13 Oct
Division of Surgery – BHRUT NHS
Romford
Job description
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our excellent neonatal team here at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is one of the biggest and busiest Level 2 units in London, we care for babies born at 27 weeks gestation and take pride in providing the perfect environment in which these tiny neonates can grow, thrive and develop.
The unit comprise of total babies of 32 cots ,3 intensive cots, 8 high dependency cots and 21 special care cots and manages an extensive range of medical cases within these culturally-diverse boroughs. .
Here at BHRUT we have a dedicated and dynamic multidisciplinary team who maintain the highest quality and standards of care to our neonatal population, the successful applicant will join our dedicated team of which includes Neonatologists, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners Clinical Nurse Specialists including neonatal community outreach service and a dedicated Education Team who provide clinical training and support within the neonatal unit.
In addition we also work closely with a highly motivated team of allied health professionals to provide excellent family centred and psychosocial care for our patients and families.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated, flexible, hardworking, positive thinking Neonatal Qualified In Speciality Nurse to our team to assist / give high-quality of care and promote care for all our babies and their families.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for the care of one or defined group of babies within the Neonatal Unit without supervision and to utilise and further develop specialist skills in order to provide the highest standard of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised patient care.
To actively participate in and contribute to the management of the clinical area
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E; performance in 2023 / 24;
we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.
Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.
Many of our 8,000 staff who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black,
Asian and minority ethnic groups.
More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es; in 2023.
Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year.
This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams.
It’ll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application.
As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- RN / RCN with current registration at degree level.
- Neonatal qualification QIS and NLS.
Desirable criteria
NLS Provider
SKILLS / ABILITIES
Essential criteria
The ability to effectively function as part of a multidisciplinary team and priorities own workload.
Desirable criteria
- Enhanced Neonatal skills or working towards.
- Evidence of research and audit.
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.
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