Neonatal Staff Nurse

Integrated Care System; Truro; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Truro is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to provide family-centered care for neonatal patients. The ideal candidate will have specific qualifications including a Newborn Life Support Qualification and experience in neonatal nursing. The role emphasizes building relationships with families and collaborating within a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high standards of care are met in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration.
• Experience in neonatal/paediatric care.
• Must possess a Newborn Life Support Qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic family-centred care to infants.
• Evaluate care programmes for individual infants.
• Act as an advocate for families and coordinate care.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical assessment

Family-centered care

Education

Registered Nurse

NMC registration

Newborn Life Support Qualification

Neonatal foundation programme or equivalent

Job description

To work as a skilled member of the nursing team, to provide a high standard of holistic family centred care to babies and their families.

Ability to promote family centred care and establish good relationships with babies and their families.

To communicate effectively at all levels within the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

To provide and evaluate programmes of care for individual infants and to work with other NNU staff in this activity.

To ensure an ongoing welcoming, caring and safe environment is provided for the babies and their families.

To act as an advocate for the baby and family, providing them with information and support and directing them to the relevant support services where appropriate.

To start planning discharges from admission, liaising with the multidisciplinary team, other departments and community services as necessary.

To develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge necessary to provide holistic, evidence based nursing care. This includes expanded role responsibilities, following appropriate training.

To be competent in the administration of medication

To ensure clinical practice is evidence based or peer reviewed "best practice".

Assist with ongoing education and training of families.

To use the Patient Administration System (PAS) in accordance with Trust policy and procedure.

About us

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

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

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.

It's established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.

Website: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/clinical-schools/royal-cornwall-hospitals-nhs-trust-clinical-school

https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871231209037

Job responsibilities

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To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Right to work in the UK

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We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• NMC registration
• Newborn Life Support Qualification
• Neonatal or Newborn Training/Research
• QIS course
• Neonatal foundation programme/ or equivalent

Experience

• Examples of transferable HDU/ITU clinical experience in healthcare
• Neonatal/Paediatric post registration experience

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.