Sister/Charge Nurse - PANDR (Neonatal)

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site leisure facilities

Discounted bus travel

Free Park and Ride

Staff parking subsidies

24/7 hot meals on site

Staff pod break spaces

Caf on campus

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced NICU qualified nurse to join the neonatal retrieval team. You will deliver direct clinical care to infants during emergency and elective transfers, using teamwork and leadership to ensure safe, high-quality care for babies, families and staff.

CUH supports flexible arrangements to promote work-life balance. We value leadership, emotional intelligence and organised teamwork, with opportunities to contribute to

Qualifications

• Must hold First Level Registration and Neonatal Critical Care qualification.
• Teaching/mentorship qualification preferred.
• Neonatal Life Support certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical care to infants requiring emergency and elective transfer.
• Demonstrate effective team working and leadership in the neonatal retrieval service.
• Contribute to governance and service development through feedback and collaboration.

Skills

Team leadership

Calm under pressure

Emotional intelligence

Organised

Feedback for service improvement

Education

First Level Registration

Neonatal Critical Care qualification

Teaching / mentorship qualification

Neonatal Life Support Course

Safeguarding level 3 (A)

Degree in relevant health related subject

Leadership qualification

Shift leader experience

Job description

Are you an experienced NICU qualified nurse looking for an exciting career opportunity? We are currently looking to recruit dynamic nurses to join our neonatal retrieval team., You will be responsible for providing direct clinical care to infants requiring emergency and elective transfer. Team working ability and leadership skills will be used to ensure safe and effective delivery of the service for staff, parents and babies according to the CUH Trust values and behaviours., CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Qualifications and Experience

• First Level Registration
• Neonatal Critical Care qualification
• Teaching / mentorship qualification
• Neonatal Life Support Course
• Safeguarding level 3 (A), Enhanced Nursing Skills Qualification (ENP)
• Degree in relevant health related subject
• Leadership qualification, Tertiary level neonatal nursing experience
• Shift leader experience
• Transferring infants between departments internally
• Experience of being involved in governance processes which help to develop the service and measure, Experience of surgical neonatal nursing
• Transferring infants externally
• NHS experience, Awareness of professional issues
• Knowledge of team working dynamics
• Emotional intelligence, Organised
• Ability to be calm under pressure
• Effective team member
• Able to take responsibility and use feedback for service improvement
• Basic IT skills, The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live. You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Eligibility and Working Arrangements

As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver. Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full-time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full-time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

Benefits

• including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries.
• Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site.
• Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals.
• We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
• On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues.
• Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces.
• Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge.

Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.