Sister/ Charge Nurse - Neonatal Unit inOrmskirk inOrmskirk PUBLISHED 25 DEC 2023

Band 6: £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum PERMANENT

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust rk5DHNQI

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To maintain clinical credibility and to act as a role model to junior colleagues.

KEY DUTIES

To deputise for the ward manager with continuing responsibility for providing a seamless, safe service.
To be a competent and caring Neonatal Nurse able to look after sick and/or preterm babies and their families that require special care, high dependency care and intensive care that is of the highest standard and evidence- based.
To support the ward manager, have shift management responsibility as required. Through effective leadership ensure the continuing provision of a seamless, safe and optimum service.
To ensure that patients receive an effective episode of care during their stay on the neonatal ward that is holistic and caters for all their needs
To assist in ensuring all record keeping on the unit is relevant, legible and comprehensive and audited regularly.
To participate in and encourage effective clinical developments/improvements that will enhance practice.
To participate in ensuring all information given to parents, whether written or verbal, is at all times professional, up to date and legible.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

To use clinical leadership skills to assist in supporting and empowering the Units team to provide optimum care at all times, fostering an environment that welcomes planned, effective change to enhance patient care.
To collaborate with the Unit Manager to establish effective networks locally and nationally to ensure all components of the service provided are of the highest standard and in line with the most recent, robust evidence, standards and guidance.
To maintain clinical credibility and to act as a role model to junior colleagues
To facilitate and encourage effective clinical developments that will enhance practice
To ensure the ward environment is clean, welcoming and family-friendly at all times.
To ensure infection control policies and procedures are implemented and adhered to at all times
To ensure fortnightly hand hygiene audits and other infection control initiatives and audits are completed and findings actioned as required
To maintain professional registration.
To adhere to the NMC code of conduct.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIEs

Responsible for ensuring that all patient records are updated contemporaneously, including electronic records.

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES

To take an active role in facilitating the units staff to complete annual mandatory training, including child protection training, in accordance with Trust and departmental policy.
To participate fully in ensuring a structured and individualised orientation programme for new staff is operational.
To be responsible for the annual performance reviews of a team of band 5 nurses and other relevant personnel in agreement with the unit manager and that their agreed personal development plans (PDPs) are operational.
To participate fully in organising and actively participating in the units in-house education program.
To participate actively in ensuring nursing/midwifery students allocated to the unit receive appropriate experience and education, including an effective orientation and mentorship.
To facilitate a culture of life-long learning for both self and all staff.
To ensure realistic and measurable learning objectives are part of the staffs PDPs.
To participate in facilitating attendance both nationally and locally at appropriate conferences, study days to ensure the unit stays abreast and is a pioneer of developments in neonatal services.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES

To have appropriate skills and knowledge relating to the process of safeguarding children and child protection including:

Demonstrate sound knowledge of the current safeguarding agenda, legislation and statutory guidance.
Demonstrate an understanding of the safeguarding framework, including Early Help, Child in Need and Child Protection procedures.
Have an awareness of the impact of parental factors on a child including mental health, domestic abuse and drug substance misuse.
Have an awareness of the increased vulnerabilities of looked after children and the risk of further maltreatment.
Have an awareness of normal child development and the factors which could indicate abuse or neglect.
Be able to recognise possible signs of maltreatment or abuse.
Be able to document safeguarding / child protection concerns, and maintain appropriate record keeping, differentiating between fact and opinion
Be able to share appropriate and relevant information between multi agency teams in writing, via telephone and electronically.
Be able to identify where further support is needed, when to take action, and when to refer to managers, supervisors or other professionals including social services.
Be able to contribute to multi agency safeguarding / child protection procedures including risk assessments.
Be able to work with children and families where there are child protection concerns,
Be able to ensure that children are listened to, and have the opportunity to contribute in decision making as appropriate for their age and development.
Be able to challenge other professional when required and provide supporting evidence.
Understand the purpose of and guidance in relation to conducting serious case reviews, serious incident reviews and management reviews and be able to demonstrate learning from such cases.

LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

To be active in ensuring all types of communication are effective for staff and users of the service.
To assist as required the Unit Manager in recruiting, retaining and developing all relevant staff.

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

To ensure optimum use of resources and assist the department as appropriate in achieving financial goals and delivering quality care that is value for money,
To ensure the effective (including cost-effective) use of staff and resources to maintain and develop standards of care and safety as appropriate.
To actively participate in looking for ways to cost improve the service to benefit the patient journey

RESEARCH & AUDIT

To participate in appropriate regional research and audit as directed by network lead.
To have an active involvement in the National Neonatal Audit Program (NNAP).

We are looking to appoint a highly enthusiastic Sister/Charge Nurse, who is passionate about continuing development of the Unit, to join our friendly, neonatal nursing team. The unit has 10 cots, 1 x Intensive Care, 1 x High Dependency and 8 x Special care cots. We also have 4 Transitional Care cots.

Our unit has been awarded FiCare accreditation and we are actively working towards Stage 2 accreditation. We are committed to support parents and carers to work in partnership with us to care for their babies. Our Unit is also working towards Stage 2 BFI accreditation which we hope to achieve within the next 6 months.

We are also committed to supporting junior nurses to develop into neonatal intensive care nurses and support staff to complete Foundation in Neonates and Intensive and High Dependency Care of the Neonate courses.

In addition to our nursing and medical teams we have Neonatal Nurse Educators and Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners supporting our busy department.

We would welcome applications from experienced neonatal intensive care nurses who are qualified in speciality and committed to ongoing learning and development of themselves and others.

The post holders will be required to work closely with the existing nursing and medical workforce including our Consultant team and Ward Manager.

To deputise for the ward manager with continuing responsibility for providing a seamless, safe service.
To be a competent and caring Neonatal Nurse able to look after sick and/or preterm babies and their families that require special care, high dependency care and intensive care that is of the highest standard and evidence- based.
To support the ward manager, have shift management responsibility as required. Through effective leadership ensure the continuing provision of a seamless, safe and optimum service.
To ensure that patients receive an effective episode of care during their stay on the neonatal ward that is holistic and caters for all their needs
To assist in ensuring all record keeping on the unit is relevant, legible and comprehensive and audited regularly.
To participate in and encourage effective clinical developments/improvements that will enhance practice.
To participate in ensuring all information given to parents, whether written or verbal, is at all times professional, up to date and legible.