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Job summary

Main area
Neonatal Intensive Care
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
289-SC-2199
Employer
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Town
Chelsea
Salary
£42,471 - £50,364 per annum incl. HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/07/2024 23:59

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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust logo

Neonatal Specialist Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

About our Trust

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.

Our nearly 7,000 members of staff are proud to care for a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, including our award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We’re one of the safest and best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for—our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in the domains of safe, effective, caring and responsive, and 'Outstanding' in the domains of well-led and use of resources.

Our facilities are among the best in the country. We invest around £10m a year in our estate and have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster.  Works commence in spring 2024 on an ambitious £80m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at our West Middlesex site.

Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for the position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.

Job overview

The post holder will be a clearly identifiable senior clinical staff member, and team leader. They will have significant clinical experience, provide sound clinical expertise to their team, and coordinate and deliver high quality care. They will be a role model for expert clinical care, and lead on specific projects / management functions as delegated by the Sister / Charge Nurse. They will role model the identified Trust values at all times.

In general settings, they will be the assigned deputise for  the Nurse in Charge generally known as a Charge Nurse, coordinating clinical, managerial and education requirements of the area, and being a role model for team members, whilst delivering and overseeing high standards of care.

In specialist settings, they will have a significant level of specialist neonatal clinical knowledge and expertise in Neonatal care delivery. They will provide advice and guidance also, and generally be known as a senior staff nurse.

Main duties of the job

  • Lead on assessing planning and implementing high quality care, and evaluating care options for patients in the clinical area, in line with the Trust values and objectives
  • Lead on complex clinical care for  Neonatal patients
  • Ensure the safe custody, maintenance and administration of medication, in accordance with established Trust policy
  • Promote and maintain a safe therapeutic environment for patients, their families and staff, according to national and local Infection Control guidelines, Health & Safety legislation and Trust policies and objectives
  •  Assist in the Coordination of  discharges and transfers, promoting timely and safe processes for them
  • Ensure that patient flow and the management of beds is effective and safe
  • Ensure the delivery of high quality end of life care in line with national pathways, e.g. Liverpool Care Pathway, through the provision of holistic palliative and terminal care
  • Provide sound evidence based clinical advice as required to staff and patients
  • Maintain a good understanding and implementation of clinical escalation procedures as required
  • Understand the Trust clinical governance framework, and participate in the promoting and safeguarding of high standards of care, through effective risk management & governance, and adherence to the Trust values

Working for our organisation

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Ensure staff adhere to Trust protocols of care, eg Infection Control
  • Take continuing responsibility for the Unit in the absence of the coordinator
  • Assist in managing their clinical team within general clinical areas, and of the total team in the absence of the manager, in line with Trust values
  • Develop and maintain effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups, and staff generally within the Division and the Trust
  • Contribute to the effective management of the area by ensuring correct levels of staff are in place to deliver and assist with the planning of off duty rotas
  • Assist in the  delivery of induction / orientation of new staff
  • Act as a role model, ensuring staff work to Trust guidelines and values
  • Supervise, under the direction of their manager, the work of qualified and unqualified staff and learners
  • Provide clinical support and guidance to staff
  • Act as a resource for clinical knowledge to staff

 Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse (child/adult)
  • Post registration qualification relevant to area of speciality or equivalent Neonatal intensive care qualification
  • Teaching/mentorship qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Degree/Diploma in Higher Education
  • Degree or working towards one/Master’s degree or working towards one

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant post registration experience at Band 5 level
  • Wide variety of clinical experience
  • Experience of excellence in leading all/part of a clinical team in practice
  • Experience of teaching and supporting learners/new staff etc
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of clinical supervision
  • Proven management experience

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Proven clinical knowledge linked to area of speciality and excellence in care delivery
  • Proven leadership and deputising skills in clinical area
  • Proven knowledge of safety issues through clinical governance and risk management
  • Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, staff and external contracts including in challenging situations, demonstrating respect and kindness
  • Ability and experience of managing change personally and as a facilitator
  • Knowledge of current challenges and issues in nursing
  • Commitment to teaching and learning for self and others
  • Commitment to quality initiatives and research
  • Clinical decision making skills and ability to prioritise workload
  • Computer literate skills
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of data collection for quality monitoring/audit
  • Experience of risk management/assessment

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDWe are a Living Wage EmployerCapital Nurse, LondonHealthy Workplace - Commitment 2018Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoTimewise helps businesses to attract and develop the best talent through flexible working.No smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthArmed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardArmed Forces Covenant

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ramona Oppong
Job title
Neonatal Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07341113514
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