Neonatal Senior Staff Nurse

NHS; Brighton; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking motivated neonatal staff to join their team in Brighton. This role requires a qualified nurse with good leadership skills to assess and plan neonatal care. The ideal candidate should advocate for patients and support parents. You will have opportunities to join a transport team and various special interest groups. Visa sponsorship is available under the UKVI Skilled Worker route, contingent on meeting specific requirements.

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Registered Nurse or Midwife.
• Hold a Neonatal Pathway certification.
• Demonstrates leadership and clinical skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess and plan neonatal care for babies.
• Support parents in making informed choices.
• Act as an advocate for babies and parents.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Clinical judgment

Time management

Teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse or Midwife

Neonatal Pathway Holder

ENB 405

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for motivated neonatal staff to join our neonatal team in Brighton. If you are currently working as a Band 6 and are looking for a new challenge or are a Band 5 nurse qualified in speciality looking for career progression, this could be the job for you.

The right candidate must be qualified in speciality (ENB 405 or Neonatal Pathway) with good leadership and communication skills and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

With opportunities to join the neonatal transport team and a variety of special interest groups.

This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. Sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements set by UKVI, including the relevant skill and salary thresholds (£25,000) and any role‑specific criteria.

Job location

Royal Sussex County Hospital
Eastern Road
Brighton
BN2 5BE

Pay and contract

Band 6
Salary £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata
Contract Permanent
Working pattern Full‑time, Part‑time
Reference number 279-7686894-DEC25

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate full responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating neonatal care consistent with evidence‑based practice for babies and their families.
• Discuss options and support parents in making informed choice in their plan of care e.g. feeding methods, audiology checks, blood transfusion, and newborn screening programme.
• Analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of such care, making necessary modifications of any care pathway and give professional advice and support, as required.
• Act as the baby and parents advocate and empower them to participate in their baby’s care and well being.
• Respect the need for privacy and dignity of the neonate and their family, such as religious and spiritual needs.
• Be competent in intravenous drug administration and supervise junior staff learning this skill.
• Act as a role model for excellent practice through effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
• Be skilled in effective time management within the team environment.
• Be an expert at and supervise staff in the appropriate use of advanced technological equipment e.g. ventilators and blood gas monitoring equipment.
• Act as team/shift leader, as necessary.
• Support junior staff in the use of appropriate individualised discharge care planning, to involve parents/carers and the multidisciplinary team in the promotion of health through parent education to include back to sleep positioning, smoking cessation and immunisation programmes.
• Promote the importance of the modification of the environment, taking into account the individual developmental needs of the babies, e.g. positioning and minimal handling of very low birth weight babies.
• Work in partnership with associated health professionals including health visitors, speech therapists, radiographers and pharmacists.
• Demonstrate ability to make clinical judgments about the suitability of babies for transfer to another dependency to facilitate the smooth running of the unit.
• Demonstrate skilled interpretation of clinical results/investigations e.g. blood gases and antibiotic levels and take appropriate action.
• Plan, deliver and evaluate nursing interventions and/or treatments for neonates within the special care, high dependency and intensive care environment according to evidence‑based guidelines and care pathways/plans, involving other agencies as appropriate.
• Interpret and modify interventions/treatments as necessary, providing appropriate feedback to the multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or Midwife
• Neonatal Pathway Holder
• NLS
• Mentorship module or 998
• Neonatal Qualified in speciality. ENB 405

Desirable qualifications

• Nursing Degree, Leadership course, ARNI
• Knowledge of high frequency oscillation and Nitric Oxide Therapy

Experience

• Substantial months post QIS
• Proven skills and knowledge in clinical practice
• Specialised experience of neonatal intensive care equipment

Desirable experience

• Knowledge of high frequency oscillation and Nitric Oxide Therapy

Management skills

• Demonstrates leadership skills
• Ability to mentor others
• Ability to work under own initiative
• Ability to work under pressure

Communication

• Evidence of working within a multidisciplinary team

Desirable communication

• Experience of Family Integrated Care

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles
• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues

Disclosure & Barring & Registration

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Royal Sussex County Hospital
Eastern Road
Brighton
BN2 5BE

Employer’s website https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/