Job summary
Junior Charge Nurse
Hours: 37.5 hrs per week (minimum 24 hours per week)
Our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, based at our Women's 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.
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced clinical nurse to join for our Neonatal Service on NICU at the Birmingham Women's hospital, part of the Birmingham Women's and Children's 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 HRG 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.
Main duties of the job
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 and 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.
Our multidisciplinary team works closely with colleagues in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Outreach Team (NCOT), Transitional Care, Maternity Services and the Regional Fetal Medicine Centre as part of the Network Perinatal Centre.
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
- NMC registration part one nursing or midwifery
- First degree or equivalent in nursing or midwifery
- Neonatal QIS course or equivalent
- Neonatal Life Support provider
- Mentorship course or equivalent
Desirable
- Level 7 module in Advanced Neonatal Assessment Skill or NIPE
- Leadership course or module
- NLS Instructor
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- A working knowledge of the Badgernet neonatal and maternity systems or willing to learn
- Knowledge and experience of Family Integrated Care
- Able to operational Microsoft packages.
KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Substantial and recent experience caring for term and pre term neonates in a tertiary unit and which demonstrates professional knowledge acquired through a degree or level short course as above.
- Experience of teaching and mentoring students/Junior nursing staff
- Can demonstrate competency in clinical practice
Desirable
- Experience in IV cannulation
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential
- Able to make assessment, clinical decisions based on knowledge (gained as above), guidelines and protocols interpreting complex facts for the babies care.
- Use knowledge and guidance to make complex clinical decisions, and be able to escalate when appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration part one nursing or midwifery
- First degree or equivalent in nursing or midwifery
- Neonatal QIS course or equivalent
- Neonatal Life Support provider
- Mentorship course or equivalent
Desirable
- Level 7 module in Advanced Neonatal Assessment Skill or NIPE
- Leadership course or module
- NLS Instructor
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- A working knowledge of the Badgernet neonatal and maternity systems or willing to learn
- Knowledge and experience of Family Integrated Care
- Able to operational Microsoft packages.
KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Substantial and recent experience caring for term and pre term neonates in a tertiary unit and which demonstrates professional knowledge acquired through a degree or level short course as above.
- Experience of teaching and mentoring students/Junior nursing staff
- Can demonstrate competency in clinical practice
Desirable
- Experience in IV cannulation
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential
- Able to make assessment, clinical decisions based on knowledge (gained as above), guidelines and protocols interpreting complex facts for the babies care.
- Use knowledge and guidance to make complex clinical decisions, and be able to escalate when appropriate.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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 Women's Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
B15 2TG
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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