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Job summary

Main area
Neonatology
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
290-RWCCS-1288-2
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Queen Charlotte's Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£42,471 - £50,364 pa inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/06/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Neonatal Nurse

Band 6

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

 

 

 

Job overview

Join our award-winning team and make a profound difference in the lives of new mothers and their babies at our neonatal unit, rated "Outstanding" by the CQC. 

We are seeking neonatal nurses to join us at either Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital  or St Mary’s Hospital. Whether you are a QIS Neonatal Nurse or  a nurses on the QIS pathway, as well as experienced Band 5’s aspiring to commence the QIS course, we want to hear from you. This opportunity is your gateway to excel in a career where every day you make a life-changing impact. Whether it's providing cooling therapy, complex respiratory support, or treatment for ROP, your role is pivotal in offering our patients the best start in life.

Why Imperial? Our neonatal units are at the forefront of neonatal care, serving nearly 1000 babies annually with compassion and cutting-edge treatments.

As we expand, adding 20% more ITU capacity and embracing the challenges of increasing neonatal care demands, we’re enhancing our Quality in Specialty Nurses team to ensure every infant receives one-to-one care. This commitment not only improves outcomes but ensures each of our patients can go home to live a full life.

At our Trust, big thinking and rapid progression are encouraged, supported by outstanding learning opportunities. You’ll work alongside leading clinicians at one of the UK’s first academic health science centers, pushing boundaries in patient care and research.

Main duties of the job

  • To deliver safe, efficient, compassionate and excellent individualised nursing care for babies and their family.
  • To promote Integrated family delivered care within Neonatal services
  • To reduce risk and maintain patient and staff safety; take lead in investigating clinical incidents and identify ways to improve practice
  • To effectively communicate with family/carers, the multidisciplinary team and agencies outside the organisation
  • To supervise, support and assess learning/development of junior staff, pre-registration nursing and midwifery students, nursing associates and nursery nurses.
  • To participate in research on the clinical floor
  • We expect all our staff to share the Trust values that are Kind, Expert, Aspirational, Collaborative and behave in a way that reflects these.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.  

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews  please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RN/ RSCN/ RN Child / RM
  • Neonatal Qualification in Speciality or Equivalent (eg ENB 405)
Desirable criteria
  • NMC Standards of Student Supervision and Assessment(SSSA) Qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Recent experience of caring for sick neonates in ITU/HDU/SCBU
  • Leading a small team
  • Supporting students and junior members of staff
Desirable criteria
  • 6 Months experience post QIS Neonatal Qualification

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to lead a team
  • Adaptable and responsive to changing needs
  • Coaching skills
  • Demonstrates an understanding of managing resources and clinical risk
Desirable criteria
  • 2More advanced computer skills, use of Microsoft Office and similar tools

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employerAccredited Living Wage EmployerNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeWe Work Flexibly

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Edward Knowler
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]