Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Band 6 Neonatal Unit
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Would you like to be a part of something amazing? Do you want to work in the award-winning purpose-built Dyson Centre for neonatal care? Would you like to work within a dynamic ward accredited team who put Family integrated and developmental care, and safety at the centre of all we do? Well look no further!
Job summary
We are very excited to be looking for a motivated Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to join our friendly team in Bath. We want an enthusiastic practitioner with excellent assessment and communication skills, eager to develop their clinical neonatal and leadership skills. Passionate about improving neonatal care and improving the experience of babies and their families. You will support staff to enable them to maintain high standards of clinical care and act as a role model.
We have a purpose-built unit designed for our family's and team needs. Family integrated care is our core focus. We are a UNICEF Neonatal Baby Friendly fully accredited unit which we're immensely proud of. We pride ourselves in our open and encouraging culture, for a team approach to quality improvement.
We have an embedded Transitional Care pathway and an established Outreach service. We are actively involved in the South West Neonatal Network. We have a team of AHPs including a Psychologist who all offer fantastic added support.
Substantive and fixed-term developmental roles considered with potential Relocation Packages available on appointment.
Main duties of the job
You will have excellent management and communication skills and take charge of the unit, demonstrating effective clinical skills of a high quality, looking after special, high dependency and Intensive care babies. You will have managerial responsibility and accountability in the absence of the Lead Nurse for the Neonatal Unit for the twenty-four hour care delivery and management of the ward/area of work, including the supervision of staff and students. Expected to maintain a visible presence in the ward/area of work and provide a clear focus for effective clinical leadership to the nursing team. In return you will be supported by our skilled senior nursing and medical team.
About us
At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. We value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
Job responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* NMC Registered Childrens Nurse, Adult Nurse or Midwife
* Post Registration training in speciality
Desirable
* Teaching and assessing qualification eg FLAP or equivalent
* NLS
Experience
Essential
* NMC Registered Childrens Nurse, Adult Nurse or Midwife with 3 years relevant clinical experience
Desirable
* Management qualification/course
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Address
NICU Princess Ann Wing, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NG
Employer's website
https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/
£35,392 to £42,618 a year, pro rata. Dependant on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
427-6928544
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