Neonatal Practice Development Nurse

Mtasesores; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health care provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated professional for a clinically driven role focused on neonatal care. The candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team, ensuring staff competency through education and training. You will promote a positive culture of patient safety and utilize a diverse skill set to improve patient outcomes. This position offers a chance to impact the care of sick and preterm infants while working in a supportive, dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledgeable and confident in neonatal care.
• Experience in teaching and clinical skills development.
• Ability to promote patient safety and quality care.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all staff have access to training for neonatal competencies.
• Contribute to clinical teaching and simulation.
• Promote a culture of patient safety and high care standards.
• Utilize diverse skills to improve patient care outcomes.

Skills

Neonatal skills

Strong communication

Teaching abilities

Patient safety focus

Job description

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

Your role 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 standards, preventing harm by analysing and interpreting trends, lessons learned and best evidence to support the development of a 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 the use of evidence‑based multi‑professional standards.

Our services

• 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 Marks 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.

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 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 Job Description and Person Specification.

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