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Job summary

Main area
ITU / HDU
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (shift work)
Job ref
159-LWH-129-25
Employer
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Liverpool Women's Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/07/2025 23:59

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Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust logo

Neonatal Nurse

Band 5

Liverpool Women’s NHS FT became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

At Liverpool Women’s Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.

We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

Liverpool Women’s has an excellent reputation and is a centre of excellence. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career for many years to come.

We invite you to review why Liverpool Women's Hospital is a great place to work:  https://vimeo.com/556197652 

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Job overview

Neonatal care in Liverpool is going through an exciting period of change with the £15 million development of the Liverpool Women’s Hospital (LWH) site and the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership (LNP) with Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (AHCH) to develop a single service across the city.

Our new £15m extension was completed in February 2020, providing a state of the art environment for the babies and families of Liverpool. The NICU at LWH is a dynamic, diverse and growing service renowned for high standards of clinical care, research and education. The team at LWH work closely with the surgical team at AHCH to deliver a single neonatal service across the city.

A new build within AHCH is now underway to provide a Surgical Neonatal Intensive Unit.

The LNP is closely integrated with the regional fetal, maternal medicine departments; we work in partnership to deliver babies requiring complex neonatal care for cardiac abnormalities, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, EXIT procedures and antenatal diagnosed abnormalities. We are also the tertiary NICU for Cheshire and Merseyside.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will function as clinical practitioners within all areas of the neonatal service  and rotate to AHCH neonatal services using knowledge and skills to achieve optimum outcome for the neonate and family in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team. 

You will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for the neonate in partnership with the family in high dependency and intensive care nurseries and for co-ordinating, supervising and supporting the neonatal staff within an identified clinical area.

With experience you  will be required to act as room leader and be responsible for supervising and mentoring junior staff, basic and post basic students within the neonatal service.

 

Working for our organisation

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and families. Each year we deliver over 7,500 babies, carry out over 49,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly & preterm newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles and have over 4,000 genetic appointments taking place. We believe that this along with a strong dedication to research & innovation makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

We have some of the leading experts in their field, which has been showcased on national TV and news, making our teams famous across the world for professionalism, skill & compassion.

The Trust is constantly innovating and evolving it’s services to provide the most cutting edge and modern care possible. As well as developing services on our current site we have long-term aspirations for the future. We have recently launched a number of new strategies which provide a detailed long-term plan for our services.

Check out why Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work using the links below:

Video: https://vimeo.com/556197652

Online brochure: https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/media/4121/recruitment-pack-great-place-to-work-16pp-v4-final.pdf

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To work as part of the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership based in both LWH and AHCH delivering individualised care to the neonate in both medicine and surgery.
  • Responsible for delivering care for the neonate in partnership with the family in all areas of the neonatal unit with supervision / guidance when required.
  • Responsible for mentoring pre-registration students and more junior members of staff within the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership
  • To act as room leader as appropriate as required
  • Rotation within the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership

Person specification

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Keyboard skills
  • Evidence of team working
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
  • Awareness of planning and prioritising workload
  • Research awareness
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of leadership

Experience

Desirable criteria
  • Relevant neonatal experience
  • Competent to work in all areas of the NICU
  • Recent mentoring experience
  • Relevant Neonatal Surgical experience

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Basic level 1 registered nurse i.e. RN, RSCN, RM
Desirable criteria
  • Degree level studies
  • Intention to obtain qualification in the speciality
  • Post basic mentoring course

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Enthusiastic, motivated and committed to neonatal nursing
  • Calm and approachable
  • Reliable
  • Caring and Considerate

Health

Essential criteria
  • Capable of bending, lifting and standing

Special Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Flexible working Patterns

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoInvestors in People: GoldCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jackie Balmer
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01517089988
Additional information

Samantha [email protected]