Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Day/Night/ Weekend shifts)
- Job ref
- 337-NP-9842DG
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £36,943 - £44,900 Inclusive of HCAS pro rata - per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Neonatal Staff Nurse
Band 5
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Job Summary:
He/she will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care needs of a group of special care infants and their families without direct supervision.
He/she will provide a high standard of direct nursing care.
Supervision and support of junior and unqualified members of staff, assisting with their on-going development at all times.
The post holder will be an effective communicator, liaising closely with all service users in order to benefit the infant’s well-being.
This is a development post, designed to provide an individual pathway to qualified Neonatal Nurse status.
Main duties of the job
- To provide full care to High Dependency and Special Care infants and their family under the direction of qualified neonatal nurses.
- To participate in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care provided to individual infants and their families.
- To be an advocate to the neonate.
- To ensure that parents/carers achieve confidence with assistance and support to enable them to care for their baby in preparation for discharge.
- To ensure appropriate documentation of care in accordance with NMC guidelines.
- To safely administer prescribed medications and to monitor their effects.
- To ensure competency and safe maintenance of all medical devices within the sphere of responsibility.
- Respond to any adverse effects or deterioration in the baby’s condition with appropriate degree of urgency and support the team when these situations occur.
- To manage child protection concerns promptly and sensitively according to departmental and Trust guidelines.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Essential/Desirable
Essential criteria
- RN/RSCN/RM
- Ability to undertake specialist modules and demonstrate an interest in self development
- Experience working within the NHS and knowledge of the function of a Neonatal Unit.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with parents, being partners in shared care of their child
- Able to work under pressure in an intensive and high stress environment
- Computer Literacy
Essential
Essential criteria
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work as part of a MDT
- Evidence of enthusiasm for developing neonatal practice and continuing professional development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Ann Jones
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07719162659
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