Job requirements
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Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
teaching and assessing Skills
- Skills
Organising and planning skills
- Skills
Ability to manage effectively discharge planning
- Knowledge
NHS Constitution
- Knowledge
Awareness of relevant health promotion topic areas
- Knowledge
Parental craft skills
- Knowledge
Infant feeding methods
- Experience
Relevant work experience with babies and families
- Experience
Experience of working within a team
- Attitude Behaviour and Values
Always put patients first
- Attitude Behaviour and Values
Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives
- Attitude Behaviour and Values
Supports and promotes equality and diversity
- Qualifications and Further training
NNEB Diploma
- Qualifications and Further training
NVQ level 3 in Early Year, Care and Education
- Qualifications and Further training
Foundation degree in Health and Social Care
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Experience of group teaching sessions
- Skills
Baby Friendly Initiative training Experience of working independently
- Knowledge
Baby Friendly Initiative
- Experience
Recognised experience caring for babies
- Experience
Working in an acute hospital setting
- Qualifications and Further training
Demonstrable experience working with new born infants
- Qualifications and Further training
Safeguarding Children Training
Job overview
Providing high standard of care to neonates and their families under clinical supervision of NCOS
Support parents and staff with preparation of discharge of the neonate in special care and the transitional care based on the postnatal ward.
Teach and assess parents craft skills
Maintained high standards of care both in hospital and community settings
Support "Baby Friendly Initiative"
To provide support and on-going assessment of the neonate post discharge as delegated by NCOS.
Main duties of the job
Assist parents/carers to develop their skills and build confidence prior to and following discharge.
Monitor vital signs.
Caring for babies receiving Oxygen and participate in Oxygen studies.
Participate in the care of babies requiring phototherapy.
Be able to identify child protection concerns and take appropriate action.
Maintain legible, accurate and contemporaneous records in accordance with the Trust Policy
Be responsible for own professional development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applicant requirements
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 Nursery Nurse, NICU with Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Chertsey, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Nursery nurse role. The advertised salary is £29,812 - £32,715 pa inc. HCAS. The contract type is Permanent: Days, nights, weekends and bank holidays. The application deadline is 13 Sep 2026.
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