NICU Senior Staff Nurse
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Job overview
We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic and motivated Band 6 Neonatal staff nurses to join the Neonatal Unit at the Whittington Health Trust. We are ranked as ‘Outstanding’ for caring by the Care Quality Commission. If you are looking for flexible work that can fit around your family commitments this could be just what you are looking for! We are a level 2 unit within the North Central North East London Perinatal Network. We provide specialist care to neonates from 27 weeks gestation.
The unit have a family-focused philosophy in which staff and parents work together in partnership to provide the highest standards of care and we actively support developmental care.
If you are an experienced and friendly Neonatal Nurse, then we would like to hear from you to join our NICU team and provide high quality care to our sick Neonates. To succeed you must have the relevant neonatal qualifications and experience in working on a Neonatal Unit.
Please see job description for further details
Advert
Band 6
NICU Staff Nurse
Neonatal Nursing Team
Full-Time: 37.5 Hours per week
We are looking for Band 6 Neonatal nurses to come and join our team of experienced and friendly Neonatal Nurses who provide specialist care to Neonates from 27 weeks gestation.
We would like to recruit enthusiastic and resourceful Neonatal Nurses to provide high quality care to our sick Neonates. To succeed you must have the relevant neonatal qualifications and experience in working on a Neonatal Unit.
We are a level 2 unit within the North Central North East London Perinatal Network. We provide specialist care to neonates from 27 weeks gestation.
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 unit have a family-focused philosophy in which staff and parents work together in partnership to provide the highest standards of care and we actively support developmental care.
We look forward to gaining team members who will embrace our innovative nursing styles including developmental care, breastfeeding support and discharge planning.
There are opportunities to develop clinical skills in a highly supportive environment, with a Practice Educator and Advanced Nurse Practitioner in post. There is also the opportunity to rotate in to the community working with the community neonatal sister.
We are a friendly, caring and supportive unit and we will support your professional development both in practice and accessing relevant specialist courses.
Whittington Health has been rated twentieth in the second annual Healthcare 100 awards, which recognises top employees in healthcare.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
- Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
- Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
- Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
- Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
- Participate in required training and supervision.
- Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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Other important information –
- You must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom or fully meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship; however, we can only consider these where all UKVI requirements are met. Before applying, please ensure that both you and the role satisfy the relevant UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points‑based system criteria, as applications that do not meet these requirements cannot be progressed. For more information about the criteria, please click here
- Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
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