Neonatal Transitional Care Lead

Integrated Care System; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare institution is seeking a Neonatal Transitional Care Lead in Nottingham. This role involves leading and supporting a team while ensuring the highest standards of care for newborns. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership and communication skills alongside experience in neonatal care. The team is dedicated to high-quality service and continuous improvement, with numerous opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Continuous professional development

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Opportunity to shape neonatal care

Qualifications

• Ability to supervise and assess staff.
• Experience in neonatal care required.
• Proficient in medicines management.
• Able to manage a clinical area efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Oversee service and quality of care standards.
• Provide leadership and education to staff.
• Support clinical governance implementations.
• Utilize data to influence patient care.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Management of change

Education

Current UK NMC registration

Relevant post-basic study in neonatal specialty

Leadership and management training

Job description

Go back Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Neonatal Transitional Care Lead

The closing date is 10 August 2025

A Vacancy has arisen for Band 7 Neonatal Transitional Care Lead

Are you ready to make a difference in neonatal care?

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is thrilled to announce the introduction of providing nursing care within our Transitional Care Service, spanning both the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) and Nottingham City Hospital campuses. We are looking for a visible leader who is a professional role model dedicated to high standards of care and patient safety, with excellent leadership, communication and people skills and experience of managing change.

This is a new role that you will make your own. You will predominantly lead, manager and support a team of Band 5 Neonatal Transitional Care Nurses and join us on this exciting journey, shaping the future of care for babies and their families.

Working within the maternity and neonatal services at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) offers an unparalleled opportunity to be part of one of the UK's largest and most respected teaching hospital trusts, known for its dedication to excellence and innovation in care. NUH supports over 8,000 births annually across its two campuses, Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) and City Hospital, offering diverse and cutting-edge facilities, including midwifery-led units, a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and home birth services.

Main duties of the job

What We're Looking For:

As the Transitional Care Unit Ward Manager/charge nurse you will oversee the service and ensure that the standards and quality of care given to the babies are to the highest standard, reducing separation of mothers and babies.

The successful candidate will be an effective leader and role model and will be expected to provide leadership, education and managerial support and use experience to support the implementation of both clinical and non-clinical governance.

You will be committed to working flexibly as a member of the service team to support and ensure standards are being maintained, evaluated, and where necessary improved.

If you have experience in leading a team, and are ready to embrace a new challenge, this is your chance to grow with us.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Job responsibilities

• NMC Registration
• Relevant post-basic study appropriate to specialty to degree/masters level
• Experience in neonatal care
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Recruitment and retention of staff
• Evidence of ability to supervise and assess staff
• Ability to manage the clinical area or ward efficiently and effectively
• Ability to lead change and lead new ways of working
• Able to present and receive complex information within the multi professional team
• Demonstrate negotiation and influencing skills
• Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with conflict
• Team player who can initiate, delegate and complete projects
• Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex problems/situations and ensure effective interventions are put in place.
• Ability to generate and present reports and documents
• Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures/guidelines
• Demonstrate insight in the use of data to influence patient care and services
• Can formulate short and long-term objectives
• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
• Demonstrate the personal development of members within a team
• Motivated

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

• oCurrent UK NMC sub-part 1 registration
• oRelevant post-basic study appropriate to neonatal speciality
• oAble to demonstrate academic learning at degree level or willing to undertake
• oNLS provider
• oCompetent in medicines management
• oTeaching & Assessing Qualification
• oFormal leadership and management training

Experience

• oSupervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students.
• oEvidence of ability to supervise and assess staff
• oAbility to manage the clinical area or ward efficiently and effectively
• oAbility to lead change and lead new ways of working
• Recruitment and retention of staff

Communication and Relationship Skills

• oAble to present and receive complex information within the multi professional team
• oDemonstrate negotiation and influencing skills
• oAssertiveness skills and the ability to deal with conflict
• oTeam player who can initiate, delegate and complete projects
• oDemonstrate self-awareness and understanding of personal accountability
• oAbility to support colleagues, patients and relatives / carers in distressing circumstances

Physical Skills

• oPhysically able to perform the full range of nursing duties
• oDexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation
• oCompetent and capable of using medical equipment
• oAble to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non-patient manual handling manoeuvres

Analytical and Judgement Skills

• oAbility to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex problems/situations and ensure effective interventions are put in place.
• oAbility to generate and present reports and documents
• oDeal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures/guidelines
• oDemonstrate insight in the use of data to influence patient care and services

Planning and Organisation Skills

• oCan formulate short and long-term objectives
• oDemonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately
• oDemonstrate the personal development of members within a team

Other requirements specific to the role

• oFlexible and adaptable
• oCaring
• oEnthusiastic and well-motivated
• oConfidence
• oRecruitment and selection of staff

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.

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