An exciting opportunity for an experienced, highly motivated senior neonatal nurse who has a passion for babies and families to lead our neonatal community outreach team and Transitional care team. The post holder will be responsible for maintaining clinical leadership, creating constant communication between medical, midwifery and nursing staff and managing care of the neonate on SCBU, the postnatal ward or within the community.

High quality evidenced based care is the hallmark of our service and we pride ourselves in delivering excellent quality of care along with as positive an experience for families as possible. We provide a cutting edge service and this is your opportunity to influence the experience of infants and families by contributing to the leadership of a strong and dedicated workforce, role modelling positive behaviours, supporting the team to deliver the highest standards of safe and effective care. This post is pivotal within the unit nursing structure.

Main duties of the job

The Sister/Charge Nurse will have a fundamental role in providing managerial support to the Community Neonatal Team and Transitional Care Team whilst developing and maintaining clinical skills in practice and ensuring the delivery of high standards of care.

Provide family integrated care, promote health promotion directives and support the well being of the family.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder has a key leadership and management role at a senior level, and will provide specialist skills and knowledge to support the organisation and delivery of care for infants and families, both within the community and in the hospital setting. The role will be clinically based, and family focused and will incorporate the provision of care to patients and their families in accordance with the philosophy and standards of care within the area, ensuring that Trust values and beliefs are upheld. The Sister/Charge Nurse will have a fundamental role in providing managerial support to the Community Neonatal Team and Transitional Care Team whilst developing and maintaining clinical skills in practice and ensuring the delivery of high standards of care.

The post holder is expected to actively contribute to the achievement of the competencies of this role.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work across boundaries to manage change and deliver quality services.

Desirable

• Experience of managing and leading a team

Training and Experience

Essential

• Minimum 5 years in speciality including 2 years at Band 6.

Desirable

• Significant Community experience.
• Transitional Care setting experience.

Qualifications & Attributes

Essential

• Specialist Qualification as a neonatal nurse.

Desirable

• An enthusiastic and supportive leader who motivates people.

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Whittington Hospital

London

N19 5NF

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