Neonatal Senior Staff Nurse

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust; Kemp Town Estate; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a nurse specialized in neonatal care. This role involves providing high-quality care to neonates and their families in various intensive care settings. The successful candidate will lead a nursing team, oversee care planning, and work with a multidisciplinary team to ensure the best outcomes for babies. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience, including a strong foundation in leadership and communication skills. A commitment to compassion and inclusion is essential.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Extensive wellbeing programmes

Qualifications

• Band 5 or Band 6 experience in neonatal care.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in neonatal transport team is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to neonates in intensive care settings.
• Lead and motivate the nursing team.
• Assess and plan appropriate care for neonates.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Qualified in speciality (ENB 405 or Neonatal Pathway)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Provide a high standard of care to neonates and their families in intensive, high dependency and special care settings.
• Take charge, lead and motivate the nursing team within the special care, high dependency and intensive care nurseries.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team in the assessment, planning and delivery of an appropriate plan of care for the neonate.
• 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 choices in their plan of care (e.g., feeding methods, audiology checks, blood transfusion, newborn screening programme).
• Analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of care, making necessary modifications of care pathways and give professional advice and support.
• Act as the baby's and parent's advocate, empowering them to participate in their baby's care and well‑being.
• Respect the need for privacy and dignity of the neonate and their family, including religious and spiritual needs.
• Be competent in intravenous drug administration and supervise junior staff learning this skill.
• Be skilled in effective time management within the team environment.
• Be an expert at supervising staff in the appropriate use of advanced technological equipment (ventilators, blood gas monitoring equipment).
• Act as a role model for excellent practice through effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
• Act as team/shift leader as necessary.
• Support junior staff in the use of appropriate individualized discharge care planning, involving parents/carers and the multidisciplinary team in promotion of health through parent education (back‑to‑sleep positioning, smoking cessation, immunisation programmes).
• Promote the importance of modifying the environment, taking into account individual developmental needs of babies (positioning, minimal handling of very low birth weight babies).
• Work in partnership with associated health professionals (health visitors, speech therapists, radiographers, pharmacists).
• Demonstrate the 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, antibiotic levels) and take appropriate action.
• Demonstrate responsibility for the implementation of the correct referral process to other health care practitioners (e.g., physiotherapist) when needs and risks are beyond the scope of practice or require specialist input.
• 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

• Qualified in speciality (ENB 405 or Neonatal Pathway) with Band 5 or Band 6 experience.
• Good leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in neonatal transport team and special interest groups is an advantage.
• Eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration Skilled Worker route (salary threshold £25,000).

Additional Information

We value compassion, inclusion and respect as our core values. As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we provide extensive wellbeing programmes and flexible working options.

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We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.