Staff Nurse - Neonatal Unit

Job summary

Main area
Neonatal

Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5

Contract
Fixed term: 9 months (FTC)

Hours

• Full time


• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Full time hours, long days, nights and weekends)

Job ref
326-7923078-FF

Employer
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Employer type
NHS

Site
East Surrey Hospital

Town
Redhill

Salary
£32,073 - £39,043 per annum plus high cost allowance

Salary period
Yearly

Closing
29/04/2026 23:59

Staff Nurse - Neonatal Unit

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

Our newly expanded and refurbished Neonatal Unit has a total of 21 cots, caring for over 450 intensive, high dependency and special care babies per year. Alongside this we have a busy Transitional Care area and a well-established Neonatal Outreach service. The priority of our multi-disciplinary team is to provide a high standard of care in partnership with the family.

Two fixed term vacancy have arisen for motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 nurses, to join our neonatal team.

We will actively encourage and support you in developing your career by offering in house education and training plus secondment of appropriate candidates to relevant neonatal courses.

You will be RN qualified with a particular interest in neonatology and commitment and enthusiasm to progress in this field. Experience within neonates or paediatrics would be an advantage but in house training will be given.

For further information please contact Laura Gee Neonatal Special Care/Transitional Care Lead

[email protected] or [email protected]

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.


• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.


• We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Additional information

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operates a 24-hour service, 365 days a year. As such, all nursing, clinical, and operational roles may involve working on a 24/7 shift basis, unless otherwise specified during the recruitment process. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workforce and actively encourage applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, race and ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process.

Successful candidates will be appointed to the first pay step within the band when they start with the Trust (unless they have previous relevant NHS continuous service), thereafter individuals will progress up the pay steps in accordance with NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) terms and conditions. For part time roles you will receive a pro rata'd (proportional) salary payment based on the appropriate pay step/point and hours worked in accordance with AfC and all medical and dental terms and conditions.

Note: Some vacancies may receive a high volume of applications. In such cases, the vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

We take our responsibilities to the environment extremely seriously and have an ambitious Green Plan that we're delivering. Actions include having uniforms made from recycled plastic, 100% renewable electricity and planting 150 trees at East Surrey Hospital. Read our plan here.

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The priority of our multi-disciplinary team is to provide a high standard of care in partnership with the family
Two fixed term vacancy have arisen for motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 nurses, to join our neonatal team
We will actively encourage and support you in developing your career by offering in house education and training plus secondment of appropriate candidates to relevant neonatal courses.
You will be RN qualified with a particular interest in neonatology and commitment and enthusiasm to progress in this field. Experience within neonates or paediatrics would be an advantage but in house training will be given.

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operates a 24-hour service, 365 days a year. As such, all nursing, clinical, and operational roles may involve working on a 24/7 shift basis, unless otherwise specified during the recruitment process. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workforce and actively encourage applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, race and ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process.
Successful candidates will be appointed to the first pay step within the band when they start with the Trust (unless they have previous relevant NHS continuous service), thereafter individuals will progress up the pay steps in accordance with NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) terms and conditions. For part time roles you will receive a pro rata'd (proportional) salary payment based on the appropriate pay step/point and hours worked in accordance with AfC and all medical and dental terms and conditions.
Note: Some vacancies may receive a high volume of applications. In such cases, the vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We take our responsibilities to the environment extremely seriously and have an ambitious Green Plan that we're delivering. Actions include having uniforms made from recycled plastic, 100% renewable electricity and planting 150 trees at East Surrey Hospital. Read our plan here.

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
+ Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
+ National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
+ We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.