Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-JLM568
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park
- Town
- Frimley
- Salary
- £50,008 - £56,908 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Neonatal Senior Sister
Band 7
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic neonatal nurse to lead our team at Frimley Park Neonatal unit. You would be working closely with the neonatal Matron and practice development team to support our staff to deliver the highest standard of neonatal care.
The Neonatal Unit at Frimley Park is a Local Neonatal Unit made up of 2 Intensive Care, 5 High Dependency and 8 Special Care cots. The unit cares for babies over 27 weeks gestation and stabilises any baby under that gestation, to be transferred to a tertiary hospital/ NICU.
Our team aspires to provide high quality and evidence based; clinical, developmental and family integrated care in order to ensure the best outcomes for our babies and their families.
Main duties of the job
- To provide strong visible leadership to all staff within the department and across the organisation, ensuring that nursing practice is up to date, evidence based and cost effective.
- To develop the neonatal team, individuals and self to enhance performance, ensuring that staff training needs to meet organisational objectives are pursued through the principles of appraisal and knowledge and skills framework.
- To be responsible for own professional registration and ensure that all nurses working in the neonatal unit have valid NMC registration and practise in accordance with the NMC code, standards of conduct and in accordance with Trust policy.
- Provide leadership for the implementation of quality initiatives.
Foster a strong team focus on high quality, clinically effective healthcare that meet our babies and families’ needs is embedded in unit culture. - Create and maintain a strong culture of Infection Prevention & Control awareness & practice and ensure compliance with systems in place to measure infection control and prevention standards, share good practice and develop and review action plans to address deficiencies.
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience in working in neonatal service.
- Act as an advocate for the babies, parents and their families and staff.
- Relevant post registration experience of which some must be at Band 6 or above.
- Evidence of strong and effective leadership skills.
Desirable criteria
- NLS
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Midwife
- Degree in Nursing or other relevant field or can demonstrate experience of working to this level.
- Qualified in Speciality
- Leadership course, module, or qualification
- Evidence of continuing education & professional development
Desirable criteria
- Management course or qualification.
- Working towards or holds master’s degree
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to prioritise and meet deadlines, working in an organised way with excellent time management skills.
- Proven teaching and assessing skills.
- Effective negotiation skills
Desirable criteria
- IT Literate
- Demonstrates an understanding of a balanced budget
- Demonstrates an understanding of the principles of research
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
- Fiona Porro
- Job title
- Neonatal Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 6134357
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