Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal
- Grade
- Band 5 / 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-2499
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trust Wide
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £38,488 - £56,863 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Staff Nurse - Neonatal
Band 5 / 6
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Join us, in working in the Unit that says “YES”.
Yes to infants that need us!
Yes to professional and personal development!
Yes to growing our team and our service!
We are looking for talented QIS (Qualified in Specialty) Neonatal Nurses, Nurses currently on the QIS pathway who are looking at transferring, or Band 5 Nurses waiting for the opportunity to begin their QIS journey to join our team.
Working within our two neonatal units, including at the CQC ‘Outstanding’ rated Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital Maternity Service, our neonatal team care for nearly 1000 babies each year. We want to say yes to you advancing your career and achieving your potential in a specialty where every day makes the difference.
We want every member of our nursing team to grow and develop every day. With a team of specialist education nurses, regular simulations and hands on training, and access to university and resus council accredited courses.
Imperial has extensive in house leadership training and development courses to accelerate your career and bespoke support from our charity to assist with additional funding for professional development. New skills, new projects, and new tools mean that nurses working with us have every resource they need to excel.
Main duties of the job
- To promote Integrated family delivered care within Neonatal services.
- To reduce risk and maintain patient and staff safety; take lead in investigating clinical incidents and identify ways to improve practice.
- To effectively communicate with family/carers, the multidisciplinary team and agencies outside the organisation.
- To supervise, support and assess learning/development of junior staff, pre-registration nursing and midwifery students, nursing associates and nursery nurses.
- To participate in research on the clinical floor.
- We expect all our staff to share the Trust values that are Kind, Expert, Aspirational, Collaborative and behave in a way that reflects these.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN/ RSCN/ RN Child / RM
- Neonatal Qualification in Speciality or Equivalent (eg ENB 405)
Desirable criteria
- Nursing Degree
- NMC Standards of Student Supervision and Assessment(SSSA) Qualification
- Neonatal Life Support (NLS) or Advanced Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant (ARNI)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent experience of caring for sick neonates in ITU/HDU/SCBU
- Leading a small team
- Supporting students and junior members of staff
Desirable criteria
- 6 Months experience post QIS Neonatal Qualification
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of managing resources and clinical risk
- Computer skills to enable data collection and use of emails
- Ability to deputise for nurse in charge
- Ability to support junior members of staff
Desirable criteria
- Competency in neonatal cannulation
- Organisation, administrative and management skills
- Experience in QI processes
- More advanced computer skills, use of Microsoft Office and similar tools
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Edward Knowler
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
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