Senior Sister / Special care & Transitional Care Lead

Special care & Transitional care Lead
Do you feel passionately that keeping mothers and babies together should be the cornerstone to newborn care, then this is the role for you!
It is an exciting time for Neonatal services on the Epsom site as we expand to support our maternity colleagues to delivery outstanding Transitional Care (TC). The post holder will lead a team of neonatal nurses, supporting them to work flexibly across the SCBU and TC dependant on service need.
Epsom SCBU is a Level 1 unit and is commissioned to provide 6 special care cots. Additionally, SCBU provides level 2 & 3 care as needed prior to transferring out to appropriate centres. Simon Stewart is the co located postnatal ward with the capacity for up to 8 TC cots.
If you feel you would like to discuss this rare opportunity more contact me directly as below. I am happy to facilitate a conversation or unit tour prior to interview. Please note this post is a full time managerial position and as such will be a Monday-Friday office hours. However, compressed hours may be considered., The roles key focus is to facilitate the implementation and
evaluation of care pathways within Neonatal Transitional Care
(NTC). With the objective of keeping mothers and babies
together where possible, and avoid term admissions to the
neonatal unit. It will involve close working with the inpatient
Neonatal and Midwifery matron's both strategically and
operationally to meet the BAPM recommendations and
framework for neonatal transitional care.

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.