Job overview

We are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic Registered Adult, Children's Nurses or midwives to join our dedicated Neonatal team.  We have wonderful facilities in our purpose built neonatal and maternity units including excellent family accommodation.  We have a dedicated neonatal education team who will support you as you developed in your chosen career pathway.

We are a Level 2 neonatal unit caring for approximately 500 babies per year providing intensive care, high dependency care and special care.  We are part of the West Midlands Operational Delivery Network and have strong links with the other Units in the region.

We embrace family-centred care involving parents in all aspects of care and are proud of the services we deliver.

We are able to offer training and support to care for neonates and their families.  We have a robust 4 week induction and a supportive training programme to help you to settle in to the environment.  

We actively promote professional development offering opportunities to undertake appropriate training and courses relevant to your role

Main duties of the job

• To use specialist skills, knowledge and experience to prevent any unnecessary admissions of babies from the post natal wards to the neonatal intensive care unit.  This includes the assessment, planning and development, implementation and evaluation of care in conjunction with the midwifery team.
• To work in partnership with the midwifery and neonatal teams to maintain effective communication of information and to ensure and maintain good standards of care.  To work in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, especially midwives with the aim of keeping mother and baby together.
• The postholder will manage a caseload of babies on the postnatal ward and transitional care with minor feeding problems, babies requiring phototherapy,  small for gestational age, or babies not maintaining an appropriate temperature, or requiring intravenous medication.
• The postholder will use her specialist skills, knowledge and experience to prevent any unnecessary admissions of babies from the post natal wards to the neonatal intensive care unit.  This includes the assessment, planning and development, implementation and evaluation of care in conjunction with the midwifery team.
• The postholder will utilise a variety of strategies to communicate effectively with the neonates family/carers, the multidisciplinary team, other departments within the Trust and pertinent agencies outside the organisation.  To act as a mentor, teaching and supervising junior staff including student midwives.

Working for our organisation

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is the main provider of district general hospital services for nearly half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Our main service locations are The Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in Shrewsbury, which together provide 99% of our activity.

During 2012/13 The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford became our main specialist centre for inpatient head and neck surgery with the establishment of a new Head and Neck ward and enhanced outpatient facilities. It also became our main centre for inpatient Women and Children’s services following the opening of the Shropshire Women and Children’s Centre in September 2014.