Specialist Neonatal Nurse | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 30 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £40,701 - £48,054 per annum including HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 May 2024 |
| Location: | Harrow, HA1 3UJ |
| Company: | London North West Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6217061/337-NP-7722MF |
Summary
The post holder will practice within a team of nursing staff and act as a named nurse for a group of patients: assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating their care needs. Initially requiring direct supervision the post holder will develop and maintain specialist skills in order to provide the highest standard of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised patient care enabling them to work without direct supervision.
They will be expected to co-ordinate a ward area and to provide direct supervision to junior staff.
To take direct managerial responsibility for the clinical area in the absence of a senior sister or as delegated by the matron
-To be a highly competent, and visible practitioner within the speciality, and demonstrate clinical expertise in the care of all patients receiving treatment on the neonatal unit. To deliver a high standard of care that is evidence based.
-To promote Family Integrated Care and ensure the provision of a welcoming, caring and safe environment for babies and their families.
-To support the nurse in charge in achieving the departments objectives, and support the process of continuous quality improvement.
- To liaise with all members of the MDT that promotes effective teamwork.
-To co-ordinate each baby's care and facilitate a smooth ongoing journey through effective discharge planning, beginning at admission. To liaise with the MDT regarding discharge and follow up. To facilitate the discharge of babies into the community with support to the family at home
- To liaise with parents/carers ; to keep them fully informed of their babies condition, with regular and accurate information in a sensitive way that they can understand, and to deal appropriately with parents relatives coping with difficult situations
-To support and facilitate junior staff in their development, contributing to the learning environment by participation in ward teaching programmes.
-To actively support the process of risk management and health and safety, upholding relevant policies to promote and help identify ways of preventing errors and accidents to both patients and staff.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 2 May 2024