Job summary
- Main area
- Nursery Nurse
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 24 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Part time - 34.5 hours per week (Rotational shifts including, days, weekends and bank holidays.)
- Job ref
- 176-F-6295762
- Employer
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Peterborough City Hospital
- Town
- Peterborough
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Neonatal Outreach Nursery Nurse - Peterborough
Band 4
Job overview
Are you passionate about facilitating and supporting the transition of care for neonates and their families from the neonatal unit to home?
We are looking for someone dedicated to implementing and evaluating care programs, ensuring a high standard of family-centred, evidence-based care in both the neonatal unit and the community. If you're committed to making a difference in the lives of our smallest patients and their loved ones, we want to hear from you. Join us in providing exceptional support during this critical time.
Main duties of the job
- Participate in assessing and evaluating planned care programs for individual babies and their families within the community neonatal caseload.
- Provide consistent and appropriate advice to parents, supported by relevant information before discharge, to facilitate optimal care for babies at home.
- Assist parents in developing their parenting skills and reinforce positive parental behavior.
- Collaborate in discharge planning and care delivery with external agencies, such as community midwives and health visitors.
- Conduct home visits professionally according to current caseload management and visiting schedule.
- Ensure compliance with Trust policies and procedures within the work area, promptly informing relevant senior colleagues of any issues affecting policy implementation.
Working for our organisation
We are dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusivity within our workforce and warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on encouraging those from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as candidates from our local area.
As part of our commitment to supporting our employees we offer a range of benefits including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days and increasing to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, in addition to the national Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
- Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme:
- Flexible working opportunities;
- Enhanced hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
- Opportunities for career development and training to help you progress in your role;
- Wellbeing support and activities to promote a healthy work environment;
- Access to our in-house physiotherapy service;
- On-site canteens offering subsidised meals;
- Subsidised staff parking (currently free);
- Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and empowered to excel in their roles. Join us and become part of a team dedicated to making a positive difference in our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for a full overview of the duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NNEB or equivalent
- Previous experience in a care setting of newborns
Desirable criteria
- Experience of nursery nursing in a hospital setting
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team and parents/carers
- Ability to deliver written or verbal reports with the awareness of the need for confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Ability to advise and teach parenting skills
Skills/Knowledge/Attributes
Essential criteria
- Acquired knowledge and understanding of Child Protection and Safeguarding agenda
- Ability to prioritise own workload and work as part of a team
- Good written communication skills
- Ability to identify problems and recognise when further advice is needed
- Contributes to department by attending team meetings, clinical supervision etc.
- Willingness to attend study days
- Awareness of own strengths and weaknesses and how these can be developed/ utilised to benefit staff and patients
- Can demonstrate flexible approach to work pattern in line with service requirements
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of professional issues within Trust and NHS
- Ability to develop IT skills required
- Ability to develop in line with dimensions of KSF outline
- Interest in teaching and supervising students/new staff
- Ability to work in a busy and pressurised environment
Other
Essential criteria
- Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives cultural, religious and emotional needs and beliefs
- Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trusts Values and Behaviours
- Be prepared to work across sites as and when required
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
- Katie Barke
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01733 677234
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