PaNDR Sister/Charge Nurse - Neonatal Transport

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you an experienced NICU nurse who enjoys a challenge? Do you enjoy being able to care for the full range of neonatal infants, from complex intensive care through to special care, often in the same shift? Can you demonstrate exceptional communication skills which impact positively on colleagues and families?

If you are keen to develop your skills in transport medicine and work in a busy and challenging environment transferring neonates within the East of England and beyond then this is the job for you. PaNDR (Paediatric and Neonatal Decision Support and Retrieval Service) is the neonatal and paediatric retrieval service for the East of England.

Whilst the neonatal and paediatric teams are two independent teams they work supportively and collaboratively together. Providing expert critical care to neonates and children up to the age of 16 years with a variety of medical and surgical conditions both at their referring hospital and in the ambulance en-route to PICU/NICU.

The neonatal transport team supports 17 NICU's in the East of England. The region has 3 tertiary centres at The Rosie, The Norfolk & Norwich Hospital and The Luton & Dunstable Hospital. We welcome requests for rotational or shared posts.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing direct clinical care to infants requiring emergency and elective transfer. Team working ability and leadership skills will be used to ensure safe and effective delivery of the service for staff, parents and babies according to the CUH Trust values and behaviours.

About us

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 3 April 2025

Interviews are due to be held on 14 April 2025

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Safeguarding level 3
• Enhanced Nursing Skills Qualification (ENP)
• Degree in relevant health related subject

Experience

• Tertiary level neonatal nursing or equivalent experience
• Shift leader experience
• Transferring infants between departments internally
• Experience of being involved in governance processes which help to development the service and measure quality
• Experience of surgical neonatal nursing
• Transferring infants externally

Knowledge

• Awareness of professional issues
• Knowledge of team working dynamics
• Knowledge of neonatal transport developments and strategic National agenda

Skills

• Organised
• Ability to be calm under pressure
• Effective team member
• Able to take responsibility and use feedback for service improvement
• Basic IT skills
• Budgetary skills

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.

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.