Neonatal Home Care Deputy Sister

Job overview

Neonatal Home Care Team

Band 6 – Neonatal Deputy Home Care Sister/Deputy Home Care Charge Nurse

There is an exciting opportunity within the Neonatal Home Care Team for Deputy Home Care Sisters/ Charge Nurses.  The successful applicants will be employed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), with their main base being at Nottingham University Hospitals, providing cross campus cover with Kings Mill Hospital.  We are seeking dynamic, enthusiastic, motivated and experienced children’s or neonatal nurses, or midwives with Neonatal experience, to be part of our homecare team.  The postholder will help to provide a comprehensive service by supporting a 7 day working week for home care and contributing to the new home phototherapy service.    Being a part of the Neonatal home care service at NUH means you will also work within the north hub region of the EMNODN. This will allow for opportunities to network across the north hub, access training and support and gain knowledge in other neonatal services within the network.  This may also involve travel across the region.

Main duties of the job

These posts are specialist nursing roles.  You will touch the hearts of families, as they will yours by building relationships, helping them through their experience providing emotional support.  You will see the families’ confidence grow and empower them to care for their baby from admission to discharge, to the journey home.   It is a unique experience to be able to continue give the family back the decision making of the baby’s care, with your support.

Band 6 Neonatal Deputy Home Care Sisters/Home Care Deputy Charge Nurses based at NUH are required to promote safe, early discharge of babies from the neonatal units, transitional care and paediatrics. Families will be supported by providing ongoing care needs in the home environment, for example the provision of nasogastric tube feeding at home, management of oxygen in the home environment, providing ongoing care for surgical babies, and the jaundice management of the baby requiring phototherapy at home.  The Home Care team roles are pivotal to the families care.  The service enables earliest, safest discharges home to bring the whole family back together

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The home care service hours of work are between 0800 – 1900, which may be worked on either a 10.5 hour shifts, or split shift basis.

Candidates must have current experience of caring for neonates in a hospital or community environment. These posts offer a fantastic opportunity to utilise and develop your knowledge and skills in caring for babies in the home setting. You will liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary team and support parents in providing high quality care in the home environment.

Candidates will be expected to undertake a regular clinical shift on the Neonatal unit, equivalent to 10% of weekly hours.

Part time working will be considered.