Neonatal Junior Sister / Charge Nurse

Job overview

Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse – Neonatal Unit 37.5 hours per week | Permanent | Based at Frimley Park Hospital

Are you an experienced Neonatal Nurse looking to take the next step in your career? We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, motivated, and enthusiastic nurse to join our dedicated Neonatal team at Frimley Park Hospital in a senior leadership role.

Our Neonatal Unit is committed to delivering outstanding, evidence-based care with a strong focus on clinical excellence, developmental care, and family integrated care to achieve the very best outcomes for babies and their families.

We are seeking a Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to become part of our friendly and supportive leadership team. Working alongside the Matron for Neonatal Services, Senior Sister, and fellow Junior Sisters, you will play a key role in providing visible leadership, supporting staff development, and helping to maintain the highest standards of neonatal care.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your leadership skills within a progressive and compassionate neonatal service, while making a meaningful difference to the lives of babies and their families every day.

If you are committed to high-quality neonatal care and thrive in a collaborative team environment, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Co-ordinate and manage the unit in the absence of Senior Sister.
• Act as a resource in Neonatal nursing care.
• Provide quality care for the babies and their families.
• Teach and develop more junior staff.
• Deliver highly specialised Neonatal care, which includes intensive and high dependency care.
• To provide specialist knowledge to ensure a practical and safe working environment and make appropriate changes.
• Act as a resource for nursing and medical staff to ensure appropriate Neonatal nursing care.
• The ability to provide nursing care for all neonates whatever their needs without direct supervision.
• To ensure complete and safe record keeping complying with Neonatal, Trust Policies and national guidance.
• To facilitate early discharge planning with the multidisciplinary team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

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.