Staff Nurse Stockton Tees

Job summary

Band 5 Staff Nurse to work within Special Care Baby Unit caring for sick and premature babies and their families. To work within the Team to care for sick and preterm babies. Full training will be given to successful candidate and will work alongside experienced members of the team. The successful candidate will care for babies from admission to discharge and also be involved in the stabilisation of babies that require transfer to a Tertiary Unit.

The successful candidate will be expected to undertake NLS training and 4 yearly and to complete Qualification in Speciality Foundation and Intensive

To promote and deliver patient centered care aligned with the Trust vision and Nursing ND Midwifery Strategy

To provide the highest standard of safe, effective and compassionate care through the effective use of evidence based practice.

To be responsible under supervision for the provision of skilled nursing care within the multidisciplinary team. There may be a requirement to supervise/demonstrate procedures to student nurses and Healthcare Assistants.

To support a continuously improving service, in line with the clinical governance framework, Trust objectives and the NHS performance framework.

To continually develop professionally to ensure the post holder has the appropriate level of skill, knowledge and competence to meet service/speciality requirements.

To help maintain a clean and safe department

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust now form University Hospitals Tees and as such you may be required to work at any site across both Trusts.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, we want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We support the '
Making Every Contact Count
' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Date posted

08 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year

pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

• Full-time,
• Part-time

Reference number

345-CSU

Job locations

• University Hospital of North Tees
• Hardwick Road
• Stockton on Tees
• TS19 8PE
• United Kingdom

• Contribute to the provision of individual patient care in order to maintain skills as a health care professional.
• Act as patient advocate in all matters relating to children and young people and their care, treatment and welfare acknowledging and incorporating cultural preferences, health beliefs and behaviours.
• Facilitate an environment where health promotion and informed patient choice is encouraged and developed.
• Promote and maintain a culture where staff actively contribute to clinical governance agenda.
• Be pro-active in risk assessment and clinical incident reporting and participate in root cause analysis where required.
• Constantly promote the importance of the patient experience within the team and actively seek the views of parents and carers in the process of evaluating and developing care delivery on the ward/Dept.
• Undertake delegated clinical care duties in relation to wound care.
• After appropriate training and competency assessment, perform area specific clinical skills in line with core standards under the direction of a registered professional.
• Care of palliative patients and family.
• Support to vulnerable babies and their families adhering to trust safeguarding procedures.
• Be able to initiate or respond to emergency situations

• 1st Level Registered Nurse either Adult or Child

• Teaching Qualification
• NLS
• qis

• Relevant knowledge of Neonatal care
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Organisational and time management

• Previous roles relating to Neonatal Care

• Experience of working within an acute hospital environment with Neonates

• 2 years Post qualifying experience

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.