About this role
Job summary
North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has two neonatal units one at Scunthorpe General Hospital and the other at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby both are Local Level 2 Neonatal Units with Intensive Care, High Dependency Special Care and Transitional Care cots. The units care for babies over 26+6 weeks gestation and stabilises any baby under that gestation, to be transferred to a tertiary hospital/ NICU.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced neonatal nurse to join our team, and develop the role of neonatal education. Working also with the Neonatal Education lead at Hull Teaching Hospitals
The Neonatal Education lead will be responsible for contributing to the provision of a first-class service to patients by ensuring the Directorate meets education standards objectives and targets. This is a vital role that has a major impact on developing staff to embed safe culture and ensuring patient safety.
Our teams aspire to provide high quality and evidence based; clinical, developmental, and family integrated care to ensure the best outcomes for our babies and their families.
Main duties of the job
As the Neonatal Education Lead, you will be responsible for planning co-ordination delivery and evaluation of neonatal education and training across NLAG. The post holder will also work collaboratively with senior nursing and medical leader practice development teams to ensure education provision is aligned with national standards regional network priorities and local service needs. There will also be working in partnership with educators from HUTH
You will support clinical and non-clinical staff in understanding and learning from incidents, promoting a culture of openness, reflection, and continuous improvement. A key part of your role will be to monitor and evaluate the implementation of actions, ensuring that lessons learned are embedded in clinical practice and systems to reduce the risk of recurrence.
You will also provide advice and training on processes, supporting the development of safe, high-quality neonatal care in line with national and local standards.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description Job responsibilities
Within this role you will lead on education , working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will lead on any issues that arise within the department including Serious Incident Reviews and Root Cause Analysis.They will promote a non blame environment where education and patient safety are paramount to the service.
Essential skills include being a visible accessible leader, excellent communication skills always remaining confidential and empathetic at all times.This role includes the development and implementation of policies and procedures in collaboration with the team.
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/
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Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
oRegistered RN Adult/Child with neonatal speciality oExperience of Education, and includes the ability to evaluate current local position against national and local standards within the NHS. teaching qualification NLS provider
Desirable
1st Level degree or equivalent in nursing or health related subject or working towards NLS instructor
Knowledge Essential
oKnowledge of Neonatal Education standards and training at a senior level oIn depth knowledge of neonatal education standards competency frameworks and workforce development oExcellent leadership communication and organisational skills
Desirable
Experience and knowledge working across a neonatal network or with and ODN Evidence of change management
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.
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UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Address Scunthorpe/Grimsby (Working Cross-Site)
Scunthorpe/Grimsby (Working Cross-Site)
DN33 2BA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nlg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)