Neonatal Transitional Care Lead | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 23 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 pa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 August 2025 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG5 1PB |
| Company: | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7284033/164-7284033 |
Summary
A Vacancy has arisen for Band 7 Neonatal Transitional Care Lead
Are you ready to make a difference in neonatal care?
Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is thrilled to announce the introduction of providing nursing care within our Transitional Care Service, spanning both the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) and Nottingham City Hospital campuses. We are looking for a visible leader who is a professional role model dedicated to high standards of care and patient safety, with excellent leadership, communication and people skills and experience of managing change.
This is a new role that you will make your own. You will predominantly lead, manager and support a team of Band 5 Neonatal Transitional Care Nurses and join us on this exciting journey, shaping the future of care for babies and their families.
Working within the maternity and neonatal services at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) offers an unparalleled opportunity to be part of one of the UK’s largest and most respected teaching hospital trusts, known for its dedication to excellence and innovation in care. NUH supports over 8,000 births annually across its two campuses, Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) and City Hospital, offering diverse and cutting-edge facilities, including midwifery-led units, a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and home birth services.
What We’re Looking For:
As the Transitional Care Unit Ward Manager/charge nurse you will oversee the service and ensure that the standards and quality of care given to the babies are to the highest standard, reducing separation of mothers and babies.
The successful candidate will be an effective leader and role model and will be expected to provide leadership, education and managerial support and use experience to support the implementation of both clinical and non-clinical governance.
You will be committed to working flexibly as a member of the service team to support and ensure standards are being maintained, evaluated, and where necessary improved.
If you have experience in leading a team, and are ready to embrace a new challenge, this is your chance to grow with us.
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.
Essential Skills:
• NMC Registration
• Relevant post-basic study appropriate to specialty to degree/masters level
• Experience in neonatal care
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Management/leadership experience
• Recruitment and retention of staff
• Evidence of ability to supervise and assess staff
• Ability to manage the clinical area or ward efficiently and effectively
• Ability to lead change and lead new ways of working
• Able to present and receive complex information within the multi professional team
• Demonstrate negotiation and influencing skills
• Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with conflict
• Team player who can initiate, delegate and complete projects
• Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex problems/situations and ensure effective interventions are put in place.
• Ability to generate and present reports and documents
• Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures/guidelines
• Demonstrate insight in the use of data to influence patient care and services
• Can formulate short and long-term objectives
• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
• Demonstrate the personal development of members within a team
• Enthusiastic
• Motivated
This advert closes on Sunday 3 Aug 2025