The neonatal intensive care unit is a major regional centre operating within the East of England Neonatal Network. It undertakes the full range of neonatal intensive care, including neonatal surgery. The surgical workload includes a wide range of neonatal surgical abnormalities including those which may lead to long term nutritional or feeding problems that require specialist gastroenterology input. A regional retrieval service is offered for transport of neonates requiring intensive care.
Main duties of the job
Duties will be in the neonatal department on the Tier 1 rota. There will be a mixture of long day/night shifts [12.5 hours] and shorter day shifts. Duties will be divided between Intensive/High Dependency Care, Special and Transitional Care and the care of infants on the post-natal wards. Duties will be shared with junior trainees [ST1-3] and Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners and supervision and education will be provided by Consultants.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff! The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world. We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N& N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
* Flexible working hours
* Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
* Multi Faith prayer room
* Discounted gym memberships
* Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
* Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
* Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
* Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
* On-site Nursery
* On-site cafes offering staff discounts
* Support in career development
* Flexible staff bank
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for further information and details regarding the post and contact information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Full registration with the GMC and with Licence to Practise
* Basic medical qualification (MB BS or equivalent)
Desirable
* Higher degree MRCPCH or equivalent
Personal skills
Essential
* Communication Skills: Capacity to communicate effectively at different levels, e.g. with babies, young people and their families
* Empathy & Sensitivity: Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding
* Managing Others & Team Involvement
* Capacity to work cooperatively with others & work effectively in a multidisciplinary team
* Problem Solving & Decision Making: Demonstrates an analytic approach to practice. Capacity to bring a range of approaches to solving problems
* Coping with Pressure: Capacity to manage acute situations under pressure. Demonstrates initiative & resilience to cope with changing circumstances
* Organisation & Planning: Capacity to achieve a balance between urgent and important demands
* Vigilance & Situational Awareness: Capacity to monitor acute situations that may change rapidly
Experience
Essential
* Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice including: Maintaining good medical practice Professional behavior and probity Delivery of good acute clinical care
* Achieved competencies for UK foundation training year 1 and 2
Desirable
* Experience of working in Paediatrics in UK
* Additional experience (E.g. A & E posts, Anaesthetics)
* Previous experience working in NHS
Clinical skills
Essential
* Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge & judgement. Potential to develop excellent diagnostic skills
* Competence in key Neonatal procedures
* Successful completion of NLS or equivalent
* Ability to recognise a sick patient
Desirable
* Personal Attributes: Shows aptitude for practical skills, e.g. hand-eye co-ordination, dexterity
* Successful completion of NLS or equivalent
Circumstances
Essential
* Ability to provide complete details of employment history
Audit, Research and Publications
Essential
* Potential to contribute to development in paediatrics / neonatology
* Research Skills: Demonstrates understanding of importance of audit, risk management & research.
Desirable
* Evidence of relevant academic & research achievements, e.g. degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements
* Evidence of active participation in audit and/or risk management
Teaching skills
Essential
* Evidence of contribution to teaching and training of others
Desirable
* Teaching: Evidence of experience in organising teaching programmes
Communication and Language Skills
Essential
* Good relationships and communication with patients
* Good working relationships with colleagues
* All applicants to have demonstrated skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following: a) that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English or b) have the following scores in the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) - Overall 7, Speaking 7, Listening 6, Reading 6, Writing 6
Fitness to Practice
Essential
* Child Protection Training
* Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice)
Desirable
* NLS provider qualification
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