Staff Nurse - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Staff Nurse - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

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We have an exciting opportunity following further Neonatal Critical Care Review (NCCR) funding, for registered band 5 nurses to join our collaborative, enthusiastic and passionate team in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St Michaels Hospital. Our NICU is a tertiary unit for the population of the South West Neonatal Operational Delivery Networks (ODN) and consists of a total of 31 cots including 15 intensive care cots, 8 high dependency cots and 8 special care cots. The unit also helps support our 16 cot Transitional Care Ward. We are currently part of a review of services across Bristol with the potential of our numbers increasing by 8 ITU and 2 HDU cots. The unit provides care for sick newborn infants with a wide variety of medical, surgical and cardiac conditions. We also provide a transport team for the region’s hospitals Newborn Emergency Stabilisation & Transport Team (NEST). Neonatal experience and neonatal qualifications are preferred but not essential. Registered adult nurses or midwives with critical care experience are also encouraged to apply. Please note this vacancy is not suitable for nurses required to complete an OSCE in order to fully register with the NMC.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation TrustStand 5, WessexUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust, and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. We offer careers that provide different challenges every day. Through supported development, on-the-job training and continued education, we encourage all of our staff to strive higher and achieve their potential. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support. Become a part of something bigger by using your skills to help us keep UHBW operating as a centre of medical excellence, providing excellent care and service to the hundreds of patients who pass through our hospitals every day.

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