Job Overview We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced neonatal nurse to join our trust in a brand new role. If you are passionate about reducing inequalities in infant and child mortality and morbidity this could be the role for you. The Neonatal Unit at Wexham Park Hospital is a Level 2 Neonatal Unit made up of 2 Intensive Care, 3 High Dependency and 12 Special Care cots. The unit cares for babies over 266 weeks gestation and stabilises any baby under that gestation, to be transferred to a tertiary hospital/ NICU. Our team aspires to provide high quality and evidence based; clinical, developmental and family integrated care in order to ensure the best outcomes for our babies and their families. If a couple are consanguineous (closely related) their children have a higher chance of being affected by autosomal recessive genetic disorders. Main duties of the job Working alongside the neonatal team both on the unit and in the community, the close relative marriage neonatal nurse will proactively work with affected families practising close relative marriage to encourage a greater level of genetic testing and/or genetic awareness/literacy among families where Autosomal Recessive disorders are present. Improving access to genetic services for families to enable informed reproductive decision-making. This role will support the development and promotion of the new service for women and families who have a higher risk of a genetic condition and is part of the development of the wider Culturally Sensitive Genetic Literacy Project, funded by NHS England. The successful applicant will work closely with the Close Relative Marriage Midwife to facilitate early access to genomics information, advice and support for women in consanguineous relationships. We are actively involved in the Thames Valley and Wessex Neonatal Network and participate in several work groups to standardise and improve care. Working for our organisation Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Registered Nurse Subpart 1 Adult or Children’s Nurse, midwife on the NMC Register Recognised neonatal qualification i.e. ENB 405 or qualified in speciality. Desirable criteria Qualification in practice learning and assessment Experience Essential criteria Experience in communications and stakeholder management Evidence of achieving band 6 competencies Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development Evidence of achieving band 6 competencies Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development Desirable criteria Experience of audit and research within neonatal services Counselling qualification or equivalent Recent clinical experience in an acute trust Knowledge and experience of antenatal and newborn screening Skills Essential criteria Excellent Communication and interpersonal skills To communicate written and verbal information effectively and appropriately Effective change management skills Excellent standards of documentation and recordkeeping Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities. We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. Apply online now