Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 269-SFT9262
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 pa pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Registered Nurse Neonatal Unit
Band 5
Job overview
The Maternity Services are seeking to recruit motivated and enthusiastic neonatal nurses to join our friendly team caring for mothers and babies in the neonatal unit. The post holder will work under the supervision of the lead nurse to achieve quality care for mothers and babies. The job will entail working in the neonatal intensive care unit and offering some transitional care support on the postnatal ward. Offering advice and support to mothers and their babies over a range of issues from infant feeding to information about safety in the home. Within the neonatal unit the focus of care will be on those babies requiring special care, high dependency care and intensive care.
The successful applicants will need to demonstrate:
- Registered Nurse or Midwife registration
- With evidence of completion of a nationally recognised Intensive care and High dependency care of the new born qualification eg QIS
- Excellent Communication skills both written and verbal
- An understanding of customer care
- Ability to manage their work load on the allocation of a midwife or nurse
- Good team working ability
- Basic computer literacy
Main duties of the job
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered
- Qualified in Speciality ( Neonates )
Desirable criteria
- Post Qualification in Speciality (Neonates) experience
- Resus Council NLS
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience post QIS within a Neonatal Unit
- Experience caring for babies requiring ventilation
- Experience in stabilising the sick and preterm infant
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge or experience of delivering FiCare
Desirable criteria
- Sensory beginnings or FINE
- Venepuncture and cannulation skills
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
- Denise Wight
- Job title
- Acting Neonatal Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722425180
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