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Main area
Neonatal
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Shift work - including night shifts)
Job ref
159-LWH-222-24
Employer
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Liverpool Women's hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/07/2024 23:59

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Senior Neonatal Nurse

Band 6

Liverpool Women’s delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and their families. Each year we deliver over 8,300 babies, carry out over 10,000 gynaecological procedures, and care for over 1,000 poorly and preterm newborns, making us the specialist provider of health services for women, babies and their families in Europe.

We have some of the leading experts in their field, and, after featuring on One Born Every Minute, Miracle Babies and Special Baby Unit, our teams are famous across the world for their professionalism, skill and compassion.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital clinical services are currently being reviewed by NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group, following work done by our clinicians in presenting a powerful case for change in the Future Generations Strategy.

A useful information booklet is available about the proposed changes which can be downloaded from the Healthy Liverpool website facebook.com/healthylvpool. This booklet clearly states that ‘there is absolutely no threat to the services themselves – this is about making what we have even better and protecting services for the future’.

Liverpool Women’s has an excellent reputation and is a centre of excellence. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career for many years to come.

We invite you to review why Liverpool Women's Hospital is a great place to work:  https://vimeo.com/556197652 

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Job overview

Neonatal care in Liverpool is going through an exciting period of change with the £15 million development of the Liverpool Women’s Hospital (LWH) site and the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership (LNP) with Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (AHCH) to develop a single service across the city.

Our new £15m extension was completed in February 2020, providing a state of the art environment for the babies and families of Liverpool. The NICU at LWH is a dynamic, diverse and growing service renowned for high standards of clinical care, research and education. The team at LWH work closely with the surgical team at AHCH to deliver a single neonatal service across the city.

A new build within AHCH is now underway to provide a Surgical Neonatal Intensive Unit.

The LNP is closely integrated with the regional fetal, maternal medicine departments; we work in partnership to deliver babies requiring complex neonatal care for cardiac abnormalities, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, EXIT procedures and antenatal diagnosed abnormalities. We are also the tertiary NICU for Cheshire and Merseyside

The successful candidate will function as  a senior clinical practitioner within the neonatal services at Alder Hey and Liverpool Women's hospital, using expert knowledge and skills to achieve optimum outcome for the neonate and family in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team. 

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for the neonate in partnership with the family in high dependency and intensive care nurseries and for co-ordinating, supervising and supporting the neonatal staff within an identified clinical area. You  will be required to act as room leader and be responsible for supervising and mentoring junior staff, basic and post basic students within the neonatal service.

Once experienced in this role they will be required to act as shift leader as appropriate.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and families. Each year we deliver over 7,500 babies, carry out over 49,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly & preterm newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles and have over 4,000 genetic appointments taking place. We believe that this along with a strong dedication to research & innovation makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

We have some of the leading experts in their field, which has been showcased on national TV and news, making our teams famous across the world for professionalism, skill & compassion.

The Trust is constantly innovating and evolving it’s services to provide the most cutting edge and modern care possible. As well as developing services on our current site we have long-term aspirations for the future. We have recently launched a number of new strategies which provide a detailed long-term plan for our services.

Check out why Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work using the links below:

Video: https://vimeo.com/556197652

Online brochure: https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/media/4121/recruitment-pack-great-place-to-work-16pp-v4-final.pdf

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To function as a senior clinical practitioner within the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership based in both LWH and AHCH demonstrating advanced knowledge and clinical skills in both medicine and surgery

Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for the neonate in partnership with the family in high dependency and intensive care nurseries

Responsible for co-ordinating, supervising and supporting the neonatal staff within an identified clinical area

Responsible for supervising and mentoring junior staff, basic and post basic students within the Neonatal service

To act as room leader - Liverpool Women’s site

To act as shift leader as required

Rotation within the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership

Please refer to the detailed job description and main responsibilities for this vacancy within the job description attached

Person specification

Qualifications and Learning

Essential criteria
  • Basic nursing / midwifery qualification
  • Appropriate post basic qualification in the speciality
  • Mentorship
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of ongoing academic studies at Masters level
  • Leadership Course

Health

Essential criteria
  • Capable of bending lifting and standing

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Enthusiastic, motivated and committed to neonatal nursing
  • Calm and approachable
  • Reliable
  • Flexible and responsive to change
Desirable criteria
  • Member of Neonatal interest group

Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Ability to plan and prioritise the workload
  • Demonstrates commitment to team working and the development of others
  • Research awareness
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Computer literacy
  • Surgical module

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 3 years neonatal experience including intensive care
  • Competent in all areas
  • Recent mentoring experience
  • Evidence of leadership
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of service development

Special Circumstances

Essential criteria
  • Flexible working patterns
  • Ability to work all shift patterns

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoInvestors in People: GoldStonewall Health ChampionsCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
[email protected]
Job title
Matron for Neonates
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01517089988
Additional information

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