Staff Nurse | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing care needs of a group of special care infants and their families without direct supervision.
He/she will provide a high standard of direct nursing care.
Supervision and support of junior and unqualified members of staff, assisting with their on-going development at all times.
The post holder will be an effective communicator, liaising closely with all service users in order to benefit the infants well-being
This is a development post, designed to provide an individual pathway to qualified Neonatal Nurse status
To provide full care to Special Care infants and their family
To participate in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care provided to individual infants and their families.
To ensure that parents/carers achieve confidence with assistance and support to enable them to care for their baby in preparation for discharge.
To safely administer prescribed medication and to monitor their effects
Respond to any adverse effects or deterioration in the baby's condition with appropriate degree of urgency and support the team when these situations occur
Work within a MDT
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Oct 2024