Nursery Nurse

NHS; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare facility in Milton Keynes is seeking a Nursery Nurse to join their team, focusing on providing individualised care for newborns and their families. The ideal candidate will have an NVQ 3 or higher in Health & Social Care and experience in a hospital setting. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and various employee benefits, including flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Free on-site parking

Free Refreshments

Flexible working opportunities

Discounted gym membership

Lease car scheme

Generous annual leave and pension scheme

Extensive staff health and well-being programme

Qualifications

• Experience in care of newborn babies or children is necessary.
• Experience in a multidisciplinary team is essential.
• Previous work experience in a hospital or community health care setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualised care to mothers and babies according to best practice.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate family-centred care.
• Undertake observations on mothers and babies as directed.

Skills

Understanding of individualised care

Ability to teach parents and families

Adaptability to various situations

Excellent interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

NVQ 3 or above in Health & Social Care

GCSE Maths and English Grade C or above

Job description

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Nursery Nurse

The closing date is 21 October 2025

Hours: Full time, Fixed term for 9 month's, 37.5 per week, per week rotating days/nights/weekends. All MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

With our provision expanding to include a dedicated place for Transitional Care, an opportunity has arisen to recruit additional Nursery Nurses to our team. We are looking for experienced, enthusiastic, and committed individuals to join our team. You will work alongside nursing and midwifery colleagues across Special Care and Transitional Care.

Our level 2 Neonatal Unit at Milton Keynes currently cares for approximately 400 infants per year with a variety of neonatal medical problems in Intensive, High Dependency, Special Care and Outreach.

We have exciting plans to develop a brand-new Women and Children's Centre at MKUH.

As part of enhancing Family Integrated Care (FiC) in the Neonatal Unit, we are excited to have the opportunity to welcome new members to our team. We would welcome applications from qualified Nursery Nurses with experience in a hospital setting as well as those who would be new to this environment.

Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.

Interview date: w/c 27 October 2025

Main duties of the job

FiC is central to the unit ethos and the successful applicant will play a crucial role in facilitating this. Each shift you will be allocated special care patients to be responsible for planning and delivering the care for alongside qualified nurses and midwives. You will play a key role in preparing these babies and families for discharge, including liaising with other teams and specialists within the hospital and community multi-disciplinary team.

We are looking for candidates who can organise their own time and workload whilst also working collaboratively as a team player. You would need to be willing to develop new skills and knowledge and work to a high standard. A flexible and calm approach is necessary as the environment can be demanding and constantly changing.

Excellent communication is essential to every aspect of this role so we would expect the candidate to have effective listening skills and to be self-aware, demonstrating compassion and sensitivity to others.

You will provide a high standard of individualised nursing and family-integrated care for special care babies in line with Evidenced based best practice recommendations and Trust Policies and guidelines. You will promote and support breastfeeding in line with UNICEF Baby Friendly initiative and assist mothers with bottle feeding.

Once trained and assessed as competent use specific equipment to support the care of a baby in the nursery.

About us

NHS Staff Survey: Nursing and Midwifery are always learning in their job roles, rated 6.31 out of 10.

You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Free on-site parking
• Free Refreshments
• Great flexible working opportunities
• Discounted gym membership
• Lease car scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programme

Job responsibilities

Provide a high standard of individualised care to mothers and babies in line with evidence based best practice and Trust guidelines and policies.

Using evidence-based practice, assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of family-centred care for a defined group of patients. Under direction of the midwife undertake observations on mothers and babies

Use equipment to support the care of transitional care babies (for example: Blood glucose monitoring, warmer cots, NG tubes and tube feeding, saturations monitors, phototherapy units).

Undertake NG Tube feeding as and when clinically indicated and directed by the midwifery and paediatric teams

Person Specification

Qualifications and knowledge

• NVQ 3 or above Health & Social Care or equivalent subject.
• GCSE Maths and English Grade C or above
• Safeguarding children and families

Experience

• Previous experience of care of newborn babies/children
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of working in a hospital or community health care setting

Skills

• Demonstrates an understanding of the provision of individualised care.
• Ability to teach parents and families
• Ability to adapt to a variety of situations

Personal and people development

• Evidence of continuous professional development

Communication

• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.

MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS.

Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.

MKUH is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

The salary for this role is £27,485 to £30,162 a year, pro rata.