Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Full time
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 164-7099178
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Accross City and QMC
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Professional Nurse Advocate- Neonatal
Band 7
Job overview
We are looking for a dedicated and experienced Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) to join our Neonatal Unit at Nottingham University Hospital, playing a vital role in our ongoing Maternity and Neonatal Redesign Project. The successful candidate will implement the A-EQUIP (Advocating for Education and Quality Improvement) model, providing crucial advocacy, support, and professional development for our neonatal nursing team. This full-time position requires flexibility, covering days, nights, weekends, and bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
Implement the A-EQUIP model to advocate for the well-being and professional development of neonatal nurses, promoting reflective practice and emotional resilience.
Support the Maternity and Neonatal Redesign initiative by contributing to strategies that enhance nursing practice, patient care, and safety within the neonatal unit.
Provide one-on-one and group support to nurses, assisting them in managing the emotional and ethical challenges inherent in neonatal care.
Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to ensure high standards of care and patient safety, particularly in the context of ongoing redesign efforts.
Identify and mitigate potential risks to patient care and staff well-being, ensuring alignment with the goals of the Maternity and Neonatal Redesign.
Facilitate continuous professional development for neonatal nurses through mentorship, training, and reflective sessions aligned with A-EQUIP principles.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
If you are passionate about neonatal care and committed to supporting your colleagues while driving forward innovative redesign efforts, we want to hear from you.
Please see full person spec and job description for more information
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Current level one NMC registration
- • Relevant post-basic neonatal course (QIS)
- • Have a suitable Teaching & Assessing Qualification
- • Completion of any local competency packages
- • Evidence of continuous professional development
- • Degree in health / nursing related Studies or equivalent level of study
- • PNA Qualification
- • Maintains professional updating and awareness/ CPD/revalidation
Desirable criteria
- • Continuing professional development/ reflective profile
- • Formal leadership and management training / course
- • Masters in health / nursing related Studies or equivalent level of study
- • Relevant post- basic course in the provision of A-EQUIP model of supervision
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Extensive experience within the neonatal setting
- • Supervision of non- registered staff, pre -registration and post basic students
- • Evidence of ability to mentor
- • Evidence of well developed leadership, clinical expertise, management & time management skills
Desirable criteria
- • Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse, or project work
- • Audit or research within the clinical area
- • Providing staff with feedback on their individual performance and use of the knowledge and skills framework
- • Conflict management skills
- • Ability to demonstrate negotiation skills
Skills, abilities & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills, computer literacy
- • Produce timely, accurate written/electronic records and documents
- • Demonstrate basic IT skills
- • Recognition of own level of competence and limitations and able to communicate these to appropriate staff
- • Can minimise interpersonal conflict and barriers to communication
- • Ability to convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to patients, relative/carers and staff
- • Able to respond to problem situations and to ensure that effective interventions are put in place
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of negotiation and influencing skills
- • Demonstrate evidence of providing formal teaching sessions
- • Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team
- • Demonstrate a knowledge of current issues related to the NHS policies
- • Evidence of data collection and analysis
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties
- • Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation
- • Competent and capable of using medical equipment
- • Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non-patient manual handling manoeuvres
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of moving and handling training
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- • Flexible and adaptable
- • CRB clearance in line with Trust policy
- • Caring
- • Enthusiastic and well motivated
- • Confidence
Desirable criteria
- • Successful implementation and management of a nursing change process
- • Evidence of formal teaching experience
- • Experience of leading a team
- • Attendance at conferences / study days
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
- Ellen Cutler
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01159691169
- Additional information
Ellen Cutler
01159691169 ext 76652
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