Neonatal Senior Staff Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated neonatal nurse with the relevant qualifications, to join our dedicated team to cover one year Maternity leave, We currently provide intensive care for sick babies born from 27 weeks gestation (or 28/40 twins) requiring Intensive, High Dependency and Special Care. The unit comprises of 16 Cots., As a skilled nurse you will play a key role within the nursing team, providing quality family centred care. You will act as a good role model and provide leadership within the clinical area, displaying effective communication and interpersonal skills, as well as facilitating and teaching junior staff and nursing and midwifery students.

As part of the role you will be supported in developing your management responsibilities, taking charge of daily activities on the unit and utilizing skills required for working in a diverse environment.

We are committed to staff development and offer in-house and external courses/ training.

We have strong links with Greenwich and London University's where you will be able to undertake further training and development as required, enabling you to progress your neonatal career.

This is an exciting time to join the team with an ever growing annual birth rate. And work across our two level 2 Units within the Trust., 1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations