Family Integrated Care Lead Nurse

The post holder will ensure the Neonatal Unit meets the aims and key deliverables of the National Neonatal Critical Care Review (NCCR) 2019 and the NHS Long Term Plan (2019) enhancing the experience of families whilst their baby receives neonatal care. The post holder will play an essential role in the development and implementation of initiatives to support a change in the philosophy of neonatal care to a family integrated care model. This will include change management, parental education, and practice development of nursing and medical staff within the Children's and Women's Directorate. The post holder will work alongside the existing family integrated care nurse, practice development team, baby friendly team, infant feeding team, developmental care group and management teams to achieve this aim. The post holder will continue to develop and embed Family Integrated Care as the philosophy of neonatal care within the neonatal unit. The post-holder will work directly with families, supporting them to become equal partners in their babies care, whilst collaboratively working with the ODN Lead Care Coordinator, the Neonatal Community team, neonatal nurses, AHP and medical teams to achieve this aim. The post-holder will lead on patient engagement and experience initiatives and quality improvement projects. The role will require significant knowledge and experience of family integrated care, developmental care, and breastfeeding., The post holder will be responsible for improvements in:

• Family Integrated Care (FICare)
• BLISS baby charter
• Developmental care
• Patient experience- parents/carers, siblings and the wider family
• Staff education around FICare (neonatal nursing, AHP and medical staff)
• NNAP data
Working for our organisation St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.,
• Develop and implement appropriate educational resources and packages for parents, carers and the wider family. Maintain detailed and accurate records regarding staff and parental education.
• Education to families and staff to understand the baby's psychological and behavioural cues during the routine medical and nursing ward rounds.
• Collaborate and liaise with the AHP and Infant feeding team on the provision of training and sign posting parents and staff to appropriate emotional support.
• Act as a strong advocate embedding the ethos of 'parents as partners in care' - empowering staff to educate and support parents to be fully involved in provision of care and decision-making. Encouraging parent presence and participation in development ward rounds, hand overs and other discussions around planning their baby's care. This will require role modelling, staff, and parent education, providing parental information and awareness of FiCare