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PaNDR Sister/Charge Nurse

Employer
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Cambridge
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year p.a. pro rata
Closing date
1 Jun 2023

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Profession
Nurse
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Job summary

Are you an experienced PICU or NICU qualified nurse looking for an exciting career opportunity? We are currently looking to recruit an experienced nurse to join our neonatal and paediatric retrieval teams.

PaNDR (Paediatric and Neonatal Decision Support and Retrieval Service) is the neonatal and paediatric retrieval service for the East of England. Whilst the teams work within their clinical speciality, the teams also 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.

If you would like to be part of this friendly, progressive, innovative team providing excellent family centred care to critically ill neonates and children in the East of England and would like more information please contact:

Lorraine Highe, Matron for PaNDR: lorraine.highe1@nhs.net

Sarah Sadler Senior Sister PIC PaNDR: sarah.sadler4@nhs.net

Emma Towler Senior Sister NIC PaNDR: emma.towler1@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

You 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

Come Nurse with us...

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) 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.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

A welcome subsidy of �1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs and Radiographers taking up substantive employment with the Trust.

Closing date is midnight on 29 May 2023

Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 12 June 2023

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
  • Our values and reputation for outstanding care
  • Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
  • Career and development opportunities
  • Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
  • Research experience and opportunities
  • Lovely location and quality of life
  • Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Benefits to you

We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • First Level Registration Neonatal Critical Care qualification Teaching / mentorship qualification Neonatal Life Support Course Safeguarding level 3


Desirable

  • Enhanced Nursing Skills Qualification (ENP) Degree in relevant health related subject Leadership qualification


Experience

Essential

  • Tertiary level neonatal nursing 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


Desirable

  • Experience of surgical neonatal nursing Transferring infants externally


Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of professional issues Knowledge of team working dynamics Emotional intelligence


Desirable

  • Knowledge of neonatal transport developments and strategic National agenda


Skills

Essential

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


Desirable

  • Budgetary skills Intermediate IT skills


Additional Requirements

Essential

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


Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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