Neonatal Transport Nurse

Barts Health NHS Trust

The closing date is 13 April 2025

Job summary

Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity; we have a vacancy on the Neonatal Transfer Service London for Senior Band 6 nurses with a minimum of 3 years tertiary (level 3) NICU experience to apply for positions on London's only dedicated neonatal transfer service.

Come and join us to learn and develop your skills and knowledge towards being an experienced neonatal transport nurse, caring for a range of sick neonates who require transfer across the London area and beyond. This career path will allow you to develop your portfolio, experience working within a small team setting, stabilising and transferring some of the sickest babies across London and the wider counties.

You will also become established on the single-clinician led High/low dependency transfer team.

If successful you would be welcomed into a friendly team consisting of 3 Neonatal Consultants, specialist registrars/clinical fellows, Matron; PDN and experienced transport nurses. These team members are complemented by technicians from St John Ambulance Service

You will commence with an induction programme and ride-out shifts with support. Shifts include rotation between dual and single clinician teams, days, including a twilight team, nights and weekends. Full and part time options can be discussed. At Barts Health, we enable flexible working patterns where possible.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead by example as an expert specialist neonatal nurse on the Neonatal Transfer Team for London. To work as part of a team in facilitating neonatal transfers across London and the Southeast.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Date posted

28 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,806 to £53,134 a year per annum inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

259-7112339RLH

Job locations

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RSCN/RN
ENB 405 (or equivalent)/ Qualified in specialty HDU & ITU
ENB 998 (or equivalent)/ Mentorship.
NLS

Desirable

Diploma/Degree in related topic e.g. BSc Nursing Attendance at accredited study days/courses.

Experience

Essential

Proven and current full-time experience, delivering care to acute neonates, in a tertiary level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at a band 6 or above

Desirable

Experience of reflective practice; clinical supervision.

Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of understanding the needs of culturally diverse families
Good understanding of clinical governance

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RSCN/RN
ENB 405 (or equivalent)/ Qualified in specialty HDU & ITU
ENB 998 (or equivalent)/ Mentorship.
NLS

Desirable

Diploma/Degree in related topic e.g. BSc Nursing Attendance at accredited study days/courses.

Experience

Essential

Proven and current full-time experience, delivering care to acute neonates, in a tertiary level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at a band 6 or above

Desirable

Experience of reflective practice; clinical supervision.

Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of understanding the needs of culturally diverse families
Good understanding of clinical governance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).