About this role
Job summary
We are currently looking to recruit a newly qualified Band 5 staff Nurse, an ideal opportunity to join our small and friendly team at Hereford. If you have a passion for neonates and want to follow this career pathway then this could be the opportunity you have been waiting for.As a newly qualified SCBU staff nurse you will need to show that you have some relevant neonatal experience gained throughout your studies. You must be confident, compassionate and show excellent clinical skills. You will actively support the ward management team to promote a positive patient experience, embedding the philosophy of family integrated care.You must also be committed to ongoing study to complete your Neonatal Training within 2 years of commencing employment.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high standard of individualised care to sick and premature babies and their families. You will embed the ethos of family integrated care, partake in assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating patient care.You will maintain your clinical skills and acquire new skills as you progress within the role. You will maintain standards as set out within unit guidelines, you will maintain good record keeping, communicate effectively with the patients family, relatives and other colleagues within the multi disciplinary team.
About us About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.
Job description Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Registrations/Qualifications Essential
RN/RSCN NMC Registration
Desirable
Practice Supervisor/Practice Assessor
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Sound knowledge and neonatal care, relating this back to clinical practice.
Desirable
Knowledge of National Neonatal Initiatives/Standards, i.e. BLISS and UNICEF BFI
Experience Essential
Evidence of working within a neonatal unit, level 1, 2 or 3 in the last 12 months either in substantive post or clinical placement Newborn Life Support
Desirable
Competent in Neonatal Venepuncture
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address Special Care Baby |Unit
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)