Are you a team player, with excellent communication skill, experience in infant feeding and a passion to facilitate and develop infant feeding support within the NICU?
We are seeking a Band 4 qualified in speciality Nursery Nurse to support infant feeding leads and teach parents and staff on the NICU 4 days a week.
The NICU is one of the 3 tertiary centres for the Eastern Neonatal network and part of the East of England Neonatal ODN. The Unit admits babies requiring tertiary neonatal care including surgery and neurosurgery.
You will receive training and development in this friendly and dynamic organisation which seeks to innovate and strives for excellence. You will also receive a full and comprehensive orientation package and professional support tailored to individual needs.
The Nursery Nurse will be responsible for providing safe and effective care to neonates and their families under the supervision of a Registered Nurse / Midwife / AHP.
The Nursery Nurse will work within the Neonatal Infant Feeding Team and will support all families admitted to the NICU with developing close and loving relationships, early expressing and maintaining a milk supply and supporting with families with the skills required for responsive feeding.
The Nursery Nurse will offer evidence-based information and resources to support families with shared decision making around their choice of feeding.
The Nursery Nurse will have a good knowledge and understanding of the Unicef BFI standards in Neonatal Care and excellent communication skills with both families and staff.
The Nursery Nurse may be required to undertake further training in order to support in the education and training of staff on the NICU.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
The advert will close at midnight on 17 November 2024.
Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 25 November 2024.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Are you a team player, with excellent communication skill, experience in infant feeding and a passion to facilitate and develop infant feeding support within the NICU?
We are seeking a Band 4 qualified in speciality Nursery Nurse to support infant feeding leads and teach parents and staff on the NICU 4 days a week.
The NICU is one of the 3 tertiary centres for the Eastern Neonatal network and part of the East of England Neonatal ODN. The Unit admits babies requiring tertiary neonatal care including surgery and neurosurgery.
You will receive training and development in this friendly and dynamic organisation which seeks to innovate and strives for excellence. You will also receive a full and comprehensive orientation package and professional support tailored to individual needs.
The Nursery Nurse will be responsible for providing safe and effective care to neonates and their families under the supervision of a Registered Nurse / Midwife / AHP.
The Nursery Nurse will work within the Neonatal Infant Feeding Team and will support all families admitted to the NICU with developing close and loving relationships, early expressing and maintaining a milk supply and supporting with families with the skills required for responsive feeding.
The Nursery Nurse will offer evidence-based information and resources to support families with shared decision making around their choice of feeding.
The Nursery Nurse will have a good knowledge and understanding of the Unicef BFI standards in Neonatal Care and excellent communication skills with both families and staff.
The Nursery Nurse may be required to undertake further training in order to support in the education and training of staff on the NICU.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
The advert will close at midnight on 17 November 2024.
Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 25 November 2024.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.