Job summary
There has
never been a more exciting time to join our trust. Major redevelopment works on
both sites at our Birmingham childrens Hospital and Birmingham Womens
Hospital are due for completion in 2025. Our trust has been rated Good by the
CQC and is world renowned for our Neonatal and Paediatric care.
Our
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, based at our Womens hospital, is a leading
Perinatal Centre and one of the largest Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the
UK. We are the designated Neonatal Surgical Centre for West Midlands
Operational Delivery Network and accept in-utero and post-natal transfers from
throughout the West Midlands. We deliver outstanding care to some of the west
midlands sickest babies from 22 weeks gestation. As well as caring for new born
babies with surgical conditions we also care for sick and premature new born
babies with medical conditions and babies born with congenital abnormalities
such as diaphragmatic hernia and cardiac lesions. We are host to the West Midlands Human Milk
Bank and we serve a maternity department delivering 8,500 babies per annum.
Main duties of the job
We are
looking for a highly motivated and experienced clinical nurse to join for our
Neonatal Service on NICU at the Birmingham Womens hospital, part of the
Birmingham Womens and Childrens Hospital foundation trust. You must have
current experience working in a neonatal intensive care environment, but also
be able to ensure care delivery to the whole spectrum of the level 5-1 neonatal
service specification, including safe discharge to our developing community
service. Outstanding communication skill
is required for this post with current experience supporting the operational
workforce.
There is
close working with our partners across the Birmingham Local Maternity Service
and this will be maintained and developed.
We have excellent professional development opportunities including cross
site working with our Birmingham Childrens Hospital and the Neonatal Surgical
Ward. We offer a family friendly environment for our local community and region. The post holder will need to be adaptable,
flexible, resilient, able to work the full range of clinical shifts over the 24
hour period and line manage a small team, with support.
For
further information about this job please contact Precious Nyagumbo Head of Nursing p.nyagumbo@nhs.net
Telephone:
0121 333 5195/07715042110
Fiona
Terry fiona.terry2@nhs.net
0121
335 8910
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the
first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive
forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and
mental health care for our women, children and families.
Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment
to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading
neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in
shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist
paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham
Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the
busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year
offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. Forward
Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative
community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB
offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people
aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We
believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and
encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria
for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or
sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person
specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham
Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have
evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include
transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional
registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for
our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so
please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person
specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham
Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have
evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include
transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional
registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for
our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so
please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Intensive Care Nursing Qualification
- Teaching/ Assessing/ Mentoring Qualification or equivalent
- NLS/pILS/EPLS/APLS or equivalent
- Educated to Degree Level or working towards (health related subject or equivalent level of experience)
- NMC Registered Nurse part one (adult of Child) or Registered Midwife
Experience
Essential
- Band 5 experience at a NICU within a tertiary level 3 referral centre or a level 3 PICU
- Evidence of continued professional development related to NICU
- Excellent NICU Nursing skills within a tertiary level 3 unit
- Evidence of Multiprofessional practice skills
- Able to deliver competent care to critically ill neonates and infants
- Able to independently troubleshoot equipment and utilise ingenuity and resourcefulness
Desirable
- Experience of working on a NICU transport Service
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, building team relationships quickly in a fast paced environment
- Organisational Skill
- Assertive and Diplomatic in challenging communication situations
- Provide and receive complex, sensitive information; barriers to understanding
- Communicates sensitive information concerning patients medical condition, requires persuasive, reassurance skills; some patients have special needs, learning disabilities
- Complex facts or situations, requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison of a range of options
- Skills for assessing and interpreting acute and other patient conditions, appropriate action
- Able to manage a group of critically ill neonates, supervising and teaching junior staff.
- Able to plan, implement and assess the care of critically ill babies during the transport process. Working closely with the transport team and the referring and receiving hospitals.
- Be able to organise and co-ordinate long & short term projects
- Plan and organise straightforward activities, some on-going/plan, organise complex activities or programmes, requiring formulation, adjustment.
- Organises own time and that of junior staff and learners,
- plans staff off duty rota/undertakes discharge planning
- involving co-ordinating other agencies
- Day to day supervision; management
- Leads team and allocates work/recruits, manages and develops staff
- Record personally generated information, Maintains patient records
- Moves, manoeuvres patients from bed to chair, wheels patients
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Intensive Care Nursing Qualification
- Teaching/ Assessing/ Mentoring Qualification or equivalent
- NLS/pILS/EPLS/APLS or equivalent
- Educated to Degree Level or working towards (health related subject or equivalent level of experience)
- NMC Registered Nurse part one (adult of Child) or Registered Midwife
Experience
Essential
- Band 5 experience at a NICU within a tertiary level 3 referral centre or a level 3 PICU
- Evidence of continued professional development related to NICU
- Excellent NICU Nursing skills within a tertiary level 3 unit
- Evidence of Multiprofessional practice skills
- Able to deliver competent care to critically ill neonates and infants
- Able to independently troubleshoot equipment and utilise ingenuity and resourcefulness
Desirable
- Experience of working on a NICU transport Service
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, building team relationships quickly in a fast paced environment
- Organisational Skill
- Assertive and Diplomatic in challenging communication situations
- Provide and receive complex, sensitive information; barriers to understanding
- Communicates sensitive information concerning patients medical condition, requires persuasive, reassurance skills; some patients have special needs, learning disabilities
- Complex facts or situations, requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison of a range of options
- Skills for assessing and interpreting acute and other patient conditions, appropriate action
- Able to manage a group of critically ill neonates, supervising and teaching junior staff.
- Able to plan, implement and assess the care of critically ill babies during the transport process. Working closely with the transport team and the referring and receiving hospitals.
- Be able to organise and co-ordinate long & short term projects
- Plan and organise straightforward activities, some on-going/plan, organise complex activities or programmes, requiring formulation, adjustment.
- Organises own time and that of junior staff and learners,
- plans staff off duty rota/undertakes discharge planning
- involving co-ordinating other agencies
- Day to day supervision; management
- Leads team and allocates work/recruits, manages and develops staff
- Record personally generated information, Maintains patient records
- Moves, manoeuvres patients from bed to chair, wheels patients
Additional information
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Birmingham Womens Hospital Nhs Trust
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
B15 2TG
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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