The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
We are seeking highly motivated Registered Children Nurses or Nurses with Neonatal or Paediatric experience to complement our neonatal team. This post offers the opportunity to work in a level 2 Neonatal Unit and Transitional care ward based in the postnatal ward.
As part of the team, you will assess, plan, evaluate and implement care for a group of babies in the high dependency, special or transitional care. You will also be responsible for maintaining standards on the unit alongside your other nursing colleagues in the team and supporting neonatal support workers and student nurses.
If you are a qualified nurse looking to consolidate your training, we will provide you with a development and supportive environment that will help you perfect your clinical skills. If you are a registered children's nurse looking for a change of scene and fresh challenge, we are happy to offer you the opportunity to work in our friendly, supportive and effective environment.
If you are an enthusiastic Registered Nurse with some neonatal or paediatric experience looking to develop your career in a dedicated patient-focused department, we can offer you:
* Professional development tailored to your individual needs
* Internal shift rotation
* Rotational post between neonatal unit and transitional care
* Opportunities to undertake short courses
* Internal and External study days
Main duties of the job
* The post holder is required to take responsibility as the care provider for a determined group of patients without direct supervision.
* The post holder is required to supervise and teach junior staff and pre- and post-registration students while maintaining a safe working environment.
* The post holder is required to develop and maintain a high quality of nursing care based on the Trust's mission statement, core objectives, and Nursing, Midwifery & Healthcare Assistant Strategy.
* The post holder is required to work within the codes of practice, professional guidelines, and policies.
About us
Our Neonatal Unit has the capacity of 3 intensive care, 5 high dependency, and 12 special care cots. We have expertise to provide high quality care to babies with intensive care, high dependency, and special care. We are passionate about family-integrated and developmental care.
Staff from the Neonatal Unit also rotate to work in the 6-bedded Transitional Care based on the postnatal ward. This experience will further enhance your experience in nursing low-risk special care babies who require minimal medical intervention. Nurses working in the TCU will gain experience in managing a 6-bedded ward with the support of a neonatal support worker.
Covid-19 Vaccination is a condition of employment for this role, unless an exemption applies. The successful applicant may have contact with vulnerable service users, and we therefore seek proof of being fully vaccinated at the recruitment stage.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description.
Main tasks and responsibilities:
1. To work in partnership with the multidisciplinary team to develop individual programmes that provide measurable outcomes of patient care.
2. To provide high quality holistic care to a defined group of patients/clients on the ward prioritising workload according to the changing clinical need throughout the shift. The group of babies will include special and high dependency care babies who require care in: oxygen therapy, intravenous therapy including TPN and/or blood transfusion, gastric/jejunal or gastrostomy feeding, maintaining infants' temperature (i.e., nursing babies in incubators/hot cots), phototherapy, Ph studies, specific observation for example, babies with drug withdrawal/babies of diabetic mothers, Optiflow (high flow oxygen) and NCPAP babies after receiving training and achieving competency.
3. To promote family integrated care and ensure health promotion as an integral part of nursing care.
4. To provide sensitive support to all parents, especially the parents of dying babies and babies with anomalies.
Person Specification
* First level nursing qualification with current NMC registration.
* Evidence of continuous professional development.
* Evidence of successful clinical placement during training or ward experience.
* Some experience in neonatal nursing and interest in neonatal specialty.
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.
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
£34,521 to £41,956 a year per annum/pro rata/incl HCAA
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