# Senior Staff Nurse - NICU > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse-nicu/ae2e1901-3ba5-484c-bacc-e6a5028bab12 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse-nicu/ae2e1901-3ba5-484c-bacc-e6a5028bab12.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Salary:** £47951.00 to £56863.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-18T15:28:34.907Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8238724 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8238724?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.homerton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post holder is responsible for provision of high quality patient care, at all care levels in the NICU, ensuring that care is evidenced based and of a high standard. The postholder will be required to act as a mentor/preceptor and is required to teach and supervise all staff working within the team. The post holder will effectively induct new staff into the Trust/department in accordance with the Trust’s induction programme and facilitate the personal and professional development of staff. This involves identifying training and development needs, providing suitable development opportunities and evaluating development actions in accordance with the Trust’s appraisal and training procedures. The postholder will monitor the level and standard of work undertaken by junior staff and to guide, coach and advise them as appropriate and will be expected to demonstrate the Homerton Trust values; working well within the multidisciplinary team to deliver the best possible safe quality care for the babies and their families. If this resonates your interest, please complete your application online and highly encourage for you to arrange an informal visit to our Neonatal Unit. Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week ***Previous applicants need not apply*** Please note closing date is indicative and advert may be closed early if there are a high number of applications ### Main duties of the job Main duties include: - To provide clinical leadership in the band 6 role, offering expertise, advice, and support to all nursing staff. - To take a pro-active approach to the development of clinical skills within unit team, ensuring that practice reflects local standards and policies and are in keeping with relevant professional standards. - To keep abreast of all clinical developments within the profession and act as a resource for the junior staff, multi-disciplinary team, and parents. - To ensure the best interest of the babies are upheld at all times. - To review and reflect on practice in the clinical area and ensure that an awareness of evidence-based practice informs the way care is delivered in the unit. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page. The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ### 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** - Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality issues. - A level of nursing knowledge consistent with at least two years post registration experience and continued learning. ### Experience **Essential** - Neonatal nursing experience post neonatal qualification ### Trust Values **Essential** - Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values. ### Skills / Abilities **Essential** - The ability to assess patients; develop, implement and evaluate a plan of care. - The ability to effectively prioritise own workload. - The ability to communicate effectively. - The ability to safely administer medicines in accordance to Professional guidance on the administration of medicines in healthcare settings 2019 by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society(RPS)and Royal College of Nursing (RCN). ### Education / Qualifications **Essential** - NMC Registered Nurse/ Midwife - 405/ Neonatal course/QIS training **Desirable** - NLS certification ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 652.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=938) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 124.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=937) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 528.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10549380) ## 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.