Neonatal Sister/ Charge NurseNHS

Job summary

Neonatal Sister/ Charge Nurse Band 6 37.5 hours per week Swindon is spearheading the award winning PERIPrem (Perinatal Excellence to Reduce Injury in Premature Birth) quality improvement project, not just in the region but also nationally.

If you want to be part of this exciting Perinatal team, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as Band 6 Neonatal Nurse.

Main duties of the job

Numerous professional development opportunities exist for our Neonatal Nurses to develop skills in leadership in areas such as quality improvement, research, outreach, dedicated transitional care , family integrated care, BFI, education and training (we run 4 NLS courses a year in Swindon) and risk and governance.

We are a local neonatal unit(LNU) within the south west ODN. We have 5000 deliveries per year with approximately 10% born prematurely.

We are part of the Maternity and Neonatal services umbrella and have a very close multidisciplinary working ethos with our midwifery and obstetric team.

Job description

We are looking to recruit experienced Neonatal Nurses who are enthusiastic, forward thinking, compassionate and caring to complement our ever-expanding innovative team.

Band 6 sisters run the unit on a day to day basis as a supernumerary shift coordinator. They are responsible for leading the nursing team, ensuring the babies and their parents are at the center of everything we do . They uphold standards and are a role model to ensure quality of care is delivered to babies across the multidisciplinary team.

Please see attached job description.

About us

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.