Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal Services
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (FixedTerm/Secondment - Maternity Leave Cover)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-E-257050
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division E
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Sister/Charge Nurse NICU
Band 7
Job overview
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated neonatal nurse to join our well- established Senior Sister/Charge Nurse team. We seek a neonatal nurse qualified in specialty with proven leadership qualities to work within the senior team, maintaining standards of excellence in a fast moving, dynamic and supportive environment.
You will work across the ITU, HDU and SCBU clinical areas and regularly manage the day-to-day activity of the service, demonstrate effective and safe decision-making ability, and participate in all aspects of staff management.
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a specialist regional intensive care unit providing specialist neonatal medical and surgical intensive care within the East of England Neonatal Operational Delivery. It is the regional centre for specialist neonatal neurosurgery, ophthalmology and ENT surgery.
The NICU provides a full range of neonatal services for the catchment population of Cambridge and takes tertiary referrals for ill neonates from the 17 Units within the East of England and surrounding districts.
We will offer you a full and comprehensive orientation package and professional support tailored to individual needs with ongoing support from the Neonatal Clinical Education Team in order for you to achieve your full potential. You will get training and development in this friendly and dynamic organization, which seeks to innovate and strives for excellence in delivering first-class patient care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for being a clinical expert, providing safe and effective care to all categories of neonates.
Assess care needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
Participate in the supervision, mentorship and appraisal of pre and post registration staff.
Regularly manage the day to day activity of the service and demonstrate effective and safe decision making ability when doing so.
Provide comprehensive leadership and management skills of nursing staff through periods of supervised practice.
Participate in all aspects of staff management.
You will be responsible for providing direct clinical care to infants requiring emergency and elective transfer.
Team working ability and leadership skills will be used to ensure safe and effective delivery of the service for staff, parents and babies according to the CUH Trust values and behaviours.
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.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying.
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
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 will close at midnight on 23 February 2025
Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 3 March 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
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
- First level registration (part 1,8,12 or 15)
- Post registration neonatal critical care qualification
- Safe Guarding Children Level 1, 2 and 3 training
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of degree level study
- Teaching / assessing qualification / mentor course
- NLS course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience at Band 6 in a level 2 or 3 Neonatal Unit
Desirable criteria
- Experience at Band 6 QIS
- Experience in the care of neonates requiring surgical treatment
- Experience as a mentor to students
- Ward management experience
- Attendance at deliveries unsupervised
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of professional issues
- To have knowledge of neonatal nursing, integrating theory and practice
Desirable criteria
- To have a contemporary knowledge of professional nursing strategy
Skills
Essential criteria
- Competent to care for all levels of infants in a safe and effective manner without direct supervision
- To work well under pressure and during times of high activity
- To effectively manage simple operational situations
- To work flexibly within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Working towards good communication and decision making skills
Desirable criteria
- Able to attend deliveries and transfer babies internally unsupervised
- Willingness to learn and develop clinical and educational skills and knowledge
Additonal Requirements
Essential criteria
- Calm and understanding approach
- Personal integrity and reliability
- Maintaining a professional appearance
- Demonstrate ability to manage time and prioritise effectively
- Willingness to assist with other duties as required
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of kind, safe and excellent.
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
- Helen Beavis
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 256955
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