Nursery Nurse Neonatal Feeding Support and Neonatal Outreach Service

Nursery Nurse Neonatal Feeding Support and Neonatal Outreach Service

An extremely exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nursery Nurse to join our friendly neonatal teams on the neonatal units at Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital. This is a fantastic prospect for a Nursery Nurse who is looking to expand their experience into both clinical and community settings. You will join an enthusiastic and motivated multidisciplinary team committed to delivering excellence in neonatal care.

Successful Band 4 candidates must hold NNEB/NVQ Level 3 Childcare or equivalent and have a keen interest in the specialty of Neonatal Nursing.

* Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice*

The role entails supporting and empowering women in their choice of infant feeding on the neonatal unit and providing parents/care givers with additional education to support them taking care of their babies in the neonatal unit and beyond. The post-holder will also be expected to support the Neonatal Feeding Advisor with the implementation of UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative and maintain baby friendly standards across NWAFT.

The post holder will facilitate and support the transition of care for the neonate and their family from the neonatal unit to home, implementing and evaluating programmes of agreed care and ensuring the provision of a high standard of family centred evidence based care within the neonatal unit and in the community.

The appointed Nursery Nurse will become part of the Neonatal Feeding Team and Neonatal Outreach team  post holder will work across both SCBU at Hinchingbrooke and NICU at Peterborough but will predominately be based on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Peterborough.

We are committed to supporting colleagues through organisational change. Priority will be given to staff at risk within North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board.

Please see the attached job description which gives full details of the role. Alternatively call to arrange an informal visit to meet the team.

• NNEB or equivalent qualification in early years or health improvement
• Experience of neonatal nursery nursing in a hospital setting
• UNICEF BFI Train the Trainer Qualification (Neonatal Standards)
• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC Cert)
• Specialist training in promotion of breast feeding
• Experience of working in a community setting

• Ability to communicate effectively with all members of the multi disciplinary team and parents/carers
• Ability to deliver written or verbal reports with the awareness of the need for confidentiality
• Ability to advise and teach parenting skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively

• Acquired knowledge and understanding of Child Protection and Safeguarding agenda
• Ability to prioritise own workload and work as part of a team
• Ability to identify problems and recognise when further advice is needed
• Contributes to department by attending team meetings, clinical supervision etc
• Willingness to attend study days
• Awareness of own strengths and weaknesses and how these can be developed/ utilised to benefit staff and patients
• Can demonstrate flexible approach to work pattern in line with service requirements
• Knowledge of professional issues within Trust and NHS
• Ability to develop IT skills required
• Ability to develop in line with dimensions of KSF outline
• Interest in teaching and supervising students/new staff
• Ability to work in a busy and pressurised environment

• Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others
• Be prepared to work across sites as and when required
• Professional appearance & behaviour
• Good previous attendance record
• Ability to travel across the County sometimes at short notice

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.