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The Special Care Baby Unit at North Tees is an 11 cot level 1 unit. We provide care to babies 30 weeks gestation onwards and stabilise and transfer any babies under this gestation or requiring a higher level of care need.
As a staff nurse you will be working closely with babies and their families in delivering care, supporting feeding, monitoring progression and preparing for home. We are working towards UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation, BLISS accreditation and developing family integrated care and are active in Neonatal Research.
Main duties of the job
As a band 5 staff nurse you will be responsible for assessing babies' care needs and planning and implementing the care required using a safe and evidence-based approach. You will work alongside families to plan and evaluate care for their babies, offering expertise and experience of premature and sick newborns, teaching families to be able to deliver care where possible.
Working with the team to stabilise sick infants, demonstrating the ability to recognise signs of deterioration and escalate accordingly, providing High dependency on our unit or Intensive Care until transfer to level 3 unit.
Communication with families and the multi-disciplinary team, acting as an advocate for babies and their families. You will also be required to liaise with social care and have good documentation of conversations and events.
About us
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high-quality care to our patients every day—the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us as well as performance reviews and appraisals; we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full overview of the post is available in the attached job description but includes:
1. Monitoring and recording baseline observations
2. Emergency care of the unwell neonate
3. Calculating and ensuring adequate fluid balance
4. Recognition of deterioration and appropriate escalation
5. Knowledge of safeguarding and the impact on the child
6. Safe administration of medications through a variety of routes
7. Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care
8. Close working with families and MDT members to provide high-quality care
9. Discharge planning
10. Supporting feeding
Person Specification
Essential and desirable
Essential
* Registered Nurse (RM/RN Child/RN)
* NMC Registered
Desirable
* Teaching Qualification
* Qualification in Speciality
* 5 years plus experience
* Current NLS certificate
Employer details
Employer name
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University Hospital of North Tees
Hardwick Road
Stockton-on-Tees
TS19 8PE
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