Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Cambridge University Hospitals

Description

Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - Neonatal Services and PaNDR Band 7

Main area Neonatal Services Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division E Town Cambridge Salary £43,742 - £50,056 p.a. pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 13/05/2024 23:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen at CUH to be part of the Senior Nursing team on the Neonatal Unit with rotation to the East of England transport team PaNDR. You will be expected to work a 24 hour shift pattern across a 7 day service.

The Rosie hospital NICU is a tertiary centre caring for up to 40 babies with a range of medical and surgical needs. Many of these infants have long and complex journeys therefore you should have a deep understanding of the Neonatal journey and the challenges families encounter.

PaNDR (Paediatric and Neonatal Decision Support and Retrieval Service) is the neonatal and paediatric retrieval service for the East of England. Whilst the teams work within their clinical speciality, the teams also work supportively and collaboratively together. Providing expert critical care to neonates and children up to the age of 16 years with a variety of medical and surgical conditions both at their referring hospital and in the ambulance en-route to their new care centre.

A full induction process is provided with competencies surrounding the transport situation and equipment

Main duties of the job

You will be a highly motivated and passionate about providing high quality Neonatal care. Within the role you will be required to manage the unit independently and escalate to the Lead Nurse or Matron for the service, within the PaNDR team you will be required to work both autonomously and within a team.

Opportunities for personal learning and development will be encouraged once in role. The B7 role will have line management responsibilities including carrying out appraisals, sickness and performance management of the team.

You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and utilise these to enhance patient care and experience both locally and across the region. This includes working collaboratively with the MDT to share learning with both staff and service users across the region.

Working for our organisation

Come Nurse with us...

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 20 May 2024

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Benefits to you

We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification Qualifications

• First level registration (part 1,8,12 or 15)
• • Safe Guarding Children Level 1, 2 and 3 training
• Evidence of degree level study
• NLS course

Experience

• Experience at Band 6 in a level 2 or 3 Neonatal Unit
• Experience at Band 6 QIS
• Experience in the care of neonates requiring surgical treatment
• Experience as a mentor to students
• Ward management experience
• Attendance at deliveries unsupervised

Knowledge

• Awareness of professional issues
• To have knowledge of neonatal nursing, integrating theory and practice
• To have a contemporary knowledge of professional nursing strategy

Skills

• Competent to care for all levels of infants in a safe and effective manner without direct supervision
• To work well under pressure and during times of high activity
• To effectively manage simple operational situations
• To work flexibly within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Working towards good communication and decision making skills
• Able to attend deliveries and transfer babies internally unsupervised
• Willingness to learn and develop clinical and educational skills and knowledge

Additional Requirements

• Calm and understanding approach
• Personal integrity and reliability
• Maintaining a professional appearance
• Demonstrate ability to manage time and prioritise effectively
• Willingness to assist with other duties as required
• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of kind, safe and excellent.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.