# Staff Nurse NICU

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Kings Lynn
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-06T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-23T11:52:51.684Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Kings_Lynn/The_Queen_Elizabeth_Hospital_Kings_Lynn_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Neonates/Neonates-v8125241
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8125241?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

To promote and implement practice conducive to the development of high quality patient care for our neonates and their families.

To provide support and guidance to staff. Support the nursing team with duties to ensure seamless running of the NICU.

Work and communicate well with the multi-disciplinary team.

### Main duties of the job

Ensure practice is in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and work within limits of competence.

Ensure standards of nursing practice are maintained.

Carry out and advise/supervise junior staff in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluating of nursing care.

To ensure the patient administration systems e.g. PAS are up-dated to ensure real time data collection and confidentiality.

To ensure the effective use of information technology for the benefit of patient care in accordance with the Trust’s Code of Conduct.

To ensure the confidentiality of information (written, verbal, electronic) is maintained, whilst being aware of the Freedom for Information Act.

To co-ordinate and monitor the progress of patients within their plan of care and to promptly and effectively communicate relevant changes in patient status to the multi-disciplinary team.

Effectively communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information to the multi-disciplinary team gaining their co-operation.

Ensure Infection prevention and control guidelines and procedures are followed and high standards are maintained.

Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, carers, significant others, the multi-disciplinary team and support services.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Knowledge of current developments in health care

**Desirable**

- Experience of managing and leading a clinical area
- Experience of participating in clinical audit or patient reviews
- Experience in change management
- Intensive Care skills

### Skills, abilities & knowledge

**Essential**

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work shifts and flexible approach to working hours and duties
- Organisational and time management skills
- Highly motivated

**Desirable**

- Leadership qualities
- Evidence of participation in clinical audit/patient review

### Qualifications/training & professional development

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse on appropriate part of the NMC Register
- Mentorship preparation programme
- Up to date NLS certification or willingness to undertake

**Desirable**

- Neonatal experience

## Documents

- [our values (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2570)
- [our trust (pdf, 674.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2671)
- [establishing identity (pdf, 243.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1315)
- [say hello  to wage stream (pdf, 7.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2393)
- [recruitment policy overview (pdf, 125.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2961)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 288.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10421920)

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