Job summary
If you are a professional and caring nursery nurse/assistant practitioner, we would like to invite you to join our fantastic established neonatal nursing team within Newborn Services.
Newborn Services, MCS is one service across three sites; the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is based on the Oxford Road Campus (ORC) and the Local Neonatal Units are based at Wythenshawe and North Manchester General Hospital. The NICU at Saint Mary's Hospital is a state-of-the-art facility co-located with the maternity unit and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, renowned for high standards of clinical care, research, and education. Saint Mary's is one of three NICU's in Greater Manchester and as a tertiary unit is the only provider of neonatal surgery and specialist paediatric services. There is a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary working and family integrated care is a central element of the unit culture. This spreads across to our sister units at Wythenshawe and North Manchester, designated as a local neonatal units, providing short term intensive, high dependency and special care to families residing in the local areas. This post will also cover our Inreach/Outreach team.
Main duties of the job
High quality evidenced based care is the hallmark of our service and we pride ourselves in delivering excellent quality of care along with a positive experience for families. We provide a cutting-edge service and this is your opportunity to be part of the experience of infants and families by contributing to the care provided by a strong and dedicated workforce, supporting the team to deliver the highest standards of safe and effective care.
You will have experience in the delivery of the highest quality of care, understanding the essentials of effective and safe care that is delegated to you to provide. You will be able to deliver care in the Special Care areas of the neonatal unit and on the postnatal wards. In addition, we will provide you with a comprehensive education and training package to enable you to support the safe delivery of neonatal care in conjunction with the Registered Nursing team in the High Dependency areas of the neonatal unit.
You must be a team player with exemplary communication and interpersonal skills. You will be a caring, compassionate, skilled, and knowledgeable Assistant Practitioner/ Nursery Nurse, who works well in a busy and fast paced environment. You will be committed to the support and development of self and others and motivated to work collaboratively to achieve the highest standards of care for infants and families.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- CACHE Level 3 Diploma in childcare studies (BTEC)
- NVQ level 3 in childcare & education
Training and Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of caring for children including ability to support parents in routine care
- Experience of communicating with children and families
Desirable
- Experience of working within an NHS acute care environment undertaking a full range of clinical competencies to NVQ Level 3
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Proficient in caring for babies and children in a health-related setting.
- Effective team player with strong prioritisation and time management skills.
- Maintains accurate documentation and possesses numeracy and literacy skills.
- Capable of undertaking basic observations and initiating basic life support and emergency procedures.Capable of undertaking basic observations and initiating basic life support and emergency procedures.
- Works well without direct supervision and demonstrates awareness of child-related issues, including child protection.
- Able to problem-solve and delegate tasks effectively, with well-developed organisational skills.
Desirable
- Ability to problem solve Basic IT Skills
Attributes
Essential
- Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.
- Able to relate well with patients/clients/relatives/ visitors and colleagues within the multi-disciplinary team
- Committed to continued personal and educational development
- Positive approach to work Internal rotation across the managed clinical service, to day and night duty and unsocial hours, with willingness to be flexible and adaptable.
- Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels Open minded, treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- CACHE Level 3 Diploma in childcare studies (BTEC)
- NVQ level 3 in childcare & education
Training and Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of caring for children including ability to support parents in routine care
- Experience of communicating with children and families
Desirable
- Experience of working within an NHS acute care environment undertaking a full range of clinical competencies to NVQ Level 3
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Proficient in caring for babies and children in a health-related setting.
- Effective team player with strong prioritisation and time management skills.
- Maintains accurate documentation and possesses numeracy and literacy skills.
- Capable of undertaking basic observations and initiating basic life support and emergency procedures.Capable of undertaking basic observations and initiating basic life support and emergency procedures.
- Works well without direct supervision and demonstrates awareness of child-related issues, including child protection.
- Able to problem-solve and delegate tasks effectively, with well-developed organisational skills.
Desirable
- Ability to problem solve Basic IT Skills
Attributes
Essential
- Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.
- Able to relate well with patients/clients/relatives/ visitors and colleagues within the multi-disciplinary team
- Committed to continued personal and educational development
- Positive approach to work Internal rotation across the managed clinical service, to day and night duty and unsocial hours, with willingness to be flexible and adaptable.
- Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels Open minded, treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
