Staff Nurse - Neonatal Unit

West Suffolk Nhs Foundation Trust; West Stow; Presencial; GBP 32 000 - 42 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Registered Nurse/General Nurse or Midwife for its Neonatal Unit. The unit is Level 1 with 12 cots, providing short-term intensive care, high dependency care and special care for sick and preterm babies from 30 weeks gestation.

The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care. The role requires autonomous working, excellent communication with families, and commitment to professional

Qualificações

• NMC Registration or newly Qualified.
• RGN Degree / Diploma.
• Willing to undertake neonatal training.
• Recent previous acute experience within the NHS.

Responsabilidades

• For full details of the Job role and person specification, please see attached Job Description.
• The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.

Conhecimentos

NMC Registration

Neonatal training

Communication skills

Team player

Data protection

Continuing Professional Development

IT skills

Attention to detail

Patient confidentiality

Empathy

Formação académica

RGN Degree / Diploma

NMC Registration

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job summary

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

The Neonatal Unit at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is a Level 1 Unit with 12 cots. We provide short term intensive care, high dependency care and special care for sick and preterm infants from 30 weeks gestation (multiples from 32 weeks). We have facilities to stabilise babies if born before 30 weeks, prior to their transfer to a tertiary unit for ongoing care. We have 1 ITC cot, 3 HD, 8 SC as well as Neonatal Transitional Care and a Neonatal Community Service. Around 500 babies are admitted to our unit every year.

We are dedicated to delivering excellent family integrated care, have achieved the GOLD Bliss Baby Charter Accreditation, and are now working towards Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) stage 2 accreditation.

We are a small, supportive and friendly team, looking for a Registered Children's Nurse, General Nurse, or Midwife to join us who is passionate and who can deliver the highest quality care. The successful candidate(s) will need to be committed to working autonomously as well as within a team, have excellent communication skills with an ability to develop solid relationships with women and their families, whilst working alongside neonatal nurses, midwives, medics, as well as the wider multidisciplinary team. There are band 6 QIS nurses on every shift for support.

Main duties of the job

For full details of the Job role and person specification, please see attached Job Description.

The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.

About us

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high‑quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children’s ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Job responsibilities

For full details of the Job role and person specification, please see attached Job Description.

The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registration or newly Qualified
• RGN Degree / Diploma
• Willing to undertake neonatal training
• Recent previous acute experience within the NHS

Desirable

• Neonatal nursing experience
• ENB 997/998 or equivalent teaching qualification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Organisational skills
• Experience of working in an inpatient environment
• IT skills
• Evidence of continuous Professional Development

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of working with staff and patients of various background/cultures

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Commitment to neonatal nursing
• Understands the importance of patient confidentiality and Data Protection
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work calmly in a busy environment
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Team player, able to problem solve and meet team objectives
• Confident to work under own initiative
• Accurate with attention to detail
• An awareness of current political and professional issues
• Supports patient and staff equality and diversity
• Ability to provide patients with an environment which supports privacy and dignity
• Ability to show empathy and compassion to patients and their relatives

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).