About this role
Job summary
NHS Band 5: £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata per annum
Hours Per Week: Full time 37.5
Contract Type: Permanent
Are you ready to take the next steps in your neonatal career?
Portsmouth Hospitals Neonatal Intensive Care Unit are excited to have vacancies for experienced neonatal nurses who are Qualified in Speciality.
Main duties of the job
Would you like to be part of a neonatal team who works tirelessly, to provide comprehensive, compassionate, individualised care and support to our babies and their families, which are then realised in the outstanding outcomes we achieve for our babies as positive outliers for NNAP (2025).
As a team, we have a clear vision for our future, to ensure we offer all staff the best opportunities within their career, and we are here to support and encourage you to develop expand your experience and knowledge of neonatal care. We would welcome applications from experienced neonatal nurses, ideally from a level 3 unit, however we would provide support and training to any QIS nurses.
We are a proud tertiary neonatal intensive care unit, currently working towards stage 3 BFI accreditation, having previously achieved Bliss Accreditation.
About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a neonatal nurse in Portsmouth, you would experience caring for some of the most extreme premature babies and delivering complex and pioneering medical care, including total body cooling, HFOV, Nitric Oxide Therapy and Laser ROP.
You will also have access to extended role development in retrieval and neonatal life support, alongside rotational opportunities in Neonatal Outreach, Family Integrated Care, Infant feeding, Education and Research teams.
Please refer to the Job description for further details
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with NMC and any other relevant post registration qualifications
- BSc Degree in relevant field
- Evidence of recent CPD
- Post Reg. qualifications for specialty area (QIS)
Desirable
- Computer literate, knowledge of patient administration system
- Managing resources and contributing to departmental budget
- Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources
- An awareness of research and evidence based practice relevant to clinical area
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent CPD
Desirable
- Experience in a critical/high care environment in an acute care setting
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
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Address
Queen Alexandra Hospital
Southwick Hill Road
Cosham
Hampshire
PO6 3LY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)