Job Description

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Band 6

Main area

Neonatal

Grade

Band 6

Contract

Permanent: pro rata per annum

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (11.5 hour shifts, Days, nights and weekends.)

Job ref

343-7529661-UB-RB-Y

Site

Epsom General Hospital

Town

Epsom

Salary

44,485 - 52,521 pro rata per annum incl HCAS (Outer London)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

06/11/2025 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.




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Job overview

To ensure compliance with BAPM standards for safe staffing, we seek to recruit a full-time Band 6 Junior charge nurse/sister. The post holder will be expected to work a combination of nights, days and weekends.


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Main duties of the job

The successful post holder will provide direct care to sick and preterm infants on Special Care Baby Unit and Transitional Care. The post holder will also attend all Neonatal emergencies and provide visible professional leadership in collaboration with the ward manager.



To promote a friendly and supportive atmosphere for parents and relatives in which they can learn to care for their babies. To utilise a variety of strategies to communicate effectively: with the neonate's family/carers, the multidisciplinary team, other departments within the Trust and pertinent agencies outside the organisation. Support the nursing team in proving advices on breastfeeding, developmental care, family integrated care and parent education.


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Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.



We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.



The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.




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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Junior Sister role at SCBU, Epsom.




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Person specification

Qualifications

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Essential criteria

+ RN/RSCN/RM with current registration
+ Nursing degree

QIS

Knowledge

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Essential criteria

o Ability to organise/prioritise own workload. o Ability to be responsive/reactive and flexible. o Able to promote team spirit o Good verbal and written communication skills. o Good interpersonal skills o Organisational Skills o Good working knowledge professional nursing issues relating to children e.g. safeguarding #

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of Baby friendly neonatal standards

Experience

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Essential criteria

Prior experience working in a level 2/3 neonatal unit Experience supporting breastfeeding. #

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in or understanding of transitional care.

Skills

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Essential criteria

Good verbal and written skills Good interpersonal and organisationals skills Computer skills

Your application

: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References

: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We

do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date

: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS

: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.



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Disability Advice Line:

SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our

Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

Telephone: 02082963786

Text: 07501066267

Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.

Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.
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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.