Senior Neonatal Homecare Nurse

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Neonatal Homecare Nurse to ensure high-quality clinical care for infants at home. The role involves working closely with families and the neonatal outreach team. Candidates must be a registered nurse with specialist neonatal qualifications and demonstrate excellent communication and teamwork skills. A full-time position located in Leicester, offering a salary range of £38,682 to £46,580 annually.

Qualifications

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours.
• Significant experience in the stated specialist area.
• Knowledge of neonatal outreach service management.

Responsibilities

• Assist Neonatal Unit with discharge planning.
• Provide seamless discharge from hospital to home.
• Carry responsibility for a defined caseload.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical care provision

Teamwork

Nursing assessment

Training and education

Education

Registered Nurse (Level 1)

Post Registration qualification in specialty

Advanced Neonatal Life Support

Community care of the neonate qualification

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Senior Neonatal Homecare Nurse

The closing date is 04 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Neonatal Homecare Nurse to work within the Neonatal Home care Service, hosted by Leicester hospitals.

Neonatal Community Care is provided across Leicestershire and Rutland and the Northamptonshire region, including University Hospitals of Leicester, Kettering and Northampton Hospitals.

This position will primarily be based in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.

The post holder will be an excellent team worker and will be responsible for ensuring the highest standard of clinical care for infants within the scope of neonatal outreach, providing specialist ongoing care for the neonate and advice, support and education to the family in the home.

Home naso gastric tube feeding and Home oxygen service is currently well embedded, and more recently we have expanded services further to include care of babies at home on phototherapy for the treatment of jaundice.

We are seeking a highly motivated Neonatal Nurse to join our forward thinking team. The successful candidate will demonstrate the drive and motivation to support the implementation of an exciting service. To be successful in this role you will need to be registered nurse/midwife with post specialist neonatal course QIS experience; current Health visitor or Paediatric community care experience would also be considered.

Main duties of the job

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The job holder will assist Neonatal Unit, transitional care based staff with early and appropriate discharge planning in accordance with the criteria for outreach care.
• To provide a seamless timely discharge from hospital to the home environment.
• The job holder will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload, including the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of complex care programmes, ensuring continuous provision of integrated care.

Provide specialist ongoing care for the neonate and education, advice and support to the family in the home environment.

• The job holder will take a proactive role in the education and training of the multidisciplinary team(s), providing ongoing supervision and support as an expert.
• To work effectively and efficiently as an Outreach team member as well as independently in the planning, assessment, implementation and evaluation of neonatal community care.
• To plan, time manage and initiate a weekly schedule based on workload requirements, which will meet the needs of the service and ensure that individual family needs are met.
• Please review Job description attached for Full responsibilities and Job role.

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The job holder will assist Neonatal Unit, transitional care based staff with early and appropriate discharge planning in accordance with the criteria for outreach care.
• To provide a seamless timely discharge from hospital to the home environment.
• The job holder will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload, including the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of complex care programmes, ensuring continuous provision of integrated care.
• To provide ongoing holistic care within the community setting for vulnerable neonates and their family.

Provide specialist ongoing care for the neonate and education, advice and support to the family in the home environment.

• The job holder will take a proactive role in the education and training of the multidisciplinary team(s), providing ongoing supervision and support as an expert.
• Resource for all disciplines where neonates require ongoing care needs within neonatal outreach.
• To work effectively and efficiently as an Outreach team member as well as independently in the planning, assessment, implementation and evaluation of neonatal community care.
• To plan, time manage and initiate a weekly schedule based on workload requirements, which will meet the needs of the service and ensure that individual family needs are met.
• To be confident and competent within the Outreach setting as a lone worker in accordance with trust policy.
• Please review Job description attached for Full responsibilities and Job role.

Person Specification

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

Training & Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Level 1) RGN /RSCN.
• Post Registration qualification in speciality (ENB405 /QIS)
• Recognised Teaching and Assessors qualification Willing to undergo training in relation to post
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Advanced Neonatal Life Support
• Community care of the neonate qualification

Experience

• Significant experience in the stated specialist area
• Knowledge of neonatal outreach service management
• Understanding of current issues in neonatal healthcare Discharge Planning and community care
• Service Development and/or change management

Service Development and/or change management

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent communication skills, an ability to discuss, advise and negotiate care with medical teams
• Experience of working on own

Analytical and Judgement skills

• Good initiative
• Able to re-prioritise

Skills

Planning and organisation skills

• Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

• Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
• All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others

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.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPer annum pro rata