Special Care Baby Unit Nurse

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Carlisle is seeking a Special Care Baby Unit Nurse (Band 5) to provide family-centred care for neonates. The role includes managing care for preterm and unwell babies, working closely with multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring adherence to professional conduct. Applicants should be registered nurses with requisite training. Competitive salary ranging from £31,049 to £37,796, with various employee benefits including NHC discounts, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Confidential counselling service

Qualifications

• Must have active registration as a nurse.
• Completed clinical placements in various areas.
• NMC code of professional conduct awareness.

Responsibilities

• Manage and provide all aspects of patient care.
• Liaise effectively with the multidisciplinary team.
• Advocate for the baby and their family.

Skills

Effective communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to work as a team member

Good organisational skills

Ability to mentor junior staff

Compassionate values and behaviours

Education

Registered Sick Children's Nurse / RN Child or Midwife

Job description

Go back North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Special Care Baby Unit Nurse

The closing date is 27 January 2026

Band 5 Special Care Baby Unit Nurse - 30.00 - CIC

As a Band 5 nurse you are expected to provide family‑centred, developmentally appropriate care to preterm and unwell babies. You will be required to work towards achieving your Qualification in the Speciality of the nursing care of neonates, learn to manage care of special care, high dependency and stabilisation and transfer of babies requiring intensive care treatment. You will also be required to complete Newborn Life Support training and Family and Infant Neurodevelopment Education (FINE) training. There is an expectation that you support students on the ward and liaise effectively with the multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

You will manage and provide all aspects of patient care, assessing care needs, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care for the babies and their families. You need to liaise effectively with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and apply family‑centred care as a basic principle. The trust operates an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy and you will practice according to its principles and in accordance with the NMC code of conduct and record‑keeping guidelines. You will work alongside the nurse in charge, the MDT and the Northern Neonatal Network team to make the best possible decisions for babies and their families. You are expected to manage care in accordance with infection prevention and control guidelines and support the nurse in change to ensure a safe environment for the babies while maintaining knowledge and competency of the neonatal equipment. Fundamentally, you are expected to advocate for the baby and their family.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our five key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of "safe, high quality care every time"

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the वाली of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work. Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

The Trust will provide a twelve month preceptorship period for New to registration Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals.

Registered Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

• Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one‑off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees nettoyer suivants benefits:

• 27‑day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
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• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work‑related problems
• *Subject to eligibility

Bitte ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Sick Children’s Nurse / RN Child or Midwife with active registration.
• Registered Adult Nurses would be considered.

Experience

• Completed clinical placements in a variety of areas
• Relevant field of nursing.
• Supporting students.

Knowledge

• Continuing professional development with portfolio
• NMC code of professional conduct.
• Safeguarding awareness.
• High अ dependency care
• Specialist care of neonates

Skills and Aptitudes

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work as a team member, without close supervision.
• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to act as a mentor to HCA's / Junior staff.
• Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
• Motivation, interest and enthusiasm in caring for children and their families.
• Understands responsibility of position.
• Understands the need for flexibility.
• Reassuring under pressure.
• Open/Reflective/Warm.
• Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable.

Personal Circumstance

• Motivation, interest and enthusiasm in caring for children and their families.
• Understands the need for flexibility.
• Understands responsibility of position.
• Reassuring under pressure.
• Open/Reflective/Warm.
• Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable.

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.

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearPer Annum Pro Rata