# Band 6 Neonatal Senior Staff Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (neonatal)
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-15T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-31T14:50:55.574Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/St_Georges_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Neonatal_Unit/Neonatal_Unit-v8124878
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8124878?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

- To provide excellent individualised and unsupervised nursing care.
- To utilise and further develop advanced clinical specialist skills in order to provide the highest standard of individualised patient care.
- The post holder will play a key role in the nursing team to provide a quality family centred and supportive environment where parents/carers can learn to care for their babies.
- To utilise a variety of strategies to communicate effectively with family/carers, the multidisciplinary team and pertinent agencies outside the organisation.
- To actively participate in and contribute to the management of the clinical area.
- To act as a mentor, teaching and supervising junior staff including, student nurses, student midwives, and health care support workers.

### Main duties of the job

- St George’s Neonatal Unit is a perinatal medical and surgical referral centre, covering the South West London sector and beyond.
- The unit has a capacity of 40 cots, 12 of which are intensive care, 12 high dependency and 16 special care.
- The service has a large workforce of 200 staff with nursing roles ranging from Neonatal Assistants to Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners.
- Following recent internal promotions, exciting opportunities are now available for prospective Band 6 nurses to join our thriving team.
- You will need a minimum of 6 months experience post completion of an accredited neonatal course. In return we can offer you a wide breadth of experience as you progress your neonatal career.
- There will also be an opportunity for you to visit the ward and meet with the department!

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Able to accept, give and respond to constructive criticism
- Able to acknowledge and respect others contribution
- Understands the importance of developing self and others
- Respectful and sensitive to the needs of others

### Skills

**Essential**

- Assertiveness skills
- Ability to prioritise workload and supervise that of others
- Leadership skills
- Analytical
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to identify stress in self and others and take effective action to manage the situation
- Good verbal, written and interpersonal skills
- Able to work within a multi-racial and multi-cultural environment
- Adaptable and responsive to changing needs

**Desirable**

- Resource management skills
- Computer skills

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Knowledge of local and national issues affecting the service
- Awareness of general issues effecting the NHS
- Demonstrates an understanding of managing resources
- Demonstrates an understanding of clinical risk

### Experience

**Essential**

- Recent experience of working on an NICU/LNU post neonatal qualification

**Desirable**

- Management experience

### Qualifications & Training

**Essential**

- RN adult/child
- Formal Neonatal Training
- Safeguarding

**Desirable**

- Practice Facilitator/Mentorship Course
- Bereavement Counselling course
- NALS Training

## Documents

- [band 6 staff nurse jd (pdf, 251.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10421510)
- [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2411)
- [swl ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3045)
- [brochure for newborn services band 6 (pdf, 699.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10421511)

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