Neonatal Staff Nurse | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust; Truro; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Cornwall is seeking a skilled nurse to provide high-quality family-centered care to infants and their families. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and experience in holistic nursing practices. This role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for patients. Opportunities for professional development are available.

Qualifications

• Ability to promote family centered care and establish good relationships with families.
• Competence in the administration of medication.
• Ability to develop and maintain clinical skills necessary for evidence based nursing care.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard of holistic family centered care.
• Communicate effectively within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Plan discharges from admission in collaboration with the team.
• Ensure a caring and safe environment for babies and families.

Skills

Holistic family centered care

Communication skills

Medication administration

Clinical skills development

Job description

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Requirements and expectations

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

About the employer

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 and employ approximately 6,700 staff with 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 education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services and facilities, committed to maximising the range of specialist care offered locally. The Trust is a research active organisation and hosts the South West Clinical School in Cornwall to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities.

For further information please visit the Trust’s clinical school pages and research papers linked in the original advert.

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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.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview. We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed. This advert closes on Monday 22 Sep 2025.