Staff Nurse - NICU

Queen Elizabeth Hospital; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Queen Elizabeth Hospital is seeking a registered nurse with neonatal or paediatric experience for a 12‑month Staff Nurse secondment in the NICU. You will support a family-centred service, promote high-quality care and guide fellow staff.

Demonstrated commitment to infection control, confidentiality and the NMC Code of Professional Conduct is essential. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective care and responsive patient support.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with neonatal or paediatric experience.
• Adherence to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Commitment to confidentiality and information governance.

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering a family-centred, clinically effective NICU service.
• Support and guide nursing staff to ensure seamless NICU operations.
• Co-ordinate patient progress and communicate changes to the multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain infection prevention guidelines and accurate clinical records.
• Be a role model and flexible in shift patterns, including occasional weekday daytime work.

Skills

Neonatal nursing

Paediatric experience

Team communication

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Job description

Are you a registered nurse with neonatal or paediatric experience looking for a new opportunity? If so we would love to hear from you!

This is a 12 month Staff Nurse vacancy to cover an internal secondment.

You will be assisting in the delivery of a family-centered, clinically effective and dynamic service in our NICU department.

You should be caring, compassionate, forward thinking, well organised and have a positive attitude towards flexibility and change.

You will be promoting and implementing practice conducive to the development of high quality patient care for our neonates and their families as well as providing support and guidance to staff.

If this role fits your profile, we would love you to join our team.

Working within our Staff Nurse team in our NICU, you will

support the whole nursing team with duties to ensure seamless running of the NICU.

Work and communicate well with the multi-disciplinary team.

Ensure practice is in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional

Conduct and work within limits of competence.

To ensure confidentiality of information (written, verbal, electronic) is

maintained, whilst being aware of the Freedom for Information Act.

To co-ordinate and monitor the progress of patients within their plan of

care and to promptly and effectively communicate relevant changes in

patient status to the multi-disciplinary team.

Ensure Infection prevention and control guidelines and procedures are

followed and high standards are maintained.

Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, carers, significant

others, the multi-disciplinary team and support services.

To ensure the safe custody, supply and administration of drugs and

therapeutic substances in accordance with Trust policy.

To plan, develop and implement approaches to promote health and well

being.

To ensure that clinical records and documentation are maintained

accurately.

To ensure that Trust policies and procedures are adhered to by all staff.

To be competent in a role during emergency situations.

To act as a role model.

To have a flexible attitude to working shifts and be available to work at

least 1 weekday day shift per month to ensure good communication with

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.