Job summary
We are looking for an exceptional, highly motivated, innovative leader with neonatal experience to join our Matron team within the Womens, Childrens, Cancer and Support Services Care Group. The Matron for the Local Neonatal Unit (NICU) at University Hospital Dorset.
The Neonatal service currently based at Poole hospital is part of the Trusts exciting transformation programme and will be moving to the newly built BEACH building at Royal Bournemouth Hospital in April 2025. We are looking for a leader who will support the NICU teams to maintain high quality care to our babies and their families, and utilise their experience to support the transformation work, to enable the team to be ready to move in 2025.
Main duties of the job
The Neonatal service is a Level 2 service which works collaboratively within the Thames Valley & Wessex Neonatal Network receiving referrals from Dorchester and Tertiary centre links within the Wessex region. The Neonatal services comprises of 20 cots: 10 ITU/HDU and 10 special care cots with close working relationships with our maternity team and multi-disciplinary team.
We have close working relationships with our high risk obstetric service and fetal medicine team, and care for many complex and preterm infants. As a regional centre we accept both in and ex utero transfers from a wide geographical area. We take pride in exceptional outcomes for our families, with a robust commitment to ongoing quality improvement. There are fully integrated support services of pharmacy, social services, family support, dietetics, radiology, speech and language therapy and occupational Therapy. Our team regularly contributes to national meetings as well as national working groups from CRG, BAPM to NICE. We work closely with our colleagues in maternity including in the MatNeo QI programmes of work.
Base Location: Poole Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
About us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide clinical and professional leadership to the Neonatal services and Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners team ensuring that action is taken at all levels to empower nurses/midwives to provide high standards of care in a safe environment.
- To act as a professional role model, demonstrating the trust vision and values and ensuring that staff work within regulatory, legal and trust policies and procedures in maintaining and improving standards utilising resources available.
- Take responsibility for overall monitoring of clinical standards within teams or services including overall responsibility for safe staffing, standards of clinical practice and the setting clear objectives for development, ensuring agreed programmes of work are running to plan, and promptly escalating any cause for concern through appropriate communication channels.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level Registered nurse/Midwife /AHP on relevant part of the Register.
- Relevant post registration specialist training at masters level equivalent.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Proven track record of operational management in the acute healthcare setting managing a ward / service/ department. Including staff, financial/
- Experience of being accountable for the delivery of a clinical/nursing service
Desirable
- Experience within the Neonatal service
- Experience writing clinical policies and procedures.
Tecnical skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate expert clinical and nursing knowledge.
- Budgetary experience
Desirable
- Evidence of advanced leadership qualities.
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of National and Local NHS care and Nursing & Midwifery agenda
- Highly developed specialist knowledge for field of practice, underpinned by theory and experience.
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
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Poole
St Mary's Road
Poole
BH15 2LG