Infant Feeding Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the job description included with this vacancy.

Further Information:

The Neonatal Service delivers care across two sites at the City and Queens Medical Centre Campuses. As a lead centre for the East Midlands Neonatal Operational Delivery Network, we offer both medical and surgical intensive care for extremely preterm and very sick infants. Our aim is for babies to be treated in the right place, at the right time, by knowledgeable skilled staff putting families at the centre of their babies care. Through close relationships with families, the service incorporates parent/carer involvement to improve the care that is provided. We are proud to be both BLISS accredited and Pathway to Excellence achievers since July 2020.

An informal visit is recommended for a tour of the Neonatal unit and the opportunity to meet with other members of the Family care team.

Please note :

Applications may be closed prior to the advertised closing date for this vacancy if we have sufficient applications.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current NMC registration.
• Relevant post-basic study e.g. specialist pathway
• Teaching & Assessing and/or Mentoring Course.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Current clinical care experience in neonates
• Evidence of supervision of pre registration and post basic students and non registered staff.
• Evidence of mentorship.
• Able to demonstrate management of caseload and decision making skills
• Demonstrate the ability to convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to patients, relative/carers and staff.

Communication & Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Produce timely, accurate written/electronic records and documents
• Demonstrate basic IT skills.
• Can identify own level of competence and limitations with the ability to communicate these to appropriate staff.
• Can minimise interpersonal conflict and barriers to communication.

Analytical & Judgemental Skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise and evaluate patient care
• Ability to identify own learning needs.
• Participation or facilitation of audit and demonstrate actions from results
• Able to respond to problem situations and to ensure that effective interventions are put in place.

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
• Able to contribute to the development of implementation and monitoring of local objectives and action plans
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the implementation of change

Physical Skills

Essential criteria

• Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties for long periods of time.
• Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation.
• Competent and capable of using medical equipment
• Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non-patient manual handling manoeuvres.
• Can use IT and has keyboard skills

Other requirements specific to the role (e.g. be able to drive or work shifts

Essential criteria

• Flexible and adaptable
• Enhanced CRB clearance.
• Caring.
• Enthusiastic and well motivated.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

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