Neonatal Practice Development Nurse

Job overview

Working Part time: 23 hours per week

The Practice Development Nurse within a neonatal unit plays a key role in supporting safe, high-quality care by developing and maintaining staff competence. The role includes coordinating and delivering mandatory training to ensure nurses and other staff meet statutory, professional and organisational requirements. This helps maintain compliance with national guidelines and supports patient safety. The Practice Development Nurse also leads and facilitates neonatal simulation training, using realistic scenarios to develop clinical skills, decision-making, communication and teamwork in a safe learning environment. In addition, the role involves active participation in neonatal network meetings, where best practice, learning from incidents and education strategies are shared across units. Through this work, the Practice Development Nurse helps promote consistent standards of care, continuous professional development and service improvement within the neonatal network.

Main duties of the job

• Coordinate, deliver and monitor mandatory training to ensure staff compliance with statutory, professional and organisational requirements
• Identify learning needs and support staff to maintain and develop neonatal clinical competencies
• Design, facilitate and debrief neonatal simulation training to enhance clinical skills, teamwork and decision-making
• Maintain accurate training records and contribute to staff appraisal and revalidation processes
• Support implementation of evidence-based practice and updated neonatal guidelines
• Participate in neonatal network meetings to share best practice and learning from incidents
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives, audits and service development within the neonatal unit
• Act as a resource and role model for clinical staff, promoting safe and effective neonatal care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.