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Job summary

Main area
Women's Health
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week (Night, days, weekends)
Job ref
220-WHT-2891
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whittington Health
Town
London
Salary
£31,944 - £34,937 per annum inclusive of HCAs
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/02/2025 23:59

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Nursery Nurse for Maternity Services

Band 4

Covid-19 Vaccination 

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support  staff to get  COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. 

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Job overview

We are offering an exciting opportunity  to join our established team of nursery nurses on the postnatal ward. As a member of the multidisciplinary team and with the support of postnatal ward staff, you would provide individualised family centred care to babies requiring additional care, in preparation for discharge home from the postnatal ward. This would include assisting families to develop appropriate skills to become confident in caring for and feeding their babies before discharge home, via group and individual education sessions.

Main duties of the job

Nursery Nurse for Maternity Services

Job Type:   1 x permanent

Working pattern:   30.00 hours per week

Pay scheme:   Agenda for Change

Pay Band:   Band 4

The Role

We are offering an exciting opportunity  to join our established team of nursery nurses on the postnatal ward. As a member of the multidisciplinary team and with the support of postnatal ward staff, you would provide individualised family centred care to babies requiring additional care, in preparation for discharge home from the postnatal ward. This would include assisting families to develop appropriate skills to become confident in caring for and feeding their babies before discharge home, via group and individual education sessions.

Good communication and team working skills are essential aspects of the role. Candidates would be expected to show high levels of initiative and self direction.

The maternity unit is currently working towards Baby Friendly Initiative re-accreditation and as such, you will be expected to incorporate the Baby Friendly standards in all aspects of your role.

Support and appropriate training will be provided.

 

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Role

We are offering an exciting opportunity  to join our established team of nursery nurses on the postnatal ward. As a member of the multidisciplinary team and with the support of postnatal ward staff, you would provide individualised family centred care to babies requiring additional care, in preparation for discharge home from the postnatal ward. This would include assisting families to develop appropriate skills to become confident in caring for and feeding their babies before discharge home, via group and individual education sessions.

Good communication and team working skills are essential aspects of the role. Candidates would be expected to show high levels of initiative and self direction.

The maternity unit is currently working towards Baby Friendly Initiative re-accreditation and as such, you will be expected to incorporate the Baby Friendly standards in all aspects of your role.

Support and appropriate training will be provided.

 

 

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Level 3 Diploma/BTEC
  • GCSE Maths and English

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Basic IT Skills
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to work flexibly
  • Ability to work as part of a team

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Basic numeracy
  • Record keeping
  • Knowledge of BFI standards
  • Understanding of the concept of patient confidentiality
  • Awareness of Data Protection Act
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of working in an acute clinical setting
  • Previous experience of supporting mothers with infant feeding

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Good communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Evidence of effective time management
  • Empathic approach to patient care
  • Able to use own initiative with awareness of self-limitations and of the role

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident committed

Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Chika Okonkwo
Job title
Inpatient Matron Interim
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0207 2885924
Additional information

For further details / informal visits contact:

Chika Okonkwo

Inpatient Matron (Interim)

02072885924

[email protected] or 

Elizabeth Mullard

Transitional Care Nurse

[email protected]

02072885506

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