Lead Nurse/Midwife for Neonatal Transitional Care
The closing date is 27 May 2026
The overriding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
To work as the Lead Nurse, to lead and work alongside the ward leaders in providing high standards of holistic transitional care, ensuring that it is evidence-based and compliant with best practice recommendations for transitional care services (TC.).
The Neonatal Transitional Care Lead plays a pivotal role in delivering and leading high-quality, safe, and compassionate care for newborns who require additional support at birth but do not need admission to a neonatal unit. This includes babies with needs such as temperature regulation, feeding support, treatment for jaundice or hypoglycaemia, or those exposed to maternal substance use.
The post-holder will lead the development and coordination of the transitional care service, working closely with maternity, neonatal, and community teams to ensure seamless, family‑centred care that keeps mothers and babies together wherever clinically appropriate.
Main duties of the job
* To inspire a shared sense of purpose
* Provide clinical leadership
* Support the provision of the service and service delivery
* Infant feeding support
* Role related risk management
* Involvement in training and education
* Multidisciplinary Liaison
* Responsibility for patient care
* Policy and service development and implementation
Qualifications/training and professional development
* Registered with the NMC
* Recognised teaching/mentorship qualification or experience
* Qualified in specialty (Midwifery or Neonates) or equivalent course relevant to the role
* Evidence of having completed relevant further study or training
Experience
* Band 6 level experience within a Neonatal Unit or Transitional Care ward
* Neonatal advanced life support training
* Ability to manage staff and manage a change in service
* Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines effectively
* Experience/knowledge of staff appraisals, recruitment and absence management
* Evidence of practice or policy change arising from audit
Skills, abilities and knowledge
* Highly developed communication skills in verbal and written format
* Ability to apply evidence-based practice
* Awareness and understanding of current neonatal issues in relation to Transitional care services
* Evidence of multidisciplinary working
* Knowledge of risk management processes
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.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT
£39,959 to £48,117 a year, pro rata
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