# SCBU - Staff Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/scbu-staff-nurse/a7cdac2a-2261-483f-a9cf-84be1116691d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/scbu-staff-nurse/a7cdac2a-2261-483f-a9cf-84be1116691d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Surrey County Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Staff nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £33,677 - £40,996 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 34.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-14T16:35:39.435Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Guidlford/Royal_Surrey_NHS_Foundation_Trust/SCBU/SCBU-v8368516 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8368516?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are currently looking to appoint a suitably experienced and skilled Band 5 SCBU Staff Nurse to join our friendly team. As a SCBU Nurse, you will need to have relevant experience at Band 5 level in neonatal/paediatric nursing. You must be confident, compassionate and clinically credible. You will also act as a mentor who is competent in the supervision of student midwives and nurses and the junior nursing team. You will have excellent interpersonal and management skills and be committed to the delivery of excellent neonatal care. You will support the Ward Manager in promoting a positive patient experience, unit’s initiatives and Achieving Excellence. Royal Surrey SCBU is the first neonatal unit in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Operational Delivery Network to achieve both BFI Baby Friendly Accreditation and Bliss Baby Charter Platinum Award. We are passionate about working in partnership with parents. ### Main duties of the job As a registered, accountable and autonomous nurse to act in the best interests of your patients at all times and take personal responsibility for your actions and decisions. To be responsible for patient assessment, planning of care, implementing and supervising safe and compassionate care, and evaluating the effectiveness of care. As an NMC registrant, facilitate learning and development of others. You will demonstrate leadership qualities and be open, transparent and trustworthy. As a Trust employee, act with integrity and uphold the values and beliefs of the Trust and the NMC Code of Conduct. Promote BLISS Baby Charter and the UNICEF Baby Friendly Standards and support the practice of family centred care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To provide a high standard of individualised care to sick and premature infants and their family/carers and to partake in assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care. To supervise junior staff and students as requested. To assist in the management and organisation of the nursing service in the clinical area including the teaching and management of more junior staff or those in training. ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse Part 8 or 15 - Holds current NMC registration and must be able to demonstrate that you have knowledge of your professional code of conduct and guidance issued by your professional body and that you adhere to this - Demonstrates professional updating of knowledge in past one/two years **Desirable** - Post qualification or equivalent experience in an acute setting -Foundations of Neonatal Special and Transitional Care, High Dependency and Intensive care Course (ENB 405) - Teaching qualification –Mentorship / Practice Assessor/ Practice Supervisor - Neonatal Advanced Life Support Course (NALS) within the last 2 years - Evidence of UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) Training, Embedding Baby Friendly Standards ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Current employment at Band 5 or above within acute NHS neonatal setting - Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development – Minimum 6 months experience in neonatal unit/SCBU following completion of Neonatal Intensive Course - Knowledge of clinical governance issues such as complaints handling, clinical risk management - Knowledge of the Trust vision, values, and strategic objectives - Evidence of Child Protection Issues and Safeguarding Policies and Procedures - Knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights and the competencies appropriate to your role to support their diverse needs and human rights **Desirable** - Evidence of advanced skills in practice i.e. iv additives, blood gases, central lines, use of tecotherm ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10695926) - [rsft staff benefits (pdf, 393.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2284) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.