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Client: Hampshire Hospitals NHS

Location: Basingstoke

Job Category: Other

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Job Reference: 8afa536047b0

Job Views: 3

Posted: 12.08.2025

Expiry Date: 26.09.2025

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen within the Neonatal Unit for a nursery nurse to join our team. We are a local neonatal unit with 14 cots, including 2 intensive care beds, 2 high dependency beds, 10 special care cots, and a 4-bed transitional care unit, caring for mothers and small babies together.

If you are an enthusiastic and highly motivated nursery nurse who wants to deliver high-quality family-centered care, this opportunity is for you.

You will be currently practicing as a nursery nurse, have completed an NVQ level 3 in childcare, and have excellent standards of nursing practice. Opportunities to develop your neonatal skills as well as further education and training are actively supported.

The successful applicant will be expected to be flexible in the area they work on, including work days, nights, and weekends. Part-time hours will be considered.

To work within the NNU as part of the multidisciplinary team, promoting the unit philosophy of family-centered care.

To provide a high standard of nursing care under the supervision of qualified team members.

To work with senior staff to assess patients, plan and implement care, and maintain records. Ensure effective communication and close working relationships with colleagues within the hospital, parents, carers, and patients.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement, and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centers in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare abdominal cancer) and are leaders in tertiary liver and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs over 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million annually. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors, who represent their constituencies and influence the trust's future plans.

Manage a group of patients under supervision, providing evidence-based care. Work with supervision and as part of a team in assessing, planning, delivering, and evaluating care for children in the hospital setting.

Manage time and workload effectively to ensure smooth service operation.

Adhere to Trust policies and procedures.

Develop and maintain clinical skills according to individual objectives and service needs, such as neonatal and high dependency care, nasogastric feeding, oxygen therapy, etc., in line with unit guidelines.

Utilize and promote therapeutic play as part of care delivery and child development.

Contribute to the development of unit policies and procedures.

Report safeguarding concerns immediately to the senior nurse. Support mothers with breastfeeding, artificial feeding, and nasogastric feeding, in line with Trust policies and BFI recommendations.

Qualifications

• NNEB or NVQ3 in Childcare

Experience

• Experience in a hospital setting

Communication

• Good written and oral communication skills

Skills and ability

• Self-directed and able to work autonomously