Staff Nurse - Neonatal Outreach Team

Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the UK seeks experienced senior staff nurses to join its Neonatal Outreach Nursing Team. The role involves delivering high-quality nursing care to neonates at home while promoting early discharge and reducing hospital admissions. Candidates should have a strong background in neonatal nursing and be committed to patient advocacy and family support in a community setting. This opportunity offers a chance to work within one of the largest neonatal units in the country.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Support for professional development

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in neonatal nursing is essential.
• Ability to manage a group of patients independently.
• Knowledgeable in assessment and planning of care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist nursing care to neonates at home.
• Lead discharge planning effectively.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for patient care.

Skills

Autonomous practice

Clinical supervision

Patient advocacy

High-quality nursing care

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

We are looking for ambitious senior staff nurses to join the Neonatal Outreach Nursing Team on the Neonatal Unit at the Evelina London Children's Hospital. We are a large supportive neonatal team who take pride in the high standards of care that we deliver and this is clearly demonstrated in the positive outcomes of the infants that we care for. We are one of the biggest and busiest neonatal units in the country with a well established Neonatal Outreach Team offering a 7 day service in the community and can offer a wealth of experience to enhance your career as a neonatal nurse. Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in our hospitals and throughout our local community, continues to grow. We support families from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life. We strive to recruit and retain staff who are motivated to develop and learn with us as we continually strive to ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe, and focused on women, children and their families. We are delighted to offer outstanding opportunities for experienced neonatal nurses who are eager to further develop their careers within a community setting. Our tertiary referral centre comprises 20 NICU cots, 12 HDU cots, 14 Special Care cots and 8 Transitional Care cots, providing an exceptional range of clinical experience. We care for infants with complex surgical, cardiac, neurological, renal and metabolic conditions, in addition to those born prematurely.

As a member of the Neonatal Outreach Team, you will work as an autonomous practitioner, delivering high-quality, specialist nursing care to neonates within their own homes. You will play a key role in facilitating early discharge, reducing length of stay, and preventing avoidable hospital admissions. In this role, you will also provide clinical supervision to colleagues and students, ensuring safe, effective, and compassionate care. You will consistently promote dignity, human rights, and person-centred principles in all aspects of practice.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading timely and effective discharge planning
• Providing family-centred support and follow-up care in the home environment
• Working independently while contributing to a dynamic and supportive multidisciplinary team
• Collaborating closely with Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) and Transitional Care teams
• Assessing neonatal care needs, developing personalised care plans, and implementing and evaluating care without direct supervision, Independently manage a group of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care
• Demonstrate appropriate practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations.
• Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products
• Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the speciality. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
• Act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
• Ensure that patients' receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
• Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
• To provide leadership, support and guidance to staff in monitoring the planning delivery and evaluation of individualised care.
• Is wholly accountable for his / her practice in line with the NMC code of professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve his / her knowledge and professional competence.
• Ensure safe and effective care for complex patients requiring advance clinical skills and responsible for carrying out specialist nursing procedures to area.
• Ensure that sensitive patient records are stored appropriately.
• Ensures the cultural and spiritual needs of patients are recognised and accommodated within resources available.
• Support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisions relating to their treatment and management.
• Participate in case conferences in relation to the management of patients, ensuring the coordination of ongoing care.
• Ensure staff take precautions to minimise the risk of cross infection in relation to the safe disposal of body fluids (including blood).
• A key member of the multidisciplinary team in supporting patients and their carers during the delivery of bad news such as caring for the terminally ill patients and the event of death.

Please see attached Job Description for details of duties and responsibilities.

Flexible Working

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking into account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Eligibility & Equal Opportunity

Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on the UK Government website.

Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

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