Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal ICU
- Grade
- 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-E-258002
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division E
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - NICU
5
Job overview
Are you a Registered Nurse who is highly motivated, enthusiastic and compassionate with an interest in neonates? We have vacancies for Band 5 nurses, giving you the amazing opportunity to make a difference in the lives of newborn babies and their families. You will have supervised time within the unit to gain the experience you need to care for the babies. Working through competencies in Special Care and High Dependency will give you the background to undertake our in-house Neonatal Course through which you will become Qualified in Speciality (Neonatal Nursing). This will enable you to care for babies requiring the highest level of support in Intensive Care.
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is one of the three tertiary centres for the Eastern Neonatal Network and part of the East of England Neonatal ODN. The unit admits babies requiring tertiary care including surgery and neurosurgery. A spacious and modern unit, it is part of the Perinatal Centre and is located in The Rosie Hospital. We have a Bliss Baby Charter Bronze Award and as part of this, updated areas of the unit to improve the neonatal journey for families. Also hosted in the trust are the Regional transport Service and the core ODN Team, which also offer unique opportunities to staff wishing to broaden their experience outside of the NICU.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will participate in care of infants on the neonatal unit within the designated band 5 pathway.
Assess care needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care. To participate in the supervision and mentorship of non-registered staff.
Working for our organisation
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
For Candidates applying from outside the UK
If you require sponsorship for a Visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check you are not applying from a Red list country - Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
This vacancy is for Registered Nurses with full NMC registration. If you are an internationally trained nurse that has not passed their OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination), you will not be considered for this role and will be automatically rejected.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 26th January 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 3rd February 2025
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current registration with NMC on part one or two of the register
Desirable criteria
- Desire to pursue a neonatal career pathway
- Desire to undertake the neonatal course
- Mentorship module
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in a Paediatric setting or a Level 1, 2 or 3 neonatal setting or experience of working in an adult critical care setting or midwifery
- Experience of neonatal, paediatric, midwifery or adult or critical care setting if pre-registration
Desirable criteria
- Six months post registration
- Experience of post registration ward management
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of basic nursing care
- Awareness of professional issues
Desirable criteria
- Basic knowledge of principles of high dependency or critical care (adult, paediatric, neonatal or midwifery)
- Evidence of competency to care for SCBU infants in a safe and effective manner
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communications skills
- Good decision making skills
- Understanding of professional issues and accountability within own role
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of role modelling
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Together-safe, kind, excellent
- Actively promote and value equality, diversity and inclusion, treating others with dignity and respect
- Compliance with all Trust policies and procedures
- Evidence of working as an effective team member
- Demonstration of confidentiality
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stacey Miller & Helen Beavis
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Nurses for NICU
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223256955
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