North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Band 5 Special Care Baby Unit Nurse - 36.00 - Carlisle
As a Band 5 nurse you are expected to provide family centred developmentally appropriate care to preterm and unwell babies. You will be required to work towards achieving your Qualification in Speciality of the nursing care of neonates, you will learn to manage the care, of special care, high dependency and stabilisation and transfer of babies requiring intensive care treatment. You will also be required to complete your Newborn Life Support training and complete Family and Infant Neurodevelopment Education (FINE) training. There is an expectation that you support students on the ward and are able to liaise effectively with the Multidisciplinary Team.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to manage and provide all aspects of patient care, assessing care needs, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care for the babies and their families. You need to be able to liaise effectively with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) with family centred care as a basic principle of service provision. The trust operates an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy and you will be expected to practice according to its principles as well as in accordance with the NMC code of conduct, including the NMC record keeping guideline. We work as part of the Northern Neonatal Network and you will be expected to work alongside the nurse in charge, the MDT and the team from the network to make the best possible decisions for babies and their families. You are expected to manage care in accordance to infection prevention and control guidelines and support the nurse in charge to ensure a safe environment for the babies also maintain knowledge and competency of the equipment required for neonatal care. Fundamentally you are expected to be an advocate to the baby and their family.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
1. Being a clinically led organisation
2. Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
3. A positive patient experience every time
4. A great place to work
5. Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Sick Children's Nurse / RN Child or Midwife with active registration.
* Registered Adult Nurses would be considered.
Experience
* Completed clinical placements in a variety of areas
* Relevant field of nursing.
* Supporting students.
* Budgetary awareness.
Knowledge
* Continuing professional development with portfolio
* NMC code of professional conduct.
* Safeguarding awareness.
* High dependency care
* Specialist care of neonates
Skills and Aptitudes
* Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to work as a team member, without close supervision.
* Good organisational skills.
* Ability to act as a mentor to HCA's / Junior staff.
* Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
Personal Circumstance
* Motivation, interest and enthusiasm in caring for children and their families.
* Understands the need for flexibility.
* Understands responsibility of position.
* Reassuring under pressure.
* Open/Reflective/Warm.
* Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable.
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.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per annum Pro rata
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