Registered Nurse – Neonatal | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 08 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2024 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6143697/361-RN-6143697 |
Summary
We are recruiting for a Neonatal staff Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will be a registered children's nurse, keen to participate as a member of the Neonatal multidisciplinary team providing evidence based family centred care.
We are a busy innovative Level 2 Neonatal unit, who have proudly achieved Stage 1 accreditation of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative in 2021. A certificate of commitment in support of breastfeeding and the parent/ infant relationship. We have an established Transitional Care unit and we are in the process of expanding the service within the coming year.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
You will provide holistic family centred care for Special Care infants and infants on Transitional Care under supervision of Nurse Team Manager or Team Leader.
Being responsible for the preparation and storage of infant feeds as part of milk kitchen duties and participate in all duties required in the milk kitchen and actively support breast feeding initiatives.
You will facilitate & deliver parentcraft sessions taking into account the principles of Developmental Care and achieving competency for checking and administering medication.
Assessing ,planning and evaluating the care needs for the baby and the family in partnership with parents and the MDT.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Friday 19 Apr 2024