Neonatal Nurse

Integrated Care System; Warwick; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Integrated Care System seeks a dedicated Neonatal Nurse to join the outstanding team at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust. The role offers the chance to provide individualized family integrated care and lead clinical practices in a supportive multidisciplinary environment. With a commitment to professional development, you'll help enhance care for approximately 350-400 neonatal admissions annually, fostering a positive impact in the lives of families during crucial early stages.

Qualifications

• Registered with NMC with a Diploma/Degree in Nursing.
• Evidence of continuous professional development in Neonatal care.
• Minimum 2 years experience in Neonatal care.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a high standard of family integrated care.
• Promote family involvement in care planning within the ward.
• Provide clinical leadership during high dependency and intensive care phases.

Skills

Clinical skills

Interpersonal skills

Risk management

Resource management

Evidence-based practices

Time management

Education

Diploma / Degree in Professional Nursing studies

Tools

IT Skills/ Knowledge of Lorenzo

Job description

Go back South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Neonatal Nurse

The closing date is 31 July 2025

Are you a Neonatal Nurse with experience of working within a Neonatal unit, who is looking for a new and exciting challenge with the opportunity to enhance your leadership, management and professional development? Why not consider joining our neonatal unit at Warwick Hospital and let us help facilitate your professional journey.

We are a level 1 unit with 11 cots. About 3,000 babies a year are born at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation with 350-400 babies being admitted to SCBU.

We pride ourselves on delivering specific individualised family integrated care and you will need to demonstrate how you ensure this through your work.

Main duties of the job

To lead and co-ordinate the team to maintain and deliver a high standard of family integrated care to all babies and their families in accordance with the ward philosophy.

To ensure maintenance of quality services and operational systems at all time and deputise ward manger in their absence.

About us

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Duties

Promote a baby focused, family centred ward environment at all times.

Promote family involvement in care planning, ensuring parents and carers are kept informed of treatment and progress, together with any necessary family education.

Sound knowledge of local & national Child Protection procedures.

Provide clinical leadership for ward teams in order to facilitate a high standard of evidence based individualised nursing care from admission to discharge.

Provide clinical leadership for the care of high dependency and Intensive care babies during the acute phase and when stabilised.

Liaise with other Neonatal centres and Community teams to provide effective shared care as required.

Act as a resource providing clinical information for other areas, throughout the organisation where children are treated.

Act as advocate for all inpatient babies and ward attenders.

Act as key worker as required to provide specific expertise & leadership in identified areas.

Provide telephone advice for parents requesting information and support.

Contribute to the planning, monitoring and control of Ward resources, assisting the Ward Manager to keep expenditure within budgets.

Assist the Ward Manager to optimize nursing resources by even distribution of staff annual leave and matching skill mix to workload.

Provide information and advice for action towards achieving Organisational objectives.

Attend Ward, Divisional and Corporate meetings on behalf of Ward Manager, as required, in order to disseminate information up and down the Divisional line management structure.

Assist the Ward Manager to collect and organise ward information for incorporation into the divisional service plan.

Contribute to the recruitment and selection of quality staff for the Ward, identifying future job requirements for profiling to complement the Ward teams.

Contribute to the planning, organisation and evaluation of work, ensuring excellent induction of new staff including effective Preceptorship for newly qualified nurses, nurses new to the area, and mentorship for student nurses on Ward placement.

Create, maintain and enhance productive working relationships within and outside the Ward, by minimising unproductive conflicts and promoting positive team working. Inform the ward manager of unresolved and potential problems.

Manage all Neonatal bed related issues, liaising with the Maternity department, and other Neonatal units as necessary.

Knowledge of current NHS priorities.

Education & Development

Attend annual IPR and complete a personal development plan, with agreed learning objectives.

Responsible for own personal and professional development and assist the Ward manager in the development of junior staff as required.

Attend relevant internal and external training days in accordance with ward training plan.

Contribute to the development of teams, individuals and self to enhance performance.

Facilitate staff development to achieve ward objectives using the principles of IPR and PDP. Monitor staff performance and report progress to the Ward Manager at regular intervals.

Knowledge of current health care related developments, ensuring that nursing practice is up to date, evidence based and cost effective.

Clinical Governance

Ensure National and Safeguarding Children guidelines are adhered to at all times.

Investigate complaints and untoward incidents in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. Provide accurate, timely and professional statements. Support the Ward Manager in improving systems to prevent recurrence.

Undertake audits as required to facilitate the maintenance and improvement of patient care.

Review the standard of Ward nursing documentation at regular intervals.

Review Neonatal policies and procedures at regular intervals, ensuring they are evidence based.

Maintain services to meet contract and quality standards, take corrective actions and inform the ward manager of unresolved problems.

Ensure staff compliance of Trust policies and procedures. Undertaking counseling as appropriate and report difficult cases to the Ward Manager for further action.

Responsible for own professional registration and assist the Ward Manager in ensuring that all qualified nurses have valid NMC Registration and practice in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct, and in addition have enhanced DBS clearance.

Ensure Health and Safety guidelines are adhered to within the ward environment at all times.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Diploma / Degree in Professional Nursing studies NMC registered
• Evidence of continuous professional development, NLS 4 yearly
• IT Skills/ Knowledge of Lorenzo

Experience

• 2 years recent experience in Neonatal care

Skills

• Demonstrates knowledge of evidence based practices
• Demonstrates ability to perform wide range of clinical skills
• Demonstrates understanding of clinical audit and clinical effectiveness
• Demonstrates understanding of resource management
• Demonstrates a good understanding of Risk Management processes
• Demonstrates knowledge of current issues within NHS
• Able to effectively plan and delegate duties
• Able to manage personal time effectively
• Demonstrates belief in practising family integrated care
• Ability to recognise potential clinical problems and instigate a satisfactory solution

Personal Qualities

• Able to work as a decisive, supportive, innovative & proactive team member
• Can demonstrate possession of excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to remain calm and influence the team at all times
• Is committed to and demonstrates ability to teach successfully
• Able to adapt to changing circumstances and demonstrates ability to influence change successfully
• Shows initiative: able to think positively and stimulate high clinical standards within a progressive team climate
• Able to achieve individual and team objectives in timely manner

Other

• Work a fully flexible rota and be available to cover staffing shortfalls if required.
• To rotate to night duty if required

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.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust