Job Description

This is a clinically driven post, which requires the post holder to be knowledgeable, confident and expert practitioner in all levels of neonatal care. The philosophy of the neonatal unit is to give high standards of care nursing and medical care providing optimum opportunity for growth and development of the sick and preterm infant using family integrated care approach.

You will as a member of the multidisciplinary team:

Ensure that all staff have access to training and education which supports them to develop neonatal skills and competencies.



Contribute to both formal and informal teaching commitments, including ward-based simulation and clinical teaching, working alongside staff.



Promote a positive culture of patient safety, providing a visible presence that focuses on high quality care standard, preventing harm by analysing and interpreting trends, lessons learnt and best evidence to support the development of positive safety culture.



Use a diversity of clinical, professional, educational and management skills to support the delivery of better patient care and outcomes.



Support effective patient safety and governance by communicating good practice and promoting clinical audit and use of evidence based multi-professional standards.



London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.



Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

Northwick Park Hospital:

home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK

St Mark's Hospital:

an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease

Ealing Hospital:

a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice

Central Middlesex Hospital:

our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.



We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.



To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the and Person Specification.