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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Internal rotation and shift working
- Other
Excellent communication skills.
- Other
Able to present and contribute at multidisciplinary meeting.
- Skills
Good level of skill in computer usage – able to use NHS data bases, input data and retrieve information.
- Skills
Awareness of current issues and reforms in the NHS and neonatal services.
- Skills
Awareness of the Toolkit for high quality neonatal services.
- Skills
Excellent understanding of safeguarding issues.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of NMC working codes for medications, documentation, conduct and professionalism
- Experience
Neonatal experience at staff nurse level in intensive care or local neonatal unit.
- Experience
Proven professional competence.
- Experience
Awareness of research and audit
- Experience
Evidence of continuing education in relevant field of practice.
- Qualifications
Registered Nurse, Children’s Nurse or Midwife
- Qualifications
Mentorship and assessment in the clinical area or equivalent
- Qualifications
Neonatal course (all modules)
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Experience of good budgetary control and efficient use of resources.
- Skills
Desire for service improvement and efficiencies.
- Qualifications
Neonatal Life Support
Job overview
We are recruiting for an experienced neonatal intensive care sister/charge nurse to join our friendly and supportive team at the Royal London Hospital.
This post has great opportunity for learning, development and career growth. Learn to develop your skills and increase your knowledge by becoming an experienced tertiary level neonatal nurse, caring for a range of sick neonates from both the extreme prematurity to term gestation, providing surgical and medical interventions to maintain these precious tiny lives. This career path will allow you to develop your portfolio, experience working within a large friendly diverse team, always willing to share and teach, caring for some of the sickest babies but experiencing the joy of seeing them discharged to home with family.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide support to members of the neonatl team and carries responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programme of care and setting standards. This will include the delivery of education and training programmes which incorporate mandatory training, clinical and enhanced skill within Neonatology.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
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 Unit Sister with Barts Health NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Nurse (neonatal) role. The advertised salary is £47951.00 to £56863.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 04 Oct 2026.
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