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Location
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata.
Profession
Nurse (neonatal)
Grade
Band 6
Deadline
27 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
01 Jul 2025

Job overview

Are you a passionate and dedicated Neonatal Nurse?

Are you looking for a challenging career move where you can make a difference?

Then you might want to consider joining our exceptional team!

Due to internal promotion, we are looking for forward thinking professionally registered nurses with a qualification in Neonatal Intensive Care specialism (405) to join our dedicated team.  We are seeking nurses who have the appropriate knowledge, skills, and flexibility that will enable them to work across all areas of the Neonatal unit.

Main duties of the job

The post holder:

  • Should have excellent clinical knowledge and skills and a commitment to delivering high quality, family-centred care
  • Will be reliable and flexible
  • Will have excellent communication skills
  • Should be confident in their approach, show initiative, have excellent leadership skills and be organised
  • Has the ability to motivate themselves and others and be personally and professionally mature
  • Will contribute and commit to promoting a positive team based attitude
  • Will be committed to on-going learning and development and be willing and open to embracing positive change and transformation

The post requires experience, knowledge and skills of working in a neonatal unit at senior level. The successful candidate will lead/coordinate shifts, be able to work well independently and within the team and support junior staff as well as pre-registration student nurses

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To assist the Ward/Department Manager in creating and maintaining an environment in which members of the ward/department team can contribute to the maximum of their ability in providing a high standard of care, staff welfare and staff training.  Designated to take charge of the ward/department regularly, in the absence of the team leader/ ward manager.  The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs, and for the development and implementation of programmes of care without supervision.

The Neonatal unit at Warrington and Halton NHS foundation trust has 14 cots, 2 intensive, 3 high dependency and 8 special care cots located in 2 rooms. Our service to include transitional care cots based on the post natal ward to reduce term admissions and separation of mothers and babies.

We are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Network. We accept referrals from all networks as our location close to the M6, M56, M62 makes us ideally situated for this.

We work closely alongside the Maternity and Paediatric teams.

For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.