Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic nurse looking for a new opportunity in neonatal care? Would you like to advance your career by working for and learn from the Thames Valley lead neonatal unit?
If this is you, then we would really love to meet you.
We are excited to announce that the Newborn Care Unit at The John Radcliffe has new opportunities for Band nurses to join our Team OneTeamOneOUH. We are committed to offer all the successful candidates the opportunity to gain valuable training so that they can not only advance their careers but join a team that offers the very best in neonatal care.
Our Newborn Care Unit is a centre of excellence in neonatal care. We provide level care for extremely preterm infants, critically unwell infants & infants requiring a number of specialities, including surgery, neurology, cardiology and ophthalmology. The Newborn Care Unit currently has intensive care cots, high dependency cots and low dependency cots. We are the base for the neonatal transport team – SONeT - covering the Thames Valley area.
We have an enthusiastic education team providing support to both nursing staff and pre/post registration students. We run regular in-house study days and team days. As part of the Thames Valley & Wessex network we are able to offer a Neonatal Preceptorship programme and Qualified in Speciality Course (QIS).
We accept applications from children's nurses, adult nurses and midwives. Critical care experience is desirable, but not essential.
Main duties of the job
Works as a member of the multi-disciplinary team providing evidence-based nursing care to babies & their families.
Ensures that care is assessed, planned, implemented & evaluated on an individualised basis, taking into account the needs of the baby & their family.
Maintains effective communication with babies, families & professional colleagues.
Practices in accordance with NMC guidelines & Scope of Practice, Local, Directorate & Trust policies.
Administers medications safely according to Newborn Care Unit policy & NMC guidelines.
Ensures safe & effective care for babies with complex needs, requiring specialist clinical skills, seeking support when required.
Supports senior members of staff in the safe running of the unit.
Is able to assess & recognise emergencies within Newborn Care, interpreting information & taking appropriate action, seeking support when required.
Assess educational & information needs of families & devise plans to ensure these needs are met, seeking support when required.
Participates in clinical audits & research
Contributes to the orientation, development & training needs of students & new staff
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the .