Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
18 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience
Keen to develop own knowledge and skills
- Experience
Commitment to evidence-based practice
- Planning Skills
Flexible to meet the demands of the role
- Planning Skills
Able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
- Management Skills
Knowledge of effective people management
- Management Skills
Ensure the right staff and resources are available to deliver safe, effective patient care.
- Communication Skills
Effective communication skills (verbal, written, and electronic)
- Communication Skills
Exemplary personal and professional standards of conduct and behaviour
- Teaching and Knowledge
Recent or current neonatal care experience
- Teaching and Knowledge
Neonatal Life Support
- Teaching and Knowledge
Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Teaching and Knowledge
Effective leadership and clinical decision-making skills
- Teaching and Knowledge
Knowledge of effective people management
- Teaching and Knowledge
Computer literate
- Qualifications and Education
RN/RSCN/RNC/RM
- Qualifications and Education
Recognised post-graduate qualification in Neonatal Nursing (QIS)
- Analytical and Judgement Skills
Ability to make sound clinical decisions and demonstrate leadership
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Planning Skills
Evidence of projects/research undertaken
- Teaching and Knowledge
Knowledge of clinical audit and incident management
- Qualifications and Education
Evidence of undertaking a recognised course of study in teaching and assessing
Job overview
Surgery, Women and Children's
Neonatal Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse
Permanent - 24 hours per week.
Are you a Qualified in Specialty (QIS) neonatal nurse with a passion for delivering outstanding care to our smallest patients and their families? Are you ready to take the next step in your career and embrace a leadership role within a supportive and forward-thinking team?
We are looking for a highly motivated and compassionate Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse to join our dedicated neonatal unit at Russell’s Hall Hospital. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead by example, support junior staff, and contribute to the continuous development of neonatal services.
What we’re looking for:
- QIS qualification (essential)
- Proven experience in neonatal intensive, high dependency, and special care
- Strong leadership and decision-making skills
We warmly welcome informal visits to meet the team, explore the unit, and see what makes our neonatal service so special.
Main duties of the job
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care for babies and their families, ensuring effective liaison with other agencies as appropriate.
- To contribute to the development of multidisciplinary electronic patient record database, participating in the review of current documentation.
- To work as a senior member of the Neonatal Team, providing support and leadership to all staff as appropriate.
- To be responsible for the delivery of high standards of effective patient care, ensuring individual programmes of care are assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated.
- To promote and maintain effective communication systems both within and outside
- the Trust and create an environment that encourages open communication and Trust.
- To act as a professional role model, through commitment to the integration into practice of Trust policies and procedures.
- To ensure that all nursing and midwifery practice is in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct
- Be involved in establishing Trust/Network agreed standards of care by which overall performances can be measured and evaluated, keeping up to date with clinical governance activities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.
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.
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This advert is for Neonatal Sister/Charge Nurse with The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust in Dudley, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Nurse (neonatal) role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum. The contract type is Permanent: At The Dudley Group, we understand the benefits of offering a range of flexible working options from day one of employment to support both employees and the Trust. Offering flexible working opportunities is one of the ways that the Trust aims to attract and retain a diverse workforce. Further information on the options available can be found via the link in the job advert.. The application deadline is 18 Sep 2026.
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