Job summary
28th May Neonatal Band 6 Recruitment Day- Infant Feeding Sister
Job Overview: An exciting opportunity awaits within the Nottingham Neonatal Service for a passionate neonatal nurse with a love for infant feeding and a knack for driving positive change. We're seeking an Infant Feeding Deputy Ward Sister to join our team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of neonatal care.
As the Infant Feeding Deputy Ward Sister, you'll be at the forefront of our clinical team, leading initiatives and collaborating closely with our dedicated Infant Feeding team to enhance policies, strategies, and practices across our two neonatal units. Your dedication to excellence and your passion for infant feeding will be instrumental in ensuring the best possible care for our littlest patients and their families.
The Nottingham Neonatal Service currently comprises two Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Units across the City Hospital and Queens Medical Centre Campuses, with the excitement of the Maternity and Neonatal Redesign this will see QMC increase its surgical cot capacity to 38 beds and City will change to a local Neonatal Unit that will have 16 cots.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you'll spend 80% of your time providing hands-on clinical care to our patients, drawing on your expertise as an experienced nurse to deliver exceptional care. The remaining 20% of your time will be devoted to non-clinical activities, where you'll have the chance to shape the direction of our service.
Expect to lead change management efforts, influence equipment decisions, and provide comprehensive training to our clinical team. Together we'll work towards achieving Baby Friendly Initiative Accreditation, setting the standard for neonatal care excellence.
Join our established Infant Feeding team, collaborating with professionals such as Speech and Language Therapists, Dietitians, and medical leads. Together, we'll innovate and elevate the infant feeding aspect of the Nottingham Neonatal Service, ensuring the best possible outcomes for our patients.
Ready to make a difference? Join us and be part of a team dedicated to providing compassionate care to newborns and their families. Apply now and take the next step in your neonatal nursing career!
About us
The Neonatal Service delivers care across two sites at the City and Queens Medical Centre Campuses. As a lead centre for the East Midlands Neonatal Operational Delivery Network, we offer both medical and surgical intensive care for extremely preterm and very sick infants. Our aim is for babies to be treated in the right place, at the right time, by knowledgeable skilled staff putting families at the centre of their babies care. Through close relationships with families, the service incorporates parent/carer involvement to improve the care that is provided. We are proud to be both BLISS accredited and Pathway to Excellence achievers since July 2020.
An informal visit is recommended for a tour of the Neonatal unit and the opportunity to meet with other members of the Family care team.
For more information please contact:
Julie Versteeg - Family Care Discharge Sister
01159249924 Ext 83500
Or
01159691169 Ext 76176
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the job description included with this vacancy.
Please note :
Applications may be closed prior to the advertised closing date for this vacancy if we have sufficient applications.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC registration.
- Relevant post-basic study e.g. specialist pathway
- Teaching & Assessing and/or Mentoring Course.
Experience
Essential
- Current clinical care experience in neonates
- Evidence of supervision of pre registration and post basic students and non registered staff.
- Evidence of mentorship.
- Able to demonstrate management of caseload and decision making skills
- Demonstrate the ability to convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to patients, relative/carers and staff.
Communication & Relationship Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Produce timely, accurate written/electronic records and documents
- Demonstrate basic IT skills.
- Can identify own level of competence and limitations with the ability to communicate these to appropriate staff.
- Can minimise interpersonal conflict and barriers to communication.
Analytical & Judgemental Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise and evaluate patient care
- Ability to identify own learning needs.
- Participation or facilitation of audit and demonstrate actions from results
- Able to respond to problem situations and to ensure that effective interventions are put in place.
Planning and Organisation Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
- Able to contribute to the development of implementation and monitoring of local objectives and action plans
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the implementation of change
Physical Skills
Essential
- Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties for long periods of time.
- Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation.
- Competent and capable of using medical equipment
- Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non-patient manual handling manoeuvres.
- Can use IT and has keyboard skills
Other requirements specific to the role (e.g. be able to drive or work shifts
Essential
- Flexible and adaptable
- Enhanced CRB clearance.
- Caring.
- Enthusiastic and well motivated.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Address
City Campus
Hucknall Road
Nottibgham
NG5 1PB