Job summary
Employer heading
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
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
- Edward Knowler
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
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