Job summary
UHB Neonatal Service: Where a passion and career come together!
If you fancy a new challenge or are looking to start your career in Neonates, then this may be the opportunity you've been searching for!
UHB are seeking enthusiastic Paediatric Nurses, Adult Nurses & Midwives to join their busy Neonatal service, we have a Level 3 unit at Heartlands and a Level 1 unit at Good Hope.
As a Neonatal Nurse at UHB you will work alongside our friendly, dynamic, talented team of professionals to deliver high quality, compassionate care to our local community and beyond. You will provide care for pre term and term infants who need medical or nursing care after birth.
On appointment you will join our Neonatal development programme and be supported by our designated Education team and highly skilled MDT. You will start in Special Care, gain knowledge, skills and confidence with neonatal nursing and progress onto High Dependency care, to develop further you will be funded to complete an accredited Neonatal Critical Care course which will open future avenues for band 6 leadership roles.
You must be committed to fulfil the expectations of the role; timescales for progression will be dependent on experience.
We work shifts over a 24 hour, 7 day week shift pattern
If you are a student nurse you must have completed your undergraduate programme by October 2024 and be ready to commence employment by November 2024.
Main duties of the job
As a band 5 Neonatal Nurse at UHB you will work alongside our friendly, dynamic, talented team of professionals to deliver high quality, compassionate care to our local community and beyond. You will provide care for pre term and term infants who need medical or nursing care after birth, they may need short term or long term periods of admission before being deemed fit for discharge.
You will be required to deliver individualised, holistic care to infants and families from a diverse population; you must be skilled in communication so that you are able to fulfil this requirement effectively. You will be required to utilise your nursing skills to assess, monitor and prioritise care of the infant whilst working with the team to ensure care is delivered in an appropriate time scale.
You will need to identify and support families who may have safeguarding requirements and follow trust procedures to ensure appropriate professionals are involved. As an autonomous practitioner you will need to make decisions on patient care, record accurate information and adhere to your professional code at all times.
You must strive to provide a positive patient experience in a safe environment and actively promote family integrated care that respects and maintains dignity and human rights.
UHB nurses must be positive role models and deliver care in line with our trust values.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Registered Child / Adult Nurse or Midwife on the NMC Register
- * Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
Experience
Essential
- * Previous / recent experience or working in an acute secondary NHS care setting (can include student placements within the last 12 months )
- * Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/competence
- * Experience of working on own and in a team in a health care environment delegating to others within a team / providing supervision to others
- * Willingness to become a practice supervisor / assessor to or meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for student supervision and assessment
- * Understanding and knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
- * Understanding of preceptorship and work based learning and assimilation of skills and knowledge
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 Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH