About this role
Job summary
Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Neonatal Unit25.87 hours per week | Permanent | Based at Frimley Park Hospital
Are you an experienced Neonatal Nurse looking to take the next step in your career? We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, motivated, and enthusiastic nurse to join our dedicated Neonatal team at Frimley Park Hospital in a senior leadership role.
Our Neonatal Unit is committed to delivering outstanding, evidence-based care with a strong focus on clinical excellence, developmental care, and family integrated care to achieve the very best outcomes for babies and their families.
We are seeking a Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to become part of our friendly and supportive leadership team. Working alongside the Matron for Neonatal Services, Senior Sister, and fellow Junior Sisters, you will play a key role in providing visible leadership, supporting staff development, and helping to maintain the highest standards of neonatal care.
This role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your leadership skills within a progressive and compassionate neonatal service, while making a meaningful difference to the lives of babies and their families every day.
If you are committed to high-quality neonatal care and thrive in a collaborative team environment, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Frimley Park Neonatal Unit are seeking a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to join our friendly leadership team. The team is led by Matron for Neonatal services and a Senior Sister. You will join a team of Junior Sisters to help provide strong leadership within the Neonatal team.
You will be expected to lead shifts, provide skilled nursing care, undertake appraisals, sickness management and other management duties. You will also work alongside the Practice Development Nurse to ensure the junior team achieve competencies and professional development.We are actively involved in the neonatal network and participate in several working groups to standardise and improve care. We also have a close working relationship with the Neonatal Unit at Wexham Park Hospital and are aiming to align policies and procedures cross site to facilitate this.
You must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills required for this position as stated in the job description. You will be pro-active in the unit's development, have a keen interest in the development of others, and be able to demonstrate ongoing professional development and up to date knowledge.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
NMC Registration. Registered RN/RN child, RM or RSCN. Neonatal specialist training ENB 405 or equivalent. Children's safeguarding training level 2.
Desirable
NLS qualification Children's safeguarding training level 3
Experience Essential
Clinical practice in Neonatal nursing experience. Neonatal Toolkit experience.
Desirable
Management experience
Skills & Knowledge Essential
Computer literacy and numeracy. Teaching Skills. Clinical Audit Skills. Evidence of leadership skills. Knowledge of current issues in Neonatology.
Desirable
Awareness of specific needs of local population. Neonatal networks.
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.
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 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address Frimley Park Hospital
Portsmouth Road
Frimley
GU16 7UJ
Employer's website https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)