About this role
Job summary
In this deeply rewarding role, you will provide essential care and support to newborn infants at their most vulnerable, making a meaningful difference from the very start of life. As a Registered Nurse in the NICU, you will care for babies with complex needs while also supporting and guiding their families through what can be an emotional and uncertain time.
Working closely with the Ward Sister and multidisciplinary team, you will assess, plan, and deliver personalised care that reflects both the clinical and holistic needs of each infant and their family. Your compassion, attention to detail, and professional judgement will have a direct and lasting impact on patient outcomes and family experiences.
This role offers a strong sense of purpose, as you build relationships with families, celebrate progress, and provide comfort and reassurance when it matters most. Alongside your clinical responsibilities, you will contribute to a positive team environment, support student learning, and continue to develop your own skills and knowledge.
Every day brings the opportunity to make a genuine difference, making this a highly fulfilling and meaningful career within neonatal care.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements Essential
Knowledge of neonatal issues Benchmarking skills (knowledge of Essence of care)
Qualifications Essential
1st level registered nurse, or RN child/RSCN or Registered midwife
Desirable
Teaching qualification (flips enb 998, D32/33)
Further Training Essential
Safeguarding children Clinical supervision Undertake preceptor programme following induction, willing to undertake Neonatal qualification
Experience Essential
Previous experience of children's/Neonatal services Experience of audit and research
Desirable
Newly qualified staff nurse post
Contractual Requirements Essential
To work within a 24 hour rota, night duty and weekends
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 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)