Senior Staff Nurse

NHS; Truro; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider in beautiful Cornwall is seeking a passionate and dynamic Senior Staff Nurse to join their Neonatal Nursing team. This role involves providing exceptional clinical support and ensuring high standards of neonatal care. You will be responsible for delivering evidence-based nursing care, advocating for families, and leading a team in a supportive environment. The organization is committed to developing your leadership skills and offers a vibrant workplace focused on innovation and excellence in patient care. If you are ready to take on new challenges in a rewarding setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• NMC registered RN with extensive neonatal high dependency experience.
• Demonstrated leadership and managerial skills in a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality clinical support to the Neonatal Nursing team.
• Ensure evidence-based care for infants and families.
• Act as an advocate for infants and families, ensuring proper support.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Clinical Expertise

Team Management

Education

NMC Registered RN

Qualified in Specialty

NLS Trainer

Job description

Are you interested in a new challenge as well as a new start in beautiful Cornwall? We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and motivated person to join our team of Band 6 Senior Staff Nurses, who can provide high quality clinical support to our Neonatal Nursing team. You will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, be able to demonstrate leadership and managerial skills as well as possessing clinical expertise in the speciality. If you are excited by the challenges of working within a Neonatal Unit, have a passion for high standards of neonatal care, an innovative and progressive attitude with a desire to facilitate staff development this could be the role for you. We are committed to developing your leadership and managerial skills. We have recently improved the environment for families and staff which will help us in our work towards achieving gold standard for UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative and the BLISS Baby Charter.

Please call Helen Greenhill (Matron) Claire Tregonning or Mel Frost (Neonatal Sisters) on 01872 252667 if would like to find out more, we would love to speak to you and organise an informal visit. Also please look at our brand new virtual tour within this advert, the unit is as lovely as it looks on film!

Main duties of the job

• To be a clinical expert within the speciality, with the ability to offer all aspects of nursing care at intensive, high dependency and special care levels.
• To ensure provision of excellent, evidence based care for infants and their families.
• Ensure each infant is assessed, care is planned, implemented and evaluated in negotiation with the family, and that this is accurately documented.
• Promote Family Centred Care and ensure the provision of a welcoming, caring safe environment for the infants and their families.
• To act as an advocate for the infant and family, ensuring the provision of appropriate information and support services.
• Discharge planning is commenced at point of admission, liaising with the multidisciplinary team, other departments and community services.
• Develop and maintain the clinical skills and knowledge to provide clinically effective, holistic, evidence based nursing care, as reflected within the Scope of Professional Practice.
• To be aware of the uses, safety precautions and handling of equipment in the department and in the community.
• Review of policies and standards for the safe use of equipment and any new equipment introduced to the department.
• Complete and facilitate others completing the neonatal competency packs.
• Co-ordinate arrangements, effectively communicate with other hospitals, and participate in the transfer of critically ill infants to agreed referral centres.
• Attend deliveries as part of the multi professional resuscitation team.

About us

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Job responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Right to work in the UK

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We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC registered RN
• Qualified in Specialty
• NLS trainer

Experience

• Extensive Neonatal High dependency experience
• Team lead experience
• Shift leader experience
• Experience managing change

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.