Staff Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, passionate, enthusiastic and caring neonatal nurse to become part of the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. CDDFT provides care for babies and their families, at both the University Hospital of North Durham and Darlington Memorial Hospital, in dedicated neonatal units that work closely with the Midwifery and Paediatric departments. With 12 cots at UHND and 8 cots at DMH, we provide care for babies and their families from 30 weeks gestation, but also provide stabilisation for critically ill babies prior to retrieval by the regional transport team. There is a well-developed transitional care, care provided by the neonatal nursing team which enables babies and their mothers to stay together when requiring additional support., We are delighted to advertise the Neonatal Staff Nurse post within County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity for registered nurses to join our team of experienced neonatal nurses. The post holder will form part of the neonatal team and care for Special care babies, Neonatal transitional care and support the care of high dependency babies. They will plan the care of the babies, promoting family integrated care and be able to provide a supportive environment for the families within the Neonatal and Neonatal Transitional care service. The appointed nurse will receive a period of supernumerary status to ensure supported within the service and training and education will be provided to develop neonatal skills and experience in emergency stabilisation of the new-born.

The successful candidate will join a team of dedicated nurses to work on the Neonatal unit and Neonatal Transitional care, to deliver high quality care to babies and families. You should possess an RN Child, RN or RSCN qualification and hold a current NMC registration.

Please note: There vacancy is for the University Hospital of North Durham. Full and Part time opportunities available., From April 9th 2025 - Healthcare assistants - You must have a minimum of two years of experience working within the NHS as a HCA for the Trust to consider sponsorship (we will only consider sponsorship if you meet this criteria and have a current visa expiring within 3 months)

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We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented

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