# Deputy Ward Leader - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Sutton In Ashfield
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 28.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-19T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-06T07:31:10.602Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/SuttonInAshfield/Sherwood_Forest_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Neonatal_Intensive_Care/Neonatal_Intensive_Care-v8072901
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8072901?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking for a compassionate, experienced and motivated Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse to join our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, where you will play a key role in delivering exceptional care to premature and critically ill newborns and supporting their families during some of their most challenging moments.

Working alongside the Ward Sister, you will provide clinical leadership and help coordinate the everyday running of the unit, ensuring the highest standards of safe, evidence-based, family-centred care are consistently delivered. You will lead by example, providing expert clinical support while mentoring and developing junior colleagues, students, and healthcare support workers to help build a skilled and confident team.

This role offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, highly specialised environment where no two days are the same. You will care for babies requiring intensive, high-dependency and special care, using advanced neonatal equipment and working closely with multidisciplinary teams to achieve the best possible outcomes. As part of a forward-thinking neonatal service, you will also contribute to service improvement initiatives, quality assurance, and the implementation of national and local standards, helping to shape the future of neonatal care.

If you are an experienced neonatal nurse with excellent clinical skills, a passion for leadership, and a commitment to delivering outstanding care for babies and their families, we would love to hear from you.

### Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of Neonatal nursing at band 5
- Team player, excellent communication skills
- Consolidation with Qualified in Speciality (QIS)

**Desirable**

- Band 6 experience in neonates

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered with NMC (RSCN (Registered Sick Children's Nurse) or RN (Registered Nurse) - Child or RN Registered Nurse)

**Desirable**

- 1st level Degree in Nursing

### Knowledge requirements

**Essential**

- Knowledgeable practitioner in neonatal nursing
- Awareness of BAPM Guidelines and the East Midlands Neonatal Operational Delivery Network

**Desirable**

- Ability to apply evidence-based practice in the neonatal environment

### Contractual Requirements

**Essential**

- Good understanding of IT and systems
- Occupational Health Clearance
- Ability to work in a hospital environment flexibility within the 24 hours rota period

### Further Training / Skills Obtained

**Essential**

- Safeguarding children Level 3
- QIS (Qualified in Speciality Neonates)
- Mentorship Qualification or equivalent

**Desirable**

- Extended Skills i.e. Cannulation
- Current NLS Course

## Documents

- [benefits leaflet (pdf, 834.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2702)
- [application guide (pdf, 584.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2448)
- [our staff networks (pdf, 810.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2938)
- [band 6 job description (pdf, 288.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10364288)
- [nursing, midwifery & ahp strategy 25-28 (pdf, 2.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2492)

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