Community Neonatal Staff Nurse (Band 5) - The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job description

Main area Community Neonatal Staff Nurse Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent: Community Hours 37.5 hours per week (Full-time/part-time opportunities available) Job ref 225-DIV1-6645116

Employer The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site New Cross Hospital Town Wolverhampton Salary £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata for part time hours Salary period Yearly Closing 20/04/2025 23:59

Community Neonatal Staff Nurse

Band 5

Job overview

We are looking for a motivated confident nurse to join our Community Neonatal Outreach Team (NCOT). We provide a 7 day service supporting families transferred home from our Level 3 Neonatal Unit, which is part of the Staffordshire, Shropshire & Black Country Neonatal Operational Delivery Network and includes 7 ICU, 7 HDU and 12 SCBU cots. The neonatal unit is embedded within the Women's and Neonatal directorate ensuring seamless care throughout pregnancy, birth and postnatal period; including our recently restructured Transitional care ward which can support 12 mothers. Nurses will have the opportunity to work within all areas, developing skills and knowledge.

RWT neonatal unit is committed to working to nationally recognised staffing standards and to achieving Baby Friendly standards in order to provide excellent family centred and psychosocial care for our patients and families.

We provide support and training both in-house and via the local University and New-born Network. All nurses will be expected and supported to undertake neonatal nurse foundation course and the qualified in specialty course within two years.

This is a rotational post, working within all of the neonatal clinical areas. Ideally, the post holder would commence within the Neonatal Unit to gain experience prior to rotating out to the community team.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide high quality nursing care and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care needs for the patient group.
2. To deliver compassionate person-centred care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their carers with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself or your family.
3. To provide relevant forms of care with minimal supervision and participate in the supervision and teaching and assessment of unregistered or junior staff and students.
4. To play an active part in the continuing development of the ward or department and contribute to the maintenance of an environment conducive to the delivery of high standards of patient care, by promoting good communication and relationships between staff, patients, relatives and visitors.

Essential requirement: UK full driving license and car owner.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Practice within the NMC Standards of Practice and Behaviour for Nurses and Midwives.
2. Participate in the assessment of patient care needs, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care in accordance with the agreed policies and procedures of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.
3. Administer prescribed medication and treatment in a timely manner, in accordance with Trust policies and Professional guidelines.
4. Take responsibility for groups of patients as required, with minimal supervision from senior staff.
5. Deliver evidence based care and promote the use of evidence based practice, referring to Nursing Clinical Practices accordingly.
6. Liaise effectively with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure timely delivery of care and develop good working relationships.
7. Practice within an ethical framework based upon respect for the well-being and safety of patients and clients.
8. Maintain accurate and legible records of care and other documentation in accordance with Trust and professional standards.
9. Take personal responsibility for actions and omissions, and recognise personal accountability.
10. Report on treatment, care, and any concerns, promptly and effectively to senior staff to maintain effective communication channels.
11. Report incidents and near misses promptly and appropriately and take effective action to minimise future risk.
12. Practice in such a way that ensures efficient and effective use of resources.
13. Critically appraise and synthesise the outcomes of relevant research, evaluations and audits and apply the information when seeking to improve practice.
14. Communicate effectively with patients and relatives to promote patient/carer involvement, so that they can make informed choices and understand their treatment and planned care.
15. Maintain a clean and safe environment for staff, patients and visitors ensuring compliance with legislation, policies and protocols including health and safety, healthcare associated infection prevention, clinical governance, including risk management and critical incident reporting and root cause analysis.
16. Act as a positive health educator at all times and enable people to maintain the maximum level of independence, choice and control.
17. Work within defined boundaries of practice.
18. Ensure that everyone within the sphere of care is treated with dignity and humanity, understanding individual needs, showing compassion and sensitivity, and provide care in a way that respects all people equally. Assist people to maintain confidence and a positive self-esteem.
19. Undertake Trust and local competencies as required.
20. Attend such courses and training as required by the post including mandatory updates.
21. Support the Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse with E-rostering, ensuring compliance with key performance indicators.
22. Prioritise work and manage time effectively, recognising and seeking assistance as/when required.
23. Recognise personal limitations and contribute to own personal and professional development.
24. Support junior members of staff, unregistered staff and students.
25. Delegate effectively and appropriately.
26. Assist in the induction of new staff.
27. Actively participate in own appraisal, to ensure ongoing personal development to meet the requirements of professional revalidation.
28. Act as a positive role model adhering to the expected standards of behaviour.
29. Contribute to the creation and maintenance of a positive learning environment that ensures effective learning opportunities for staff and students including appropriate orientation and induction programmes, a range of clinical support strategies (mentoring, coaching, clinical supervision, action learning and peer review).
30. To ensure effective contribution to the delivery of the organisation’s objectives.
31. Adhere to and promote Trust and Directorate policies, procedures and guidelines.
32. Participate in audits as required by the ward or department.
33. Assist senior staff to monitor standards of care and contribute to maintaining quality.
34. Undertake any other duties as may be requested to meet the needs of the service within the limitations of the grade.
35. Within clinical areas, ensure knowledge and implementation of the organisation’s quality and safety agenda.
36. Demonstrate by self and through designated service areas, compliance to the pledges of the NHS Constitution 2012 and local professional strategies.
37. Promote a positive image of nursing internally and externally to the Trust.
38. To see full list of duties and main responsibilities, please refer to the full job description attached to the vacancy on the Trust website.

Person specification

Qualification

• Full UK driving license and car owner
• Community experience
• Experience with neonatal or children
• Safeguarding
• Lone working

Experience

• Interest or experience in NNU
• Driving license

Flexible Working - As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region, we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants’ qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.

Sponsorship - Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. As of 1 January 2021, free movement ended and the UK introduced a points-based immigration system. Further information is available regarding two types of visa; Health Care Visa Health Care Visa and Skilled worker visa Skilled worker visa.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.