Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (To Cover Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Part time - 37 hours per week (8am - 6pm 7 days a week including bank holidays)
- Job ref
- 208-5E7694-26-1
- Employer
- Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Diana Princess of Wales Hospital
- Town
- Grimsby
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Neonatal Community Outreach Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
The Neonatal Community Nursing Team currently works together to manage a caseload of neonatal babies discharged from the Neonatal Unit and Post-Natal ward who need follow-up support and enhanced nursing care in the community. They cover 75hrs/week over 7 days including bank holidays. Shift times may vary according to service need and may change with any future developments of the service. They provide home visits across North Lincolnshire. They facilitate Support Groups to maintain contact with infants and promote parental wellbeing. The Neonatal Community Nurses work closely with staff on the Neonatal Unit and Maternity Wards to ensure safe early discharge from hospital for neonatal infants requiring home oxygen, support with feeding and blood tests (although this list is not exhaustive).
The Neonatal Community Nurses work autonomously and are responsible for their own practice within the larger team. Supervision is provided from the Ward Manager and Paediatric Matron.
A full UK driving licence is required for this role.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the community Neonatal Team at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital - Grimsby for a Band 6 Neonatal Nurse to cover maternity leave.
You will be responsible for providing community follow up to vulnerable neonates post discharge.
You will need expert knowledge and competence assessing and caring for babies with both chronic and acute illness of babies once discharged home. Excellent communication skills with parents, babies families and colleagues are essential.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about The Humber Health Partnership 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
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse - Child or Adult Branch or registered Midwife
- Qualification in Speciality – Neonatology 405 or equivalent
- Newborn Life Support course certification
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification
- Mentorship
Desirable criteria
- BSc Hons in Community Children’s Nursing
- NVQ Assessor
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in clinical practice on a neonatal unit
- Demonstrable high level clinical skills
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Community Nursing experience
- Evidence of developing education/training materials/presentations/packages
- Evidence of research skills and implementing a service development and seeing it through to the end
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential criteria
- Shows desire and capability to develop in nursing care standards and follows evidence based practice
- Good communication - verbal/written
- Be able to work on own initiative and work well within a team
- Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
- Evidence showing clinical and professional development
- To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
- Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
- Facilitate learning of others.
Special Attributes and other
Essential criteria
- Shows motivation in developing new skills
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- Flexible and reliable
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Good time keeper
- Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
- Full UK driving licence
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Taylor
- Job title
- Neonatal Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03033 304780
- Additional information
Jennifer Copley
Paediatric and Neonatal Matron
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