Neonatal Staff Nurse

Job overview

• To work as a skilled member of the nursing team, to provide a high standard of holistic family centred care to babies and their families.
• Ability to promote family centred care and establish good relationships with babies and their families.
• To communicate effectively at all levels within the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

• To provide and evaluate programmes of care for individual infants and to work with other NNU staff in this activity.
• To ensure an ongoing welcoming, caring and safe environment is provided for the babies and their families.
• To act as an advocate for the baby and family, providing them with information and support and directing them to the relevant support services where appropriate.
• To start planning discharges from admission, liaising with the multidisciplinary team, other departments and community services as necessary.
• To develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge necessary to provide holistic, evidence based nursing care. This includes expanded role responsibilities, following appropriate training.
• To be competent in the administration of medication
• To ensure clinical practice is evidence based or peer reviewed “best practice”.
• Assist with ongoing education and training of families.
• To use the Patient Administration System (PAS) in accordance with Trust policy and procedure.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Right to work in the UK

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https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.