• Assist in the formulating of policy and procedures
• Participates in audit, research and risk management
• Supervises and deploys staff within a defined area in the absence of the Charge Midwife/Nurse

What You'll Bring

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.
• Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality / area of practice.
• Leadership skills to enable the day to day management of service delivery.

What We Offer

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.