Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Pro rata per annum inc HCAS (outer London)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Pro rata per annum inc HCAS (outer London))
- Job ref
- 343-7581937-UB-RB-Y
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom general hospital
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £35,763 - £43,466 Pro rata per annum inc HCAS (outer London)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
Are you newly qualified and looking for a small friendly unit to begin your neonatal career in or an experienced nurse wishing to make a difference? If so this is the role for you.
We are a level 1 SCBU with 6 cots, caring for premature babies from 34 weeks gestation and term babies requiring enhanced levels of care. We also have a level 2 LNU on the St Helier's site for babies from 27 weeks onward. We encourage both adult and newly qualified nurses to apply as role specific training will be provide in the form of a comprehensive orientation program and access to the neonatal qualified in speciality course.
If you would like to discuss the role or arrange a short visit please contact Ramoneth Devenecia SCBU & Transitional care lead.
Main duties of the job
- Direct care for babies from 34 weeks onwards requiring thing such as CPAP, phototherapy and feeding support. Stabilisation and immediate resuscitation of babies requiring level 2/3 care prior to transferring out.
-Work with families to empower them to become the primary carers and partners in care for their babies.
-Competent in administering drugs and utilising equipment.
-Please see Job Description for full duties and responsibilities
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Degree in nursing
Desirable criteria
- Qualified in speciality (SCBU, HDU, ITU) or willingness to undertake
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Ability to organise/prioritise own workload. • Ability to be responsive/reactive and flexible. • Able to promote team spirit • Good verbal and written communication skills. • Good interpersonal skills • Organisational Skills • Good working knowledge professional nursing issues relating to children e.g. safeguarding
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of BFI standards
Other
Essential criteria
- • Polite and Pleasant Manner • Enthusiastic/Motivated • Team spirited • Ability to cope with stress • Flexible and Adaptable
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ramoneth Devenecia
- Job title
- SCBU Ward manager & Transitional care lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01372735279
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