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Staff Nurse - Band 5 Neonatal Unit
The closing date is 20 July 2025
'Do you want to work in the award winning purpose built Dyson Centre for neonatal care?
Would you like to work within a dynamic Silver ward accredited team who put Family integrated and developmental care, and safety at the centre of all we do?
Well look no further!
We are fully UNICEF Baby Friendly Neonatal accredited and have a dedicated feeding advisor to support parents and staff.
Our families have access to a psychologist who is able to offer them additional support whilst they are on NICU.
We are looking for motivated staff nurses who are enthusiastic practitioners. We welcome newly qualified and experienced nurses alike. Opportunities for dual roles between neonatal unit and paediatrics available, for Children's nurses. In return you will be supported by our skilled nurses and advanced neonatal nurse practitioners, our practice education and medical teams. There is opportunity to work either full or part time on a permanent contract. We welcome and support applications from children trained nurses, midwives and adult trained nurses with critical care experience.
We serve a birth population of 5300 deliveries a year, designated as a level 2 local neonatal unit with 21 cots, 4 intensive, 3 high dependency and 14 special care. We have an embedded Transitional Care Pathway and operate an established Outreach service. We also have close links the South West Neonatal Network. Visit here for virtual unit tour: www.swneonatalnetwork.co.uk/bath
Main duties of the job
* There is a fully supported orientation and induction programme, including a supernumerary period. You will also be supported closely by our experienced clinical practice nurse educators on the South West Neonatal Foundation programme. We offer opportunities to attend national and local study days to enhance your professional development in line with NMC revalidation and to nurture any particular area of Neonatal Nursing of interest to you.
Newly qualified staff nurses will have the opportunity to participate in the Trust preceptorship programme.
We pride ourselves as being a supportive and friendly team with a very good reputation.
Please contact us if you would like to discuss the role further or have any questions
About us
At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Job responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NMC Registered Childrens Nurse, Adult Nurse or Midwife
* Teaching and Assessing Course
Experience
* NMC Registered Childrens Nurse, Adult Nurse or Midwife
* Neonatal or critical care experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
£29,970 to £36,483 a yearper annum, pro-rata
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