Neonatal Unit Sister

Job summary
We are recruiting for an experienced neonatal intensive care sister/charge nurse to join our friendly and supportive team at the Royal London Hospital.

This post has great opportunity for learning, development and career growth. Learn to develop your skills and increase your knowledge by becoming an experienced tertiary level neonatal nurse, caring for a range of sick neonates from both the extreme prematurity to term gestation, providing surgical and medical interventions to maintain these precious tiny lives.This career path will allow you to develop your portfolio, experience working within a large friendly diverse team, always willing to share and teach, caring for some of the sickest babies but experiencing the joy of seeing them discharged to home with family.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide support to members of the neonatl team and carries responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programme of care and setting standards. This will include the delivery of education and training programmes which incorporate mandatory training, clinical and enhanced skill within Neonatology.

About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job 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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse, Children's Nurse or Midwife
• Mentorship and assessment in the clinical area or equivalent
• Neonatal course (all modules)

Desirable

• Neonatal Life Support

Experience
Essential

• Neonatal experience at staff nurse level in intensive care or local neonatal unit.
• Proven professional competence.
• Awareness of research and audit
• Evidence of continuing education in relevant field of practice.

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of NMC working codes for medications, documentation, conduct and professionalism

Skills
Essential

• Good level of skill in computer usage - able to use NHS data bases, input data and retrieve information.
• Awareness of current issues and reforms in the NHS and neonatal services.
• Awareness of the Toolkit for high quality neonatal services.
• Excellent understanding of safeguarding issues.

Desirable

• Experience of good budgetary control and efficient use of resources.
• Desire for service improvement and efficiencies.

Other
Essential

• Internal rotation and shift working
• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to present and contribute at multidisciplinary meeting.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).