Senior Sister / Charge Nurse - Neonatal ICU

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated neonatal nurse to join our well-established senior sister/charge nurse team. We seek a neonatal nurse qualified in specialty with proven leadership qualities to work within the senior team, maintaining standards of excellence in a fast moving, dynamic and supportive environment.

You will work across the ITU, HDU and SCBU clinical areas and regularly manage the day-to-day activity of the service, demonstrate effective and safe decision-making ability and participate in all aspects of staff management.

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a specialist regional intensive care unit providing specialist neonatal medical and surgical intensive care within the East of England Neonatal Operational Delivery. It is the regional centre for specialist neonatal neurosurgery, ophthalmology and ENT surgery.

The NICU provides a full range of neonatal services for the catchment population of Cambridge and takes tertiary referrals for ill neonates from the 17 Units within the East of England and surrounding districts.

We will offer you a full and comprehensive orientation package and professional support tailored to individual needs with ongoing support from the Neonatal Clinical Education Team in order for you to achieve your full potential. You will get training and development in this friendly and dynamic organization, which seeks to innovate and strives for excellence in delivering first-class patient care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for being a clinical expert, providing safe and effective care to all categories of neonates.

Assess care needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care.

Participate in the supervision, mentorship and appraisal of pre and post registration staff.

Regularly manage the day to day activity of the service and demonstrate effective and safe decision making ability when doing so.

Provide comprehensive leadership and management skills of nursing staff through periods of supervised practice.

Participate in all aspects of staff management.

You will be responsible for providing direct clinical care to infants requiring emergency and elective transfer.

Come Nurse with us...

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.