Job overview
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:
1. Registered Nurse or Midwife registration
2. With evidence of completion of a nationally recognised Intensive care and High dependency care of the new born qualification eg QIS
3. Excellent Communication skills both written and verbal
4. An understanding of customer care
5. Ability to manage their work load on the allocation of a midwife or nurse
6. Good team working ability
7. Basic computer literacy
Main duties of the job
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
8. NMC Registered
9. Qualified in Speciality ( Neonates )
Desirable criteria
10. Post Qualification in Speciality (Neonates) experience
11. Resus Council NLS
Experience
Essential criteria
12. Experience post QIS within a Neonatal Unit
13. Experience caring for babies requiring ventilation
14. Experience in stabilising the sick and preterm infant
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
15. Knowledge or experience of delivering FiCare
Desirable criteria
16. Sensory beginnings or FINE
17. Venepuncture and cannulation skills
These include but aren't limited to:-
18. Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
19. Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
20. An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non contractual) pro rata
21. Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
22. Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
23. An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
24. Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
25. Cycle to work scheme
26. Uniform provided (where required)
27. On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
28. On site health and fitness club
29. On site car parking (fee's and restrictions apply)
30. Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.