Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 20 hours per week
- Job ref
- 166-IC-6678353
- Employer
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chesterfield
- Town
- Chesterfield
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/04/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Transitional Care Lead Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity to join Chesterfield Royal Hospital Maternity Services as a Lead Nurse for Transitional Care.
We are currently implementing Transitional care on our postnatal ward. The lead role will facilitate the implementation / management and evaluation of the Transitional Care service, working alongside the Maternity and Neonatal teams.
The unit will care for infants who meet the criteria for Neonatal Transitional Care as described in CNST Safety Action 3. The beds are currently part of the bed base on the maternity ward at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. Our team provides high quality care, working collaboratively to keep mothers and babies together, avoiding separation and admission to the neonatal care unit.
Our maternity inpatient ward offers a calm and welcoming environment for women and their families, whilst Chesterfield Birth Centre provides co-located midwife and consultant led labour ward facilities, including 4 birthing pools
We are a fully accredited Baby Friendly unit.
Our Community Midwifery service centre's around 4 local bases /GP surgeries which provide care for around 2500 women per year.
Main duties of the job
The overriding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
To work as the Lead Nurse, to lead and work alongside the Ward Leader in providing high standards of holistic transitional care, ensuring that it is evidence based and compliant with best practice recommendations for Transitional Care services (TC).
Working for our organisation
Our vision: Exceptional patient care provided by exceptional people.
Our mission: To bring our people communities and partners together, providing patient care we are proud of. We all play a part in achieving this, by living up to the values we promise to our patients and each other. As members of staff we will always be guided by our Proud to CARE values:
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated “Good” by the CQC .
We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the relevant job description and person specification for the full qualifications, skills and experience required for this post.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Registered with the NMC
- Recognised teaching qualification or experience.
- Qualified in Speciality (neonates) or equivalent course.
- Evidence of having completed relevant further study or trained relevant to the post.
Desirable criteria
- Recognised management or leadership qualification.
- 1st level degree.
- Trained in clinical supervision.
- Experience / Knowledge of recruitment and retention, appraisal, sickness, and absence management.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Band 6 level experience in a neonatal unit.
- Neonatal Advanced life support training.
- Ability to manage staff and manage a change in service.
- Ability to manage own and other peoples time effectively.
- Recognised management or leadership qualification.
Desirable criteria
- Community Experience.
- Knowledge of staff appraisal.
- Understanding of HR policies and processes.
- Experience of managing conflict.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Evidence of practice or policy change arising from audit.
- Evidence of practice development
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledgeable practitioner in neonatal nursing
- Ability to apply evidence-based practice.
- Awareness and understanding of currently neonatal issues in relation to Transitional Care.
- Knowledge of clinical governance and commitment to develop a team.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of change management.
- Evidence of multiagency and regional working.
Demonstrates our Proud to CARE Values
Essential criteria
- Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement –
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Good understanding of IT and systems.
- Ability to work in a hospital environment flexibly
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Tracey Twell
- Job title
- Senior Matron -Inpatient Maternity Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01246 513128
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