Senior Neonatal Practitioner | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust; Bolton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Bolton is seeking a compassionate and experienced neonatal nurse to join their dedicated team. This role focuses on providing comprehensive care to neonates and requires effective communication with families. Applicants should have experience in neonatology, and while leadership experience is preferred, training will be provided. Flexible working patterns are available to support work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Experience in providing care and support to neonates and their families.
• Ability to demonstrate necessary knowledge and skills for neonatal care.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality assessment and care for neonates.
• Contribute to management of the neonatal team.
• Communicate effectively with families and the broader medical team.
• Work internal rotational shifts covering days, nights, and weekends.

Skills

Neonatal care

Effective communication

Leadership experience

Compassionate care

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a compassionate, caring and experienced neonatal nurse to join our neonatal team at Bolton.

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and proactive registered neonatal nurses to provide care and support to babies requiring all levels of neonatal care and their families.

We are looking to appoint nurses ideally with leadership experience, though not essential as full support and training will be provided for senior band 5 nurses who are able to demonstrate the necessary knowledge and skills to fulfil this role.

The aim of this post is to utilise and further develop specialist skills in order to provide the highest standard of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised care.

To participate and contribute to the management of the neonatal team.

To communicate effectively with the infant's family / caregivers, the wider MDT and pertinent agencies inside and outside of the organisation.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provide services across the north west side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services in Bolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. We have recently been given a CQC rating of Good. Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here for a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare. The Trust offer a range of flexible working patterns to enable our staff to balance their work and personal life.

We are a 36 bedded unit comprising of 9 ICU, 7 HDU and 19 Sc and our philosophy is to deliver the highest quality evidence based family centred care for our babies and their families.

We would like you to join our established neonatal team where we will support you to continue your professional development.

The applicant will need experience in neonates, be up to date with present research within the speciality and offer a positive attitude, commitment and determination to provide a high standard of care.

The successful applicants will be expected to work internal rotational shifts covering both days, nights and some weekends.

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

This advert closes on Monday 8 Dec 2025