Neonatal Sister​/Charge Nurse

Job Opportunity

Our Neonatal Unit here at Midland metropolitan University Hospital has an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic, forward thinking professionally registered nurses with a Qualification in Neonatal Intensive Care Specialism to join our dedicated team.

We are looking for nurses who have the appropriate knowledge, skills and flexibility that will enable them to work across all areas of the Neonatal Unit to care for our babies whilst supporting and empowering families within our special care and mixed acuity areas.

Your role will involve supporting students, colleagues and peers to lead our unit to deliver high standards of care embedding best evidence based practice to our patients requiring intensive neonatal nursing care supporting our unit to achieve BFI and BLISS baby charter.

We undertake advanced neonatal life support including initiating cooling and high frequency oscillation here at SWB whilst stabilising babies that may require level 3 care within our Neonatal network.

Our families are empowered to care for their baby's needs with education from our team including nasogastric feeding, home oxygen and home phototherapy, supporting family centered care and maintaining close and loving relationships.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values—Ambition, Respect and Compassion—are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we're "with you all the way" we want you to know that we mean it.

Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.