Neonatal Senior Staff Nurse

Job overview

• To provide excellent individualised and unsupervised nursing care.
• To utilise and further develop advanced clinical specialist skills in order to provide the highest standard of individualised patient care.
• The post holder will play a key role in the nursing team to provide a quality family centred and supportive environment where parents/carers can learn to care for their babies.
• To utilise a variety of strategies to communicate effectively with family/carers, the multidisciplinary team and pertinent agencies outside the organisation.
• To actively participate in and contribute to the management of the clinical area.
• To act as a mentor, teaching and supervising junior staff including, student nurses, student midwives, and health care support workers.

Main duties of the job

• St George’s Neonatal Unit is a perinatal medical and surgical referral centre, covering the South West London sector and beyond.
• The unit has a capacity of 40 cots, 12 of which are intensive care, 12 high dependency and 16 special care.
• The service has a large workforce of 200 staff with nursing roles ranging from Neonatal Assistants to Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners.
• Following recent internal promotions, exciting opportunities are now available for prospective Band 6 nurses to join our thriving team.
• You will need a minimum of 6 months experience post completion of an accredited neonatal course. In return we can offer you a wide breadth of experience as you progress your neonatal career.
• There will also be an opportunity for you to visit the ward and meet with the department!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role