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Job summary

Main area
neonatal
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent: No
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Part time available)
Job ref
251-FCSS4587-NJS
Employer
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Hampshire county hospital
Town
Winchester
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/11/2024 23:59
Interview date
12/11/2024

Employer heading

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Neonatal Junior Sister

Band 6

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

 

Job overview

Are you a band 6 Neonatal Nurse who wants to develop leadership and management skills within a team ?

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust, working as part of the Thames Valley and Wessex Neonatal Network has opportunities for Band 6 Neonatal Nurses to join our team.

Are you a Band 6 currently practicing as a neonatal nurse, have completed a neonatal intensive care course, teaching and mentorship qualification and have excellent standards of neonatal nursing practice and are looking for a chance to develop your career?

Main duties of the job

The neonatal unit in Winchester is designated as a local neonatal unit, we have 18 cots, 2 intensive care, 2 high dependency, 8 special care, and 6 transitional care.

Part of your role would be taking responsibility for the day-to-day management and coordination of the unit, discharge planning and supporting the nursery nurses on our transitional care unit.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered. 

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Working for our organisation

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) provides hospital services to around 570,000 people living in Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire, and specialist services to patients from all over the country. We deliver a full range of district hospital services in a variety of locations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered. 

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person specification

Training and Qualificationa

Essential criteria
  • RGN/Dip HE in Child Health/RM/ RSCN (2)
  • Currently practising as a neonatal nurse (2)
  • Neonatal Intensive Care course/ENB 405or equivalent (2)
  • Mentorship course or equivalent (2)
Desirable criteria
  • Management Course (2)

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • A minimum of 2 years Neonatal experience (2)
  • Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for a group of infants. (2)
Desirable criteria
  • Currently practising at band 5 with regular supervised “in charge” shifts.
  • Experience of change management (2)

Skills and Ability

Essential criteria
  • Ability to act as a role model (2)
  • Teaching and assessing skills (2)

Working Patterns

Essential criteria
  • Willing to undertake internal rotation onto nights. (2)
  • Able to recognise potentially stressful situations and deal with them appropriately (2)
  • Excellent communication skills.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldArmed Forces Covenant

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Raewyn Twaddle
Job title
Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01962 824200
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