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Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse, Band 7- Neonates
The closing date is 13 July 2025
Are you an experienced, expert leader in neonatal care with a specialty qualification? Join our well-established and friendly team and as a part of our senior neonatal leadership team, you'll play a crucial role in maintaining high standards of care, developing services, and compassionately leading the team.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate proven leadership qualities, showcase clinical excellence and promote innovative practice while working closely with the multidisciplinary team. You'll manage day-to-day activities across ITU, HDU, Special Care, and Transitional cots, ensuring effective and safe decision-making. In addition to your leadership responsibilities, you'll actively participate in staff management and leadership, leveraging your outstanding communication skills to foster a collaborative work environment. Familiarity with risk, governance, and safeguarding processes is essential to excel in this role.
If you're passionate about neonatal care and ready to make a difference, we want to hear from you. Join us in providing the best care to our patients and become an integral part of our dedicated team. Apply now to be considered for this exciting opportunity
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a clinical expert, providing safe and effective care, leading and managing care provision for a total of 28 cots (12 ITU/HDU, 16 Special Care) & 4 Transitional Care cots on the post-natal ward.
You will have extensive experience, knowledge and understanding to be able to act as a resource for the multi -disciplinary team to provide high quality, evidence based care and work collaboratively with families and service users to enhance service provision. As a compassionate leader, you will support the team to be the best they can be, supporting their health and well-being, and actively encouraging their professional development.
You will be committed, engaging and proactive, and strive for nursing excellence in neonatal care.
About us
We will offer you a structured induction that is tailored to successful candidates. We will provide you with a supportive environment, which allows you to professionally develop, and contribute to exemplary professional practice.
In addition, you will work in partnership with a key range of stakeholders to enhance your understanding of the team and how your role supports local and organisational strategies.
Job responsibilities
Demonstrate proven change management skills.
An ability to perform clinical skills with dexterity
Knowledge of clinical governance, policy and procedure and quality assurance frameworks
An understanding of evidence based practice and willingness to lead, encourage and motivate staff to participate in nursing research
IT skills which can be built upon to incorporate the use of hospital administration, information and training systems
Organisation and time management skills
Demonstrate a clear understanding of Safeguarding policies and procedures.
Recognised management course or equivalent level of skill gained through experience.
NLS Qualification.
Please see attached full job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Active registration with the NMC as a Registered Nurse
* Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of a professional portfolio, registration revalidation & commitment to lifelong learning
* Recognised Post Graduate qualification in Neonatal Nursing
* Recognised Leadership qualification
* Recognised Mentoring and Assessing in Clinical Practice course
* MSc or MA e.g. completion of modules at Level 7
* Recognised workforce planning qualification
* Degree in Nursing
Experience
* Experience of leading and managing a neonatal unit and neonatal clinical competence
* Knowledge and experience of working at a middle management level in an NHS acute area
* Experience of leading and managing a team
* Knowledge and experience of change management, quality assurance processes and working within a budget
* Evidence of development and evaluation of training resources
* Up to date and experienced in safeguarding procedure and policy
* Passion for teaching, education and practice development and ability to professionally develop individuals
* Demonstrates commitment to research based practice and clinical excellence and plays an active part in the introduction of research based change to improve patient centred care
* Research aware
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.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£46,148 to £52,809 a year(pro rata if part time)
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