Job overview
We are recruiting for a Neonatal Staff Nurses who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We offer excellent professional development opportunities, our team will support you to gain the skills and confidence required to achieve your professional goals.
Our local neonatal unit consists of 28 cots, 10 of which are designated to ITU/HDU 18 special care. Within our service we manage a 6 bedded Transitional Care area, located on the Post-natal ward, where mothers can remain with their babies up until they are discharged.
We also provide a well-established and highly regarded Neonatal Outreach Service which facilitates the early discharge of babies safely into the community.
Our progressive level 2 unit is currently working towards UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation Stage 3 and the Bliss Baby Charter Gold Standard.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will participate as a member of the neonatal multi-disciplinary team providing evidence based family centred care.
You will be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision – undertaking care in the most appropriate environment using a high level of technical expertise.
You will show skills in communicating effectively with parents, families and members of the multidisciplinary team.
The post holder will be accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
In this role you will be designated to take charge regularly of the neonatal unit in the absence of the person who has continuing responsibility. Providing professional and leadership support.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
* RSCN/ Degree/Diploma in Child Health or RN Adult Nursing.
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of continuing professional development
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
* Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care
* IT Skills
Desirable criteria
* General paediatrics, Midwifery or Neonatal nursing experience
Skills
Essential criteria
* Good verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability to interact effectively with children/family
* Flexible/adaptable
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Demonstrate knowledge of value and use of research findings.
* Awareness of safeguarding children practice and procedures
Desirable criteria
* Motivated to learn and develop practices in neonatal care.
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net
We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.
We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.