Band 5 Special Care Baby Unit Nurse - 36.00 - WCH
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 the Specialty 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 Family and Infant Neurodevelopment Education (FINE) training. There is an expectation that you support students on the ward and liaise effectively with the Multidisciplinary Team.
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 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 with infection prevention and control guidelines and support the nurse in charge to ensure a safe environment for the babies while also maintaining knowledge and competency of the equipment required for neonatal care. Fundamentally, you are expected to be an advocate for the baby and their family.
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’:
* Being a clinically led organisation
* Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
* A positive patient experience every time
* A great place to work
* 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.
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.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
* Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
* If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for an interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings, please ensure the following:
Junk Mail is checked regularly.
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure; the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro – Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email:
Unlock – Tel: 01634 247350, email or complete the online form on the Unlock website.
Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2nd December and the new cost will be:
Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children; therefore, if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended), the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of one of the largest employers in the UK, NCIC future employees will have access to the following benefits:
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years.
Flexible working Scheme.
Excellent opportunities for development.
Competitive NHS Pension scheme.
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies.
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems.
These schemes are subject to availability.
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