Neonatal Unit Sister

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal London Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust, is seeking an experienced neonatal intensive care sister/charge nurse to join our supportive team. You will care for sick neonates, from extreme prematurity to term gestation, and contribute to learning, development and career growth.

You will lead clinical care, assess needs, develop and evaluate care programmes, and deliver education and mandatory training within Neonatology.

Qualifications

• Mentorship and assessment in clinical area or equivalent.
• Neonatal course (all modules) with experience in ICU/neonatal care.
• Active involvement in continuing education and professional development.
• Excellent communication skills with multidisciplinary teams.
• Awareness of safeguarding issues and NHS/NMC codes.

Responsibilities

• Support the neonatal team and assess care needs.
• Develop, implement and evaluate care programmes and standards.
• Deliver education and training programmes including mandatory clinical skills.

Skills

Mentorship and assessment

Neonatal course

Continuing education

Excellent communication

Safeguarding awareness

Education

Registered Nurse / Midwife or Children's Nurse

Job description

We are recruiting for an experienced neonatal intensive care sister/charge nurse to join our friendly and supportive team at the Royal London Hospital. This post has great opportunity for learning, development and career growth. Learn to develop your skills and increase your knowledge by becoming an experienced tertiary level neonatal nurse, caring for a range of sick neonates from both the extreme prematurity to term gestation, providing surgical and medical interventions to maintain these precious tiny lives.This career path will allow you to develop your portfolio, experience working within a large friendly diverse team, always willing to share and teach, caring for some of the sickest babies but experiencing the joy of seeing them discharged to home with family., The post holder will provide support to members of the neonatl team and carries responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programme of care and setting standards. This will include the delivery of education and training programmes which incorporate mandatory training, clinical and enhanced skill within Neonatology., 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. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

• Registered Nurse, Children's Nurse or Midwife
• Mentorship and assessment in the clinical area or equivalent
• Neonatal course (all modules), Neonatal experience at staff nurse level in intensive care or local neonatal unit.
• Proven professional competence.
• Awareness of research and audit
• Evidence of continuing education in relevant field of practice., Knowledge of NMC working codes for medications, documentation, conduct and professionalism, Good level of skill in computer usage - able to use NHS data bases, input data and retrieve information.
• Awareness of current issues and reforms in the NHS and neonatal services.
• Awareness of the Toolkit for high quality neonatal services.
• Excellent understanding of safeguarding issues., Experience of good budgetary control and efficient use of resources.
• Desire for service improvement and efficiencies.
• Internal rotation and shift working
• Excellent communication skills. Able to present and contribute at multidisciplinary meeting. Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

  We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging.

  We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.