Sister or Charge Nurse

Ready to take the next step in your neonatal nursing career?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced QIS Neonatal Nurse to join our Level 2 Neonatal Unit as a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse.

In this role, you will provide high-quality, family-centred care to premature and sick newborn infants, lead shifts, support and develop junior staff, and contribute to quality improvement, governance, and service development.

Essential Requirements

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration
• Neonatal QIS qualification
• Significant neonatal nursing experience
• Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills

We offer a supportive team environment, professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a real difference to babies and their families.

Main Duties of the Job

• Recording the patient’s response to nursing care planned and implemented

• Evaluating the effect of the nursing care planned delivery.

• Reporting any untoward incidents and investigating the cause

• To provide a safe environment for the neonate to facilitate optimal neonatal outcomes

• Assisting the senior staff to enable effective patient care by the other qualified members of the ward team

• Regularly taking charge of the unit.

• Participate in the orientation programmes for the newly qualified nurses, nursery nurses and health care assistants

• Participate in the development of the newly qualified nurses, nursery nurses and health care assistants

• Assisting in the overall ward management and the determination of the nursing priorities.

• To be able to develop and foster a team working atmosphere.

• Participating in the clinical education of student nurses

• Using personal teaching and assessing skills and act as clinical supervisor.

• Demonstrating to and supervising student nurses nursing techniques.

• Identifying teaching/learning opportunities and planning clinical teaching for nursing staff and student nurses.

• Identifying relevant research findings to support clinical practice.

• Organising and participating planned teaching programmes for the ward in conjunction with the senior staff.

• Being an assessor of student/nurses/midwives/ENB 405 students.

• Using counselling skills to benefit of staff, parents, relatives/carers.

• Participate in clinical governance cycle and Trust risk management procedures.

• Ensuring the effective and efficient supply and use of support services and resources

• Maintaining and rotating supplies at the agreed stock levels.

• Participating in the development and testing of new equipment, materials and procedures for patient care.

• Maintaining the safe custody and use of drugs.

• Reporting equipment and furnishings which need repair or replacement.

• Reporting any risks to health and safety to the Clinical Manager.

• Reporting any deficiencies in the support services to the Clinical Manager.

• Contacting as appropriate, other nurses, midwives and health care disciplines and providing written reports on request.

• Preparing written summaries of nursing care and liaising with the Primary Health Care Team on discharge/transfer home.

• To observe the confidentiality of patients information at all times in accordance with the Data Protection Act.

• To participate in multidisciplinary audit.

Specific Responsibilities

• To contribute and lead with regard to setting and monitoring of nursing standards, procedures and guidelines.

• To maintain safe custody and use of drugs according to local policy.

• To be aware of all the Trust policies/procedures/local guidelines with special emphasis on fire, major incidents and child protection policies/guidelines

• To have working knowledge of the Health & Safety Regulations and implications in the neonatal unit and personal role/responsibilities.

• To attend annual mandatory updates training including in service training and professional education sessions

• Maintaining an area of personal interest and expertise in a nursing topic relevant to neonatal and family care.

• Maintaining cardio pulmonary resuscitation skills both adult and neonatal.

• Maintaining skills in intravenous injections techniques and central line care

• Participating in ward meetings to agree local practice.

• Acting up for the senior staff where appropriate and with support.

Decisions & Judgements

• The post holder is required to escalate clinical decisions to Lead Neonatologist and Ward Manager and elevate managerial decisions to the Ward Manager.

Knowledge, Training & Experience Required to Do the Job

Essential

• RGN/RN Child / RM
• Neonatal Qualified In speciality qualification (ENB 405 or equivalent)
• Mentorship in practice (ENB 998 / MIPS)
• NLS trained
• Child Protection Training
• Effective managerial / leadership skills.
• Sound working experience of Child protection issues
• Sound knowledge and use of current research and developments to influence clinical practice
• Basic knowledge of computers & SEND database – Participate in divisional risk management and clinical governance framework
• Experience at Band 5 within neonatal setting
• Experience & ability to participate within emergency situations within neonatal unit and deliveries
• Excellent neonatal clinical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills Effective teaching, training and Preceptorship skills
• Able to develop and motivate a team of staff acting as a role model
• Able to work and communicate effectively across professional team and organisational boundaries
• Ability to delegate and prioritise, meet tight deadline and work independently
• Administration of IV drugs Ability to make best use of available resources e.g. staffing & equipment
• Knowledge of Breast feeding initiative.
• Pleasant manner, Articulate. Decisive, Assertive, Innovative, Calm and Flexible

Desirable

• Experience post Neonatal Qualified In speciality course (ENB 405 or equivalent)

• Leadership/ Management course

As a Disability Confident and equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.

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