Senior Staff Nurse

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team as a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse in the Neonatal Unit at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. This role requires excellent communication and leadership skills, along with a passion for high-quality neonatal care. You will be responsible for providing clinical support, ensuring evidence-based care, and facilitating staff development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Optional pension

Life assurance

Access to a Childcare Co-ordination Team

Qualifications

• Experience in Neonatal Intensive Care and High Dependency.
• Team leadership experience required.
• Managerial or Leadership qualification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide all aspects of nursing care at intensive and special care levels.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care in collaboration with families.
• Promote Family Centred Care and ensure a safe environment.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Clinical expertise

Education

NMC registered RN

Qualified in Specialty

Neonatal Life Support certification

Job description

Employer heading

Band 6

Job overview

Are you interested in a new challenge as well as a new start in beautiful Cornwall? We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic, and motivated person to join our team of Band 6 Senior Staff Nurses, who can provide high-quality clinical support to our Neonatal Nursing team. You will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrate leadership and managerial skills, and have clinical expertise in the specialty. If you are excited by working within a Neonatal Unit, passionate about high standards of neonatal care, and have an innovative and progressive attitude with a desire to facilitate staff development, this could be the role for you. We are committed to developing your leadership and managerial skills. We have recently improved the environment for families and staff, supporting our goal of achieving the gold standard for UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative and the BLISS Baby Charter. Please contact Helen Greenhill (Matron), Claire Tregonning, or Mel Frost (Neonatal Sisters) at 01872 252667 for more information, and we would love to speak with you and arrange an informal visit. Also, please view our new virtual tour within this advert—it's as lovely as it looks on film!

Main duties of the job

1. To be a clinical expert within the specialty, capable of providing all aspects of nursing care at intensive, high dependency, and special care levels.
2. To ensure the provision of excellent, evidence-based care for infants and their families.
3. Assess each infant, plan, implement, and evaluate care in collaboration with the family, ensuring accurate documentation.
4. Promote Family Centred Care and ensure a welcoming, caring, and safe environment for infants and their families.
5. Act as an advocate for infants and families, providing appropriate information and support services.
6. Initiate discharge planning at admission, liaising with multidisciplinary teams, other departments, and community services.
7. Develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge to provide effective, holistic, evidence-based nursing care, aligned with the Scope of Professional Practice.
8. Be aware of the use, safety precautions, and handling of equipment within the department and community.
9. Review policies and standards for safe equipment use and introduce new equipment as needed.
10. Complete and facilitate neonatal competency packs for staff development.
11. Coordinate arrangements and communicate effectively with other hospitals, participating in transfer of critically ill infants to referral centers.
12. Attend deliveries as part of the multidisciplinary resuscitation team.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) provides acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, serving a population of around 500,000, which increases during peak tourist seasons. We employ approximately 6,700 staff with a budget of about £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the hospital site supports medical, nursing, and other health professional education.

We continually develop our clinical services and facilities, aiming to offer more local specialist care, and foster a reputation for research and innovation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Note: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

To work in the NHS, you must successfully complete the following:

1. Identity Checks
2. Professional registration and qualification verification
3. Employment history and reference checks
4. Occupational Health clearance
5. Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
6. Right to work in the UK

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We reserve the right to close this advert early.

Flexible working arrangements may be available—please discuss at interview.

Sponsorship may be available, but this is not guaranteed.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NMC registered RN
• Qualified in Specialty
• Neonatal Life Support certification

Desirable criteria

• Managerial or Leadership qualification
• NLS trainer

Experience

Essential criteria

• Neonatal Intensive Care experience
• Extensive Neonatal High Dependency experience
• Team leadership experience

Desirable criteria

• Shift leader experience
• Experience managing change

Thank you for your application. If you do not receive a reply within 21 days of the closing date, you have been unsuccessful. Your application and documents will be retained confidentially for 12 months.

Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status. Non-UK or RoI nationals require a visa to work in the UK. Sponsorship may be possible but is not guaranteed.

Benefits include optional pension, life assurance, and access to a Childcare Co-ordination Team.

We are committed to staff development, engagement, and support to adapt to our evolving environment.

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is a non-smoking organization.

If you need an alternative application format (e.g., Braille, audio, large print), please call 01872 255755. By submitting an application, you authorize the Trust to verify your NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record.

Royal Cornwall Hospital is an Equal Opportunities employer.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, requiring a Disclosure to be made to the DBS.