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Job overview

It is an exciting time to be joining Ashford and St Peters NHS Trust.  We are are looking for an inspirational and energetic nursery nurse to work as part of our multidisciplinary team to provide care for newborn infants and assist parents. You would be working alongside midwives, nurses, maternity support workers and doctors. 

As a nursery nurse you would be expected to provide a high standard of care to neonates and their families. This will include assisting mothers with feeding and nurturing advice and support, providing direct clinical care to the newborn and helping to support parents to develop their skills and confidence.

The role covers a 24 hour service and the post holder will be expected to participate in night duties and weekend working. 

ASPH are proud to have a level 3 Neonatal Unit and our experience varies from supporting uncomplicated pregnancies to developing care plans for our high risk maternal and fetal medicine service.  Our multidisciplinary NICU and maternity team provides the best outcomes for babies that require their specialist care.

We pride ourselves on our working culture and the senior leadership team strive to improve the wellbeing and satisfaction of our colleagues. ASPH have a wellbeing hub and staff have the opportunity to access the onsite gym and other resources. So why not come and work in a team that is friendly and participate in shaping our future workforce? Take a look at our recruitment page Maternity Recruitment (asph-careers.org)

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to have an awareness of the cultural, physical and emotional needs when assisting parents/carers in caring for their newborn baby. This will include having knowledge of safeguarding and liaising with the safeguarding teams when required.

Supporting the 'Baby Friendly Initiative' and providing nurturing and feeding support and advice. This includes creating individualised feeding plans within the infant feeding pathways ensuring the parents preferences regarding their choice of feeding is respected.

Clinical skills will include: undertaking observations for babies as per local protocol; taking blood samples by heel prick for routine blood spot screening and for monitoring blood sugar levels; weighing babies as per local protocol; participating in the care of babies requiring phototherapy including heel prick samples to test serum bilirubin. These skills will be done in partnership with the midwifery and neonatal teams. 

Ensure all record keeping is recorded accurately and promptly within the clinical care record as well as recording results on gestational plotting charts. 

Working for our organisation

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• On-site Nurseries
• On-site staff cafes
• On-site parking
• Support in career development
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:
www.asph-careers.org