# Nursing Associate (Special Care/Transitional Care)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Town:** Carshalton
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nursing associate
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £33,262 - £36,027 Pro rata per annum inc hcas (outer London)
- **Contract type:** Permanent: Pro rata per annum inc hcas (outer London)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Long days and nights over a 7 day working week - usually 13 x 12.5 hour shifts (including 1 hour break))
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-03T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-20T13:12:21.897Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Carshalton/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Neonates/Neonates-v8143596
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8143596?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Job Summary

An opportunity has arisen for a trained nursing associate  to join our  neonatal team at St Helier Hospital.  We are a Level 2 Neonatal Unit and deliver all levels of care, including transitional care which is provided on our postnatal wards.

### Main duties of the job

- To assist in delivering safe and effective care to babies requiring Neonatal Special Care (SC) on the Neonatal Unit and Transitional Care (NTC)on the postnatal ward.
- Communicating directly with Neonatal nursing and medical teams to plan care for baby in SC/NTC.
- Acting autonomously to escalate concerns regarding babies’ condition to the Neonatal nurse in charge, working within agreed local guidelines.
- Deliver health promotion and support to families to enable them to appropriately care for their premature or unwell infants.
- To instruct, advice and deliver parentcraft classes to parents/carers including bathing, Resuscitation and safe sleep guidance.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role at St Helier Hospital

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Good time management skills Able to work with minimal supervision Able to work within a multi-racial and multi-cultural environment Good keyboard and IT skills

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Nursing Associate qualification with active NMC pin

**Desirable**

- Neonatal/paediatric life support course

### Other requirements

**Essential**

- - Able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable and trustworthy
- Treat patients, visitors, colleagues with respect
- Ability to travel between Trust sites
- Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, the service and the Trust
- Able to work in a busy environment
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
- Professional calm and efficient manner
- Effective organisational skills
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
- Attention to detail
- Highly motivated with ability to influence and inspire others
- Ability to work independently

### Experience and knowledge

**Essential**

- Experience working in a healthcare setting in Maternity or Paediatrics

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of Baby Friendly Neonatal Standards and Accreditation Knowledge of BLISS baby charter

## Documents

- [band 4 na (pdf, 256.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10442591)
- [dbs policy (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=677)
- [we're here to care (doc, 39.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=678)
- [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2413)
- [jd supplementary information (pdf, 151.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1953)

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