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Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Trust Values
Patient First
- Trust Values
Working Together
- Trust Values
Always Improving
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Nursing Associate on the NMC register.
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
OR Assistant Practitioner with a health-related Foundation Degree e.g. Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care.
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Passionate about caring for families and their babies
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Evidence of numeracy and literacy – minimum national qualification level 2
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Experience of working under appropriate supervision as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information.
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Knowledge of nursing procedures and practices in an acute hospital setting.
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Assessed as competent to administer medications.
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Acute apprenticeship units as appropriate to UHS Care Group/Divisional requirements.
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Experience of working with newborn babies/children.
- Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Extended clinical skills e.g. venesection/cannulation.
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Job Title: Clinical Nursing Associate / Assistant Practitioner - Neonatal Transitional Care and Special Care
Contract Type: Permanent
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team to work across our Transitional Care Unit, and our new 'Woodland Ward' Special Care Baby Unit. We are looking for people who are dedicated to delivering high quality, family-centred care, and who strive to make a difference to babies and their families.
You will be working in both the Transitional Care Unit alongside the midwife, and Woodland Ward - a purpose built, nurse-led unit caring for sick and preterm babies which opened in October 2024.
Our new Woodland Ward has: * 16 cots, including 4 family integrated care rooms * A welcoming, caring and safe environment for all * An ethos of patients and families come first; Family are at the heart of what we do * Space for a parent to stay with their baby 24 hours a day, encouraging unrestricted access * Family-Integrated Care where we can provide guidance, and advice to parents in a friendly and supportive environment enabling them to care for their baby. This helps them to develop close and loving relationships with their baby and values parents as partners in their care.
Applicants must be able to work a full range of shifts including nights.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be a NMC registered Nursing Associate or an Assistant Practitioner with a health related foundation degree. You must have experience working within a multi-disciplinary team with a passion for family centred care.
Under the supervision of a registered midwife/nurse, and together with the Multidisciplinary Team, you will be responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care of babies and their families, supporting the ethos of family-integrated care. You must have good communication and problem solving skills, with the ability to work autonomously as well as within the wider team.
We actively support and promote effective communication with parents during admission through their participation in ward rounds, providing continuity and consistency. You will work alongside Nurses and Allied Health Professionals to provide parent-craft, education and practical support with empathy, kindness and understanding, empowering them to care for their baby independently. Feeding progression is supported in conjunction with the Infant feeding team and speech and language team. We actively promote and support breastfeeding but also support other parent feeding choices Parents are supported to confidently care for their baby to facilitate a safe and timely discharge and transition to community services.
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.
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This advert is for Clinical Nursing Associate / Assistant Practitioner - Neonatal with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust in Southampton, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Nursing assistant role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 Per annum - Pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Oct 2026.
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