Band 6 Nurse - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Are you an experienced neonatal nurse looking for an exciting career opportunity? We are currently looking to recruit Band 6 nurses to join our transport team.

PaNDR (Paediatric and Neonatal Decision Support and Retrieval Service) is the neonatal and paediatric retrieval service for the East of England.

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.

You will also develop and deliver with the MDT outreach learning to our service users across the region.

A full induction process is provided with competencies surrounding the transport situation and equipment. Shifts include rotation between our 6 teams which cover each 24 hours, 365 days of the year.
You will be responsible for providing direct clinical care to infants requiring emergency and elective transfer.

Team working ability and leadership skills will be used to ensure safe and effective delivery of the service for staff, parents and babies according to the CUH Trust values and behaviours.

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.

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 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.

A welcome subsidy of 1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs and Radiographers taking up substantive employment with the Trust.

Closing date is midnight on 24 April 2024

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

Our values and reputation for outstanding care
Career and development opportunities
Lovely location and quality of life
Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

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.

If you would like to be part of this friendly, progressive, innovative team providing family centred care to critically ill neonates and children in the East of England and would like more information please contact:

First Level Registration with the NMC
Neonatal Critical Care qualification
Safeguarding level 3

Enhanced Nursing Skills Qualification (ENP)
Degree in relevant health related subject
Tertiary level Neonatal Nursing experience
Shift leader experience
Experience of being involved in governance processes which help to development the service and measure quality

Experience of Surgical Neonatal Nursing
Knowledge of Neonatal Transport developments and strategic National Agenda

Contact with patients in a clinical environment, regular contact with patients who are vulnerable to infection, contact with patients who are known to be infected, shift work including night duty, manual handling, regular hand hygiene exposing to skin sensitisers (exc latex)

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Addenbrookes Hospital-Division E