Nurse Lead for Enhanced Care

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Long Eaton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in Long Eaton seeks a passionate Lead Nurse for Enhanced Maternal Care. In this role, you will utilize your Critical Care expertise to assess and implement individualized care for women. You'll provide support and training to junior nursing staff while collaborating with the Midwifery Team. Candidates must have a specialist qualification in Critical Care, alongside relevant management experience. Join us in a dynamic environment dedicated to developing high-quality maternity care and supporting our workforce.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Qualifications

• Relevant post-registration experience in Critical Care.
• Experience in management, training, and assessment.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a midwifery team.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for women.
• Support and train junior nursing staff in delivering high-quality care.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams for Enhanced Maternity Care.

Education

Specialist qualification in Critical Care

Job description

Lead Nurse – Enhanced Maternal Care

Are you passionate about using your Critical Care experience as the Lead Nurse to provide and support women requiring enhanced care? The post holder will work collaboratively with the Midwifery Team and will be responsible for the nurses within the clinical area. We have an exciting opportunity to join our Specialist Team focusing on upskilling the Nursing and Midwifery workforce as part of our Enhanced Maternal Care team.

The Post holder will be able to: assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualized care for women in a safe and caring environment. Work collaboratively with the designated midwifery team and wider multi-disciplinary team to provide Enhanced Maternity Care (EMC) across the unit/labour ward and ward areas as required. Provide advice, support and skills training to junior nursing staff in the delivery of high-quality care, actively supporting the midwifery team in the management of level 1 plus care.

The Post Holder will require relevant post-registration experience and a specialist qualification in Critical Care including experience of management, training, development and assessment. The post holder must be prepared to play a pivotal role in the development, empowerment, support and succession planning for our EMC service and will need to be motivated, enthusiastic and driven.

Our Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts

• We see on average 4,810 OP appointments a day
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2,077 per week
• An average of 1,115 patients are seen in A&E across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff