Neonatal Transport Nurse

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team in London as a Senior Band 6 Nurse on the Neonatal Transfer Service. This role offers the unique opportunity to care for critically ill neonates requiring transport across the region. With a focus on professional development, you will work alongside experienced consultants and nurses, gaining invaluable skills in a supportive environment. Embrace a flexible working pattern that accommodates both full and part-time options, and become part of an organization committed to excellence in patient care and staff inclusion. Your contributions will directly impact the lives of vulnerable infants and their families.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years NICU experience required.
• Experience in delivering care to acute neonates.

Responsibilities

• Lead as an expert neonatal nurse on the transfer team.
• Facilitate neonatal transfers across London and the Southeast.

Skills

Neonatal Intensive Care

Clinical Governance

Cultural Competence

Reflective Practice

Education

RSCN/RN

ENB 405 or equivalent

Diploma/Degree in Nursing

Job description

Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity; we have a vacancy on the Neonatal Transfer Service London for Senior Band 6 nurses with a minimum of 3 years tertiary (level 3) NICU experience to apply for positions on London's only dedicated neonatal transfer service.

Come and join us to learn and develop your skills and knowledge towards becoming an experienced neonatal transport nurse, caring for a range of sick neonates who require transfer across the London area and beyond. This career path will allow you to develop your portfolio, gain experience working within a small team, and stabilize and transfer some of the sickest babies across London and the wider counties.

You will also become established on the single-clinician led High/Low Dependency transfer team.

If successful, you will be welcomed into a friendly team consisting of 3 Neonatal Consultants, specialist registrars/clinical fellows, a Matron, PDN, and experienced transport nurses. These team members are complemented by technicians from St John Ambulance Service.

You will start with an induction programme and ride-out shifts with support. Shifts include rotation between dual and single clinician teams, days, including a twilight team, nights, and weekends. Full and part-time options can be discussed. At Barts Health, we enable flexible working patterns where possible.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead by example as an expert specialist neonatal nurse on the Neonatal Transfer Team for London. To work as part of a team in facilitating neonatal transfers across London and the Southeast.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and a leading healthcare provider in Britain.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organization with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus to chart a new course, continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. We aim to deliver high standards of harm-free care and ensure patients receive care in the right place at the right time. We also aspire to be an outstanding place to work, where our WeCare values and behaviors are visible and guide our teamwork.

We are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member feels a sense of belonging. We value differences and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. Please view the attachment(s) below for both documents.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RSCN/RN
• ENB 405 (or equivalent)/Qualified in specialty HDU & ITU
• NLS
• Diploma/Degree in a related topic, e.g., BSc Nursing. Attendance at accredited study days/courses.

Experience

• Proven and current full-time experience delivering care to acute neonates in a tertiary level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at a band 6 or above
• Experience of reflective practice and clinical supervision.

Knowledge

• Understanding the needs of culturally diverse families
• Good understanding of clinical governance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A disclosure check will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.