City Hospital Neonatal Unit has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, forward thinking professional Apprentice HCA staff member to join our dedicated team caring for premature and sick babies and their families, who have the appropriate knowledge, skills and flexibility that will enable them to work across all areas of the Neonatal Unit to care for our babies whilst supporting and empowering families within our special care and mixed acuity areas.

Main duties of the job

Your role will involve working with students, colleagues and peers to lead our unit to deliver high standards of care embedding best evidence based practice to our patients requiring intensive neonatal nursing care supporting our unit to achieve BFI and BLISS baby charter.

We undertake advanced neonatal life support including initiating cooling, high frequency oscillation and nitric oxide here at SWB whilst stabilising babies that may require level 3 care within our Neonatal network.

Our families are empowered to care for their baby's needs with education from our team including STORK, nasogastric feeding, home oxygen and home phototherapy, supporting family centered care and maintaining close and loving relationships.

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately �600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff

Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do

Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Clinical experience in direct care
• Understanding of and adherence to confidential nature of work

Desirable

• Working within a clinical team supporting colleagues
• Neonatal experience
• Working within the NHS

Qualifications

Essential

• Maths & english GCSE level 4 or equivalent
• Direct Healthcare qualification at level 2

Desirable

• Basic/Advanced Life Support

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

City Hospital, Dudley road

Birmingham

B18 7QH

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