# Registered Nurse - NICU - Peterborough

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Peterborough City Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rotational between nights, days and including weekends and bank holidays.)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-04T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-21T14:41:05.662Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Peterborough/North_West_Anglia_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Neonatal/Neonatal-v8207898
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8207898?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Neonatal Services at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for a Band 5 registered nurse for our busy Level 2 (LNU) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Peterborough City Hospital.

Our Neonatal Unit has 20 cots and cares for babies born at 27 weeks gestation or greater.

We are seeking to appoint a motivated registered nurse to join our team of highly skilled and knowledgeable professionals, who are passionate about delivering a high quality service to babies and their families.

Please note that we can only consider applications from individuals with a live NMC registration or UK nursing students awaiting their PIN, as we are currently unable to support OSCE.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide total nursing care on a day-to-day basis, working collaboratively with all disciplines to assure a high standard of neonatal care.

The post holder will develop competencies to enable he/she to provide excellent, evidence based care to an optimal standard ensure to all neonates requiring intensive, high dependency and special care

You must be a child or adult trained nurse, interested in a career in neonatal nursing and should demonstrate expert communication skills and a caring manner.

*Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice*

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Assess the needs of patients within the clinical area, plan, implement and evaluate individualised holistic nursing care in a sensitive manner.

Be confident and develop competencies in all areas of neonatal nursing practice enabling delivery of total nursing care.

To act as an advocate for babies wherever they are within the Trust and to advise colleagues on any matter concerning the care of babies.

Play an active role in health promotion activities.

Ensure due regard to given customs, values and spiritual beliefs of clients.

Be self-motivating in ensuring the delivery of evidence- based practice to the highest standard.

Ensure accurate and clear records are kept according to NMC guidelines for Records and Record Keeping

Please see Job Description for further information

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Acquired knowledge of NMC Code Of conduct
- Acquired knowledge of importance of communication skills within Multidisciplinary team and with families

### Experience

**Essential**

- Nursing skills and knowledge which can be transferred to provide a high standard of care in NICU clinical area.
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of neonatal nursing
- Experience of Family Centred Care in SCBU or NICU

**Desirable**

- Experience of shift management

### Key Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to develop IT skills required
- Ability to develop in line with dimensions of KSF outline
- Demonstrates understanding of safeguarding issues
- Appreciates the significance of safeguarding and interprets this accurately for all individual children
- Can demonstrate how s/he has promoted ‘best practice’

**Desirable**

- Seeks and uses professional support appropriately

### Emotional Awareness

**Essential**

- Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others
- In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check, takes constructive action and calms others down

### Education & Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse (Adult or Child Branch)
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development and its application

**Desirable**

- ENB 997/ 998 or Mentorship module or equivalent
- Qualified in Speciality (neonates), ENB 405 or equivalent
- Ability to mentor/coach students
- Evidence of Neonatal Advanced Resuscitation training (NLS)

## Documents

- [jd (pdf, 328.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10514759)
- [staff benefits (pdf, 576.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2886)
- [living our values (pdf, 260.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1865)
- [we are team nwangliaft (pdf, 8.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2745)
- [information for candidates (pdf, 5.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2788)
- [staff nurse - neonatal b5 - ps (pdf, 518.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10514760)

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