The Maternity Services are seeking to recruit motivated and enthusiastic neonatal nurses to join our friendly team caring for mothers and babies in the neonatal unit. The post holder will work under the supervision of the lead nurse to achieve quality care for mothers and babies. The job will entail working in the neonatal intensive care unit and offering some transitional care support on the postnatal ward. Offering advice and support to mothers and their babies over a range of issues from infant feeding to information about safety in the home. Within the neonatal unit the focus of care will be on those babies requiring special care, high dependency care and intensive care.
The successful applicants will need to demonstrate:
* Registered Nurse or Midwife registration
* With evidence of completion of a nationally recognised Intensive care and High dependency care of the new born qualification eg QIS
* Excellent Communication skills both written and verbal
* An understanding of customer care
* Ability to manage their work load on the allocation of a midwife or nurse
* Good team working ability
* Basic computer literacy
Main duties of the job
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
About us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NMC Registered
* Qualified in Speciality ( Neonates )
* Post Qualification in Speciality (Neonates) experience
Experience
* Experience post QIS within a Neonatal Unit
* Experience caring for babies requiring ventilation
* Experience in stabilising the sick and preterm infant
Knowledge and Skills
* Knowledge or experience of delivering FiCare
* Sensory beginnings or FINE
* Venepuncture and cannulation skills
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.
£31,049 to £37,796 a yearpa pro rata if part time
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