Neonatal care in Liverpool is going through an exciting period of change with the £15 million development of the Liverpool Women's Hospital (LWH) site and the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership (LNP) with Alder Hey Children's Hospital (AHCH) to develop a single service across the city.
Our new £15m extension was completed in February 2020, providing a state of the art environment for the babies and families of Liverpool. The NICU at LWH is a dynamic, diverse and growing service renowned for high standards of clinical care, research and education. The team at LWH work closely with the surgical team at AHCH to deliver a single neonatal service across the city.
A new build within AHCH is now underway to provide a Surgical Neonatal Intensive Unit.
The LNP is closely integrated with the regional fetal, maternal medicine departments we work in partnership to deliver babies requiring complex neonatal care for cardiac abnormalities, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, EXIT procedures and antenatal diagnosed abnormalities. We are also the tertiary NICU for Cheshire and Merseyside.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will function as clinical practitioners within all areas of the neonatal service and rotate to AHCH neonatal services using knowledge and skills to achieve optimum outcome for the neonate and family in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
You will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for the neonate in partnership with the family in high dependency and intensive care nurseries and for co-ordinating, supervising and supporting the neonatal staff within an identified clinical area.
With experience you will be required to act as room leader and be responsible for supervising and mentoring junior staff, basic and post basic students within the neonatal service.
Job responsibilities
* To work as part of the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership based in both LWH and AHCH delivering individualised care to the neonate in both medicine and surgery.
* Responsible for delivering care for the neonate in partnership with the family in all areas of the neonatal unit with supervision / guidance when required.
* Responsible for mentoring pre-registration students and more junior members of staff within the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership.
* To act as room leader as appropriate as required.
* Rotation within the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership.
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
* Excellent communication skills
* Keyboard skills
* Evidence of team working
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Awareness of planning and prioritising workload
* Research awareness
Desirable
* Evidence of leadership
Experience
Desirable
* Relevant neonatal experience
* Competent to work in all areas of the NICU
* Recent mentoring experience
* Relevant Neonatal Surgical experience
Qualifications
Essential
* Basic level 1 registered nurse i.e. RN, RSCN, RM
Desirable
* Degree level studies
* Intention to obtain qualification in the speciality
* Post basic mentoring course
Personal Qualities
Essential
* Enthusiastic, motivated and committed to neonatal nursing
* Calm and approachable
* Reliable
* Caring and Considerate
Health
Essential
* Capable of bending, lifting and standing
Special Requirements
Essential
* Flexible working Patterns
Employer details
Employer name
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Liverpool Women's Hospital
Crown Street
Liverpool
L8 7SS #J-18808-Ljbffr