Job summary
Employer heading
Junior Sister
Band 6
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job overview
We require Band 6 neonatal nurses to join our innovative and hard-working diverse team at Newham Hospital, which is situated in the vibrant part of East London.
We will provide career development opportunities to enhance your practice, knowledge and skills both internally and externally. We also will be working on the Transitional Care ward based within the postnatal ward on a rotational basis as an extended role in our service to provide continuity of care and encourage parental bonding whilst reducing length of hospital stay for Term babies.
To be successful, you will possess excellent organizational, communication and team working skills, and the ability to deliver high quality holistic care with an emphasis on working in partnership with children and their families.
The post holder will provide support to members of the team and carries
responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programme of care and setting standards. This will include the delivery of education and training programmes which incorporate mandatory training, clinical and enhanced skill within Neonatology
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide support to members of the team and carries responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programme of care and setting standards. This will include the delivery of education and training programmes which incorporate mandatory training, clinical and enhanced skill within Neonatology
The post holder will have a host hospital but may be required, on occasion, to work in the other 2 Neonatal Units within Barts Health.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Neonatal experience at staff nurse level in intensive care or local neonatal unit.
- Proven professional competence.
- Awareness of research and audit
- Evidence of continuing education in relevant field of practice.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good level of skill in computer usage – able to use NHS data bases, input data and retrieve information.
- Awareness of current issues and reforms in the NHS and neonatal services.
- Experience of good budgetary control and efficient use of resources.
- Desire for service improvement and efficiencies.
- Awareness of the Toolkit for high quality neonatal services.
- Excellent understanding of safeguarding issues.
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to present and contribute at multidisciplinary meetings.
- Able to present and contribute at multidisciplinary meetings.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse, Children’s Nurse or Midwife
- Mentorship and assessment in the clinical area or equivalent
- Neonatal course (all modules)
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vera Brako-Hiapah
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
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