Job summary
The MNORT (Manchester Neonatal Outreach/In-reach Team) is based on the Oxford Road Campus (Manchester) within St Mary's Managed Clinical Service (MCS). The MNORT is based on the NICU (Newborn Intensive Care Unit) in order to ensure that Inreach services can be provided efficiently to all maternity areas and to facilitate a two way flow of information about infants being planned for discharge from Newborn Services to the community. We are looking for dynamic individuals who can adapt their neonatal skill set to the postnatal ward setting and the community. The Inreach team is an exciting service which involves the team providing a model of transitional care to babies, who are being nursed alongside their mothers within the maternity service. This supports reducing newborn separation and the maintenance of the family unit. It involves working across both neonatal and maternity unit boundaries and with the wider MDT. The Saint Mary's MCS Outreach service involves visiting families within their homes, running community clinics across the geographical single hospital service footprint and performing virtual consultations with families. This involves pathway co-ordination and meeting with families before discharge to facilitate a high quality effective and efficient transition from hospital to home ensuring that the family's needs are paramount.
Main duties of the job
Professionally attend babies being discharged from the neonatal unit and being cared for at home, or those babies with a special care dependency on the post-natal wards.
Promote health education activities to parents and families.
Liaise with the multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams to ensure that babies and their families receive a high quality service, coordinating and participating in case discussions as required.
Lead by example and act as a positive role model for all staff, taking responsibility for personal and professional development.
Maintain personal standards of conduct and behaviour, which are consistent with Trust and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards and requirements.
Ensure all documentation is accurate, contemporaneous and complies with NMC standards.
Support the MNORT Clinical Lead and Matron for Continuing Care in relation to the transformation agenda within the clinical setting, including effective leadership, the setting, monitoring and maintenance of professional standards, collaborative working, the management of complaints and leading the nursing contribution to quality and safety at a department/unit level.
Contribute to formulating policies and strategies within area of practice.
Demonstrate awareness of legislation regarding children and families, for example safeguarding issues and act appropriately when required.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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 30,000 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 Electronic Patient Record system which 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 Green Plan which sets 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
Qualifications
Essential
- First level registration
- Qualified in specialty as a neonatal nurse
- Evidence of recent level 3 studies
Desirable
- Graduate
- Community experience
- NIPE qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in neonatal unit environment
- Experience in a relevant community setting
- Evidence of contributing to health promotion / health education initiatives
- Evidence of safeguarding knowledge
- Evidence of good organisational and planning skills
- Recent evidence of continuing professional and personal development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level registration
- Qualified in specialty as a neonatal nurse
- Evidence of recent level 3 studies
Desirable
- Graduate
- Community experience
- NIPE qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in neonatal unit environment
- Experience in a relevant community setting
- Evidence of contributing to health promotion / health education initiatives
- Evidence of safeguarding knowledge
- Evidence of good organisational and planning skills
- Recent evidence of continuing professional and personal development
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).
