Transitional Care Unit Lead Neonatal Nurse
Band 7
Main area Neonates Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Day shift only) Job ref 264-6977339-FAM-A
Site Kettering General Hospital Unit Town Kettering Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 30/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
The post holder is responsible for utilising specialist skills and expertise to provide high standards of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised care pathways. The post holder is responsible for contributing to the management and coordination of the transitional care service, including resource management, and providing leadership and supervision to others. The post holder will liaise and communicate with networks, which are internal and external to the Trust and will actively contribute to setting and maintaining a high standard of nursing care.
It is expected that the Transitional Care Lead would be a role model in setting and upholding agreed clinical standards; promoting awareness of child protection procedures and working closely with maternity services to enable patients to receive high quality evidenced based care .
An expectation that the post holder will maintain high professional standards, keep abreast of research and developments within the neonatal field and support the neonatal team in the smooth running of the unit.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for utilising specialist skills and expertise to provide high standards of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised care pathways. The post holder is responsible for contributing to the management and coordination of the transitional care service, including resource management, and providing leadership and supervision to others. The post holder will liaise and communicate with networks, which are internal and external to the Trust and will actively contribute to setting and maintaining a high standard of nursing care.
Working for our organisation
**Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications**
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital NHSTrust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
* Compassion
* Accountability
* Respect
* Integrity
* Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Corporate Responsibilities
To work collaboratively with colleagues across the Trust .
Act as a role model in customer service towards service user s and visitors to the hospital .
To facilitate any measures to help achieve Directorate, Trust and National targets and disseminate all appropriate information to all members of the nursing team .
Supporting Clinical Excellence
To promote effective communication within the ward /department /directorate .
Keep the Neonatal Matron informed of all the relevant issues affecting patient care e.g. risk, staffing levels, and skills and equipment needs .
To participate in recruitment and retention of staff .
To lead the team of staff within transitional car e.
To investigate any complaints, ensuring lessons are learnt .
To ensure the coherence of work effort by all team members .
Manage incidents ensuring that all incidents are reported as per trust policy .
Ensure effective 24 hour off duty rotas are maintained using workforce efficiently, anticipating staff shortages and taking appropriate action .
To assist in the assessment for and booking of bank staff within the clinical area .
To monitor and maintain a safe and clean clinical environment in accordance with local and national policies, undertaking IPC audits as required .
Liaise with the multidisciplinary team and external agencies .
Understanding of emergency procedures and escalation policies and ensuring that all managed staff are aware of their role .
To ensure all staff adhere to TCU admission criteria .
The Transitional care lead nurse will need to maintain a visible presence and act as the first contact point for patients, relatives and staff to address concerns and complaints .
To act as a clinical leader and role model for staff, maintain competence in and facilitate the development of e xtended skills for other staff .
To support patient and public participation in service development .
To monitor patient dependency scoring, reporting hig h activity to the Neonatal Matron.
Consider new ways of working, which enhance patient care, presenting outline proposals to the Neonatal Matron.
Ensure the clinical area is a safe working environment in which all patients receive high quality individualised care, which main tains their privacy and dignity .
To facilitate and implement clinical supervision and support in practice .
Ensure staff achieve and maintain Trust and professional mandatory and role specific training
To support the Neonatal Matron, in ensuring all ward/department staff have a formal annual review of their progress, which enables the development of their personal professional development plan, in line with the Knowledge and Skills Framework .
To identify training and learning needs of all Transitional care staff and responding and/or forwarding those to the Neonatal Matron and Practice Development Nurse as deemed necessary .
To support the Neonatal Ward M anager in ensuring that th e contractual student and learners placements are met and adequately supported and assessed while on Transitional Care.
Participate and assist in the continual learning of all staff so that personal development plans progress and succession planning is promoted .
To facilitate and promote a suitable learning environment, which embraces evidence-based practice, for new members of staff, students and families .
To consider the use of resources and highlight ways to reduce waste and unnecessary costs.
Professional Responsibilities
To maintain own professional responsibilities including compliance with mandatory and role specific training.
To have an annual IPR.
Quality Assurance and Monitoring
To ensure that all ward/department documentation is completed .
To participate in the Care Quality Indicators as required, receive feedback from audits and produce/monitor action plans as required .
To support the Neonatal Matron, Neonatal W ard M anager and Practice Development Nurse in ensuring that all agreed action plans from both national and local strategies, benchmarking standards and clinical audits are achieved.
To support the development of guidelines, protocols and practices that enhances the patient experience
Policy and Service Development Responsibilities
Ensure staff have access to and are made aware of the content of Trust policies, protocols and take appropriate action where compliance is breached .
Research and Development Responsibilities
To support the unit's participation in research as per individual baby criteria .
Person specification
Qualifications
* RSCN or RN(C) or RN
* Holds a teaching and assessing qualification
* Holds a current Newborn Life Support Provider (NLS) certificate
* Holds Leading Empowered Organisation (LEO)/Royal College of Nursing (RCN Leadership Course or equivalent)
Knowledge and Experience
* Safeguarding Knowledge
* Teamwork
* Communication
* Audit
* Clinical Skills
Applications will be transferred to TRAC system, by completing an application your are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data.
Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
We welcome applications from members of our black and minority ethnic (BME) communities, especially in relation to senior posts within at KGH.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
Appointments will be made on merit.
In submitting an application form, you authorise Kettering General Hospital (KGH) NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training record.
If you need to have a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, as a requirement of the role, you will be required to repay the cost of obtaining a DBS check (£49.50) and this amount will be reclaimed from your first salary. From 1st February 2019 all new starters to the Trust are required to join the DBS update service as per Trust DBS Re-checking Policy which has an annual cost of £16. New employees who do not join the update service will be required to pay £49.50 for a new DBS check in 3 years time.
Please note that news starters with KGH are subject to a six month probationary period.
Please ensure that the information you provide on your application form is correct, accurate and that nothing has been omitted. Any information that is stated in your application form in relation to qualifications/training courses/work/education experience/references must be able to be evidenced. Failure to do so may result if your offer being withdrawn.
"Safeguarding is everyone's business. KGH considers Safeguarding a priority amongst its citizen's and a key value for all employed to the service."
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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