# Neonatal Homecare Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/neonatal-homecare-nurse/2827ec58-37fe-4086-b720-cbb77c734eb3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/neonatal-homecare-nurse/2827ec58-37fe-4086-b720-cbb77c734eb3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust - **Location:** Leicester Royal Infirmary & Leicester General - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (neonatal) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day service) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-01T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-17T10:21:01.501Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Leicestershire/Leicester/University_Hospitals_Leicester_NHS_Trust/Neonatal_Community/Neonatal_Community-v8161918 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8161918?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Neonatal Homecare Nurse to work within Neonatal Home care Service This model of Neonatal Community Care is provided across Leicester and Northamptonshire region, including Hospitals of Leicester, Kettering and Northampton Hospitals . Posts currently available for the Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutlands area The post holder will be an excellent team worker and will be responsible for ensuring highest standards of clinical care and evidence based practice for infants within the scope of neonatal outreach, providing specialist on-going care for the neonate and advice, support and education to the family in the home environment. We are delighted to offer a 7 day service and have well established services including Home phototherapy for jaundiced babies, Home Oxygen and Home naso gastric tube feeding The Neonatal Home care Team provides a service covering 7 days a week, from 08:00-1700 Monday to Sunday We are seeking a highly motivated Neonatal Nurse to join our forward thinking family focused neonatal team. The successful candidate will demonstrate drive and motivation to support expansion of such an exciting service. To be successful in this role you will need to be registered nurse/midwife , ideally a post specialist neonatal course QIS experience, current Health visitor or Paediatric community care would be considered ### Main duties of the job The job holder will assist Neonatal Unit, transitional care based staff with early and appropriate discharge planning in accordance with the criteria for outreach care. To provide a seamless timely discharge from hospital to the home environment. Providing and delivery of parent education programmes including Basic life support. Work without direct supervision, including the assessment of care needs, plan, organise and implement care at home ensuring continuous provision of integrated care. To provide on-going holistic care within the community setting for vulnerable neonates and their family , ensuring equitable care across diverse communities Provide specialist on-going care for the neonate and education, advice and support to the family in the home environment. Monitor nutrition, feeding skills and growth, ensuring onward referral when indicated .Monitor and plot growth and identify when intervention is required to improve growth . ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Develop and facilitate others in promoting an evidence based learning culture and practice, supporting new starters and students. Recognise , prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations Take responsibility for the care needs of individual allocated patients, referring to the Band 6/7 when necessary for advice . Provide evidence of work diary , identifying planned visits in accordance with lone worker policy Monitor and inform of relevant changes of care plan required to meet the health needs of our babies following assessment and discussion of any changes to their condition by appropriate escalation Work as one team , providing cross site cover as required - The job holder will take a proactive role in the education and training of the multidisciplinary team(s), providing on-going supervision and support where neonates require on- going care needs within neonatal outreach. - To work effectively and efficiently as an Outreach team member as well as independently in the planning, assessment, implementation and evaluation of neonatal community care. - Report safeguarding concerns, follow safe guarding advice, initiate action/referrals where appropriate. - To be confident and competent within the Outreach setting as a lone worker in accordance with trust policy - Ensure that fully accurate, complete and contemporaneous nursing records are written and maintained for each patient ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Minimum of 2 years Neonatal (or relevant post registration - Experience eg Health Visiting or Community Paediatrics **Desirable** - Community experience ### Training & Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse Child , Adult branch/ Midwife **Desirable** - QIS in Neonatal Care - Post registration training in community care of the neonate - Neonatal Foundations course - Teaching and assessing qualification ### Analytical and Judgement skills **Essential** - Effective decision making and problem solving - Self reflective **Desirable** - Audit /research / Education experience ### Planning and organisation skills **Essential** - Adaptable and flexible with working hours and conditions - Able to prioritise own workload - Excellent time keeping - Conscientious **Desirable** - Displays motivation and ideas of own future career pathway and personal development planning ### Equality, Diversity and Inclusion **Essential** - Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs. - Staff are expected to engage in compassionate & inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others ### Communication and relationship skills **Essential** - Good standard of spoken and written English - Good listening and communication skills - Diplomacy ### Other requirements specific to the role **Essential** - Good attendance Record - Able to work cross site - Car owner with current driving licence ### Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours **Essential** - Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s Values and Behaviours ## Documents - [band 5 jd &ps (pdf, 616.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10462759) - [employee benefits (pdf, 578.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2350) - [band 5 job description (pdf, 616.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10462758) - [understanding your right to work in the uk (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2349) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.