Lead Nurse Neonatal Home Care and Family Care
The closing date is 09 November 2025
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This is an exciting time to join Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) and be part of our neonatal senior nursing team. We are looking for a talented, enthusiastic and motivated nurse to join us to take up the post of Lead Nurse for Neonatal Home Care and Family Care. This role will overarch the clinical areas of neonatal Home Care, family support, bereavement support, Low Dependency and discharge.
Overview
Our Nottingham Children’s Hospital is the first children's hospital in Europe to achieve Pathway to Excellence accreditation from the American Nurses' Credentialing Center (ANCC) and is also the first acute hospital to achieve Magnet accreditation for the quality of our nursing. Nottingham is a cosmopolitan and diverse city with a range of living options and easy access to regional attractions.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a key member of the business unit's senior nursing team. Together with the specialty leads and the matrons, the post holder will be responsible for the delivery of safe, effective high quality care across the areas. Following the creation of an EMNODN wide home care service, the post holder will support and enhance existing outreach teams in the North East Midlands region to plan care, promote safe early discharge and transition patients from the neonatal unit to home.
You must be an experienced nurse, with outstanding leadership skills to motivate and lead the teams in your portfolio. You should demonstrate excellent communication and the ability to manage conflicting demands. You will work within the neonatal service senior nursing team to effectively bring change through engagement with staff within NUH and other organisations within the region.
Job responsibilities
* Provide responsive, compassionate, inclusive leadership and management to promote the highest standards of clinical care, patient safety and experience.
* Ensure compliance with prevention and control of infections, monitoring cleaning of the environment.
* Workforce management, finance and budgeting.
* Ensuring the highest quality education and development of nursing staff within the neonatal units.
* To act as a resource, providing advice on professional nursing issues in relation to clinical interventions, policies and protocols, service delivery and service development.
* To ensure that appropriate resources are in place to support the delivery of high quality services within areas of responsibility.
About us
Our Nottingham Children's Hospital is the first children's hospital in Europe to achieve Pathway to Excellence accreditation from the American Nurses' Credentialing Center (ANCC) and are also the first acute hospital awards Magnet accreditation for the quality of our nursing.
Nottingham is a cosmopolitan and diverse city, combining the best of old and new, and is a great place in which to live, work and play.
Person Specification
Commitment to Trust Values
* Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trusts "We are here for you" behavioural standards
Training & Qualifications
* First degree or equivalent in health related subject
* ENB 998 or equivalent teaching course
* Neonatal qualified in speciality course
Experience
* Experience of leading and delivering programmes of change within an acute NHS setting.
* Post registration experience including management and leadership experience
* Knowledge of budgets/financial control
* Leadership experience of working within a level 3 neonatal unit
Communication/Relationship Skills
* Excellent communication skills, written and oral
* Ability to build successful teams
* Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
* Strong leadership qualities
* Influencing and negotiation
* Service development and service improvement
* Ability to interpret and manage a budget and resources
* Ability to interpret trends from data and establish routes of progression
* IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information
* Ability to generate and present Trust and directorate level reports and documents
* Involvement in clinical audits and the development of action plans
* Application and interpretation of quality standards / benchmarks
* Proven experience of analysis and interpretation of multiple components of information and both quantitative and qualitative data regarding: Patient feedback, Performance, Finance, Clinical outcomes, Demand and capacity, Human resources, Staff voice is heard, National benchmarks, Evidence based practice (national and local)
Planning and Organisational Skills
* Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
* Ability to deliver project outputs to tight deadlines
* Can formulate short and long term objectives
* Experience of working under own initiative and within a team
* Understanding of pro-active performance management within a large clinical area
Physical Skills
* Able to fulfil occupational health requirements
* Extensive driving across the region
* Able to undertake clinical duties
* Able to deliver core and enhanced clinical skills
* Updated in manual handling
* Able to transfer relevant teaching aids and materials as necessary for the delivery of educational programmes
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.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
£55,690 to £62,682 a yearOn call duties are subject to this role
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
164-7538467
Job locations
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