Staff Nurse - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; NICU

Staff Nurse - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

The closing date is 05 January 2026

We are excited to invite a compassionate and dedicated Staff Nurse to join our dynamic Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) team. This is a great opportunity to make a meaningful impact in neonatal nursing, working within one of the most respected NICUs in the South West.>

Our NICU is a Level 3 Tertiary Centre, one of only three in the South West neonatal network. We provide expert care for babies with complex needs—including respiratory, surgical, neurological, and cardiac conditions—as well as pre‑term and full‑term infants. We are deeply committed to delivering outstanding family‑centred care, ensuring the best outcomes for our babies and their families.

You'll be joining a highly skilled and experienced multidisciplinary team (MDT) that includes nurses, nursery nurses, medics, consultants, and allied healthcare professionals. Our team is united by a shared philosophy: working together with families to provide high‑quality, individualised care in a supportive environment.

We are dedicated to ongoing professional development, offering a wide range of opportunities—including university‑accredited courses and in‑house training for specialist roles.

• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate prescribed treatment and care for patients and their families
• Communicate effectively and maintain confidentiality with patient’s carers and the multidisciplinary team
• Act as a professional role model setting standards of practice
• Promote clinical effectiveness and opportunities for teaching junior colleagues and students
• Promote and maintain a safe environment for patients
• Administer medicines in accordance with Trust policy
• Develop clinical skills and participate in continuous professional development
• Provide accurate timely contemporary records of care and treatment in line with Trust record keeping policy and NM

Please ensure that you complete a full application detailing why you would like to work in our NICU.

At this time, we are unable to support nurses or midwives who require OSCE to register with the NMC UK. Unfortunately, such applications will not be considered.

Join us and you will benefit from:

• 8‑12 weeks supernumerary period dependent on experience
• In‑depth induction programme
• Excellent training and development opportunities. The QIS (Qualified in Specialty) course is delivered in the Southwest by the South West Neonatal Network.
• Newborn Individualised Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) trained nurses who are part of the Family and Infant Neurodevelopmental Education (FINE) faculty, providing FINE training to the multidisciplinary team.
• Support from our in‑house Education team and SIM training
• Phillips ICCA system for all monitoring, prescribing and documentation

We support flexible and part‑time working.

St Michael’s Hospital is located in the heart of vibrant Bristol, a beautiful city bursting with character and providing many opportunities to achieve a true work‑life balance.

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

• RSCN Part 8/RN (Child branch, part 15) or RN qualification, or Registered Midwife
• Current NMC Registration
• Qualification in Neonatal Nursing or willingness to undertake this
• Post Basic Certificate or related study in Neonatal Critical Care
• 1st Degree in Nursing or health related subject or working towards

• Demonstrate competence in clinical skills relevant to the clinical area
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, able to communicate effectively with patients, carers and MDT
• Competence in calculations for safe administration of medicines/fluids
• Ability to initiate and ensure appropriate action in response to the deteriorating patient
• Clinical decision making ability
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Act in a professional manner
• Self‑motivated
• A team player
• Recognition of own limits
• Teaching/supervisory skills

• Broad knowledge and experience of clinical nursing…