Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to join our amazing Neonatal team as a Band 5 Staff Nurse.   We currently have several positions available and would consider both full and part time positions.

Main duties of the job

The essential criteria are RGN/RN Child/RM with neonatal experience being desirable.  Newly qualified nurses will also be considered, offering a preceptorship programme.

Our busy level 2 Unit is part of a regional delivery network and has 3 ICU, 4 HDC and 8 SC cots.  Successful applicants will be joining a dynamic neonatal team, providing all aspects of neonatal care.

The post holder will be an excellent communicator, carer, mentor, role model, advocate and facilitator.

There will be opportunity to develop and excel in areas such as breastfeeding, skin care, palliative and family integrated care.

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE. The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.  Leighton were the first Neonatal Unit in the North West to secure both the BFI Accreditation and FiCare accreditation in 2022.