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Main area
Neonatal Home Care
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
164-7538467
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 On call duties are subject to this role
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/11/2025 23:59

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Lead Nurse Neonatal Home Care and Family Care

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve. We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are currently under-represented at NUH.

This is an exciting time to join Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) and be part of our neonatal senior nursing team.  We are looking for a talented, enthusiastic and motivated nurse to join us to take up the post of Lead Nurse for Neonatal Home Care and Family Care. This role will overarch the clinical areas of neonatal Home Care, family support, bereavement support, Low Dependency and discharge.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a key member of the business unit’s senior nursing team. Together with the specialty leads and the matrons, the post holder will be responsible for the delivery of safe, effective high quality care across the areas. Following the creation of an EMNODN wide home care service, the post holder will support and enhance existing outreach teams in the North East Midlands region to plan care, promote safe early discharge and transition patients from the neonatal unit to home.

You must be an experienced nurse, with outstanding leadership skills to motivate and lead the teams in your portfolio.  You should demonstrate excellent communication and the ability to manage conflicting demands. You will work within the neonatal service senior nursing team to effectively bring change through engagement with staff within NUH and other organisations within the region. 

 

 

Working for our organisation

Our Nottingham Children’s Hospital is the first children’s hospital in Europe to achieve Pathway to Excellence ® accreditation from the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center (ANCC) and are also the first acute hospital awards Magnet® accreditation for the quality of our nursing.

Nottingham is a cosmopolitan and diverse city, combining the best of old and new, and is a great place in which to live, work and play.

The three campuses of Nottingham University Hospitals are based in and around the city centre with direct access to all of the amenities and attractions. 25% of Nottingham is made up of green spaces and parks but within a short journey you can be in the spectacular surrounding countryside of the Peak District, Sherwood Forest, Rutland Water and the Lincolnshire coast.

Whilst you’re probably already familiar with Robin Hood (and yes, there is still a castle and a Sherriff), there is so much more to Nottingham than its legends.

 There is every option from contemporary city living to rural retreats on the doorstep. Nottingham has a good range of options for rental properties from city centre apartments to suburban family homes.

Nottingham’s central location also opens up a range of rental options in the East Midlands with excellent public transport links making Nottingham accessible from every angle.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Responsibilities

Please note this is an overview and not an exhaustive list of the job description and main responsibilities.

Provide responsive, compassionate, inclusive leadership and management to promote the highest standards of clinical care, patient safety and experience.

Ensure compliance with prevention and control of infections, monitoring cleaning of the environment.

Workforce management, finance and budgeting.

Ensuring the highest quality education and development of nursing staff within the neonatal units.

To act as a resource, providing advice on professional nursing issues in relation to clinical interventions, policies and protocols, service delivery and service development.

To ensure that appropriate resources are in place to support the delivery of high quality services within areas of responsibility.

Person specification

Commitment to Trust Values

Essential criteria
  • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trusts "We are here for you" behavioural standards

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • First degree or equivalent in health related subject
  • Management qualification or relevant experience
  • ENB 998 or equivalent teaching course
  • Current level 1 NMC registration
  • Neonatal qualified in speciality course
  • Newborn life support provider

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of leading and delivering programmes of change within an acute NHS setting.
  • Post registration experience including management and leadership experience
  • Knowledge of budgets/financial control
  • Leadership experience of working within a level 3 neonatal unit

Communication/Relationship Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills, written and oral
  • Ability to build successful teams
  • Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
  • Strong leadership qualities

Analytical/Judgement skills

Essential criteria
  • Influencing and negotiation
  • Service development and service improvement
  • Ability to interpret and manage a budget and resources
  • Ability to interpret trends from data and establish routes of progression
  • IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information
  • Ability to generate and present Trust and directorate level reports and documents
  • Involvement in clinical audits and the development of action plans
  • Application and interpretation of quality standards / benchmarks
  • Proven experience of analysis and interpretation of multiple components of information and both quantitative and qualitative data regarding: ; Patient feedback, Performance, Finance, Clinical outcomes, Demand and capacity, Human resources, Staff voice is heard, National benchmarks, Evidence based practice (national and local)

Planning and Organisational Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
  • Ability to deliver project outputs to tight deadlines
  • Can formulate short and long term objectives
  • Experience of working under own initiative and within a team
  • Understanding of pro-active performance management within a large clinical area

Physical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to fulfil occupational health requirements
  • Extensive driving across the region
  • Able to undertake clinical duties
  • Able to deliver core and enhanced clinical skills
  • Updated in manual handling
  • Able to transfer relevant teaching aids and materials as necessary for the delivery of educational programmes
  • Keyboard skills

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Cheryl Griffiths
Job title
Head of Nursing and Professions - Neonatal
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0115 9249924
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