# Senior Neonatal Sister > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-neonatal-sister/5ba6caa4-7157-453e-b594-e8b5d97e1d86 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-neonatal-sister/5ba6caa4-7157-453e-b594-e8b5d97e1d86.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bury St Edmunds - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (neonatal) - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum Pro Rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 9 months (9 month FTC to cover a career break) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T09:31:01.792Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Suffolk/Bury_St_Edmunds/West_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Neonatal_Team/Neonatal_Team-v7831824 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7831824?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wsh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post holder will provide clinical leadership, facilitate professional development, and carry continuing overall responsibility for the management and co-ordination of nursing care provision on the NNU - to ensure a high standard of care is delivered effectively and efficiently within available resources. ### Main duties of the job The Senior Neonatal Sister works as part of the multidisciplinary team, liaising with professionals who impact on the care and management of patients, creating and maintaining a positive learning environment to maximise the full potential of staff. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details of the Job role and person specification, please see attached Job description. The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible. ## Job Details The post holder will provide clinical leadership, facilitate professional development, and carry continuing overall responsibility for the management and co-ordination of nursing care provision on the NNU - to ensure a high standard of care is delivered effectively and efficiently within available resources. ## Job Description The Senior Neonatal Sister works as part of the multidisciplinary team, liaising with professionals who impact on the care and management of patients, creating and maintaining a positive learning environment to maximise the full potential of staff. ## Responsibilities For full details of the Job role and person specification, please see attached Job description. The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible. ## Person Specification ### Personal qualities **Essential** - Able to demonstrate a broad understanding of the neonate’s health needs within the concept of changing healthcare provision - Supports and promotes equality, diversity and inclusion - Ability to work as part of a team as well as autonomously - Proven leadership qualities to include the ability to influence and motivate others - Ability to use own initiative ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - Ability to prioritise workload and delegate as required - Clinical leadership skills and can demonstrate sound leadership ability - Highly effective communication and personal skills - Ability to assess, teach and train. - Ability to change practice using evidence-based research. - Effective role modelling - Understanding current neonatal issues - Ability to produce high levels of documentation - Commitment to patient centred and personalised care - Proactive in succession planning - Has knowledge of resources and people management **Desirable** - Team building skills - Project management - Interview and appraisal skills - Line management experience - Presentation skills - Budgetary awareness and experience ### Experience and knowledge **Essential** - Post-registration experience at band 6 - Demonstrate the ability to meet trust values - Able to facilitate and assess the professional development - Able to act as a specialist advisor to team members and other professional groups in formal and informal settings - Previous experience and involvement in research or audit - Knowledge of change management - Clear understanding of national recommendations in neonatal care - Experience of the development of others - Knowledge and experience of risk management - Understanding of complaint management - Experience of data collection and analysis - Experience of co-ordinating a neonatal environment **Desirable** - Evidence of initiating and implementing change processes - Experience of staff recruitment and retention, appraisal, managing sickness and performance - Management responsibility of clinical area - Previous experience of people management - Evidence of innovating practice. - Evidence of resource management ### Education and qualifications **Essential** - Registered RN/RSCN/RM - Personal/professional development at degree level - ENB 405 (QIS) or equivalent - Mentorship qualification **Desirable** - NIPE - Non-medical prescriber - Leadership course - Evidence of continual professional development ## Documents - [job description and personal specification (pdf, 253.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10351749) ## 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.