Nursing Associate – Nursery Nurse (Neonates)

Nursing Associate – Nursery Nurse (Neonates)

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Watford

Days £12.25 per hour

Saturdays and nights £15.92 per hour

Sundays and bank holidays £19.60 per hour

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS trust are currently seeking a Band 4 Registered Nursing Associate to join their Neonatal team at Watford General Hospital. This role will be ongoing with a shift pattern that will be covering both days and nights, week days and weekends on rotation.

Could you be an NHS Professional?

We are NHS Professionals (NHSP), working together to care for patients in the NHS. Providing you with the power to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community.

As a member, you’ll have fantastic benefits:

· Competitive pay rates – work this week, get paid next week

· Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go – access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone

· Essential support when you need it – 24/7 365 days – Call us anytime

· Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts

· First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust – access before they are made available to agency

· Varied working options to suit your lifestyle – access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements

· Training and development opportunities

· Build holiday allowance for every shift you work

· Stakeholder pension scheme available

About the Trust

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute hospital-based and specialist healthcare services to around half a million people living in Hertfordshire, north London and further afield. The Trust was the first hospital in Europe to treat patients with Puritan Bennett 980 ventilators, a type of ventilator that helps patients to breathe more naturally and recover more quickly. Hertfordshire has the best of both worlds, surrounded by beautiful countryside but with good road and rail links to both London and Cambridge, as well as comprehensive bus services across the main towns (Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans and Watford).

What you’ll be responsible for

· Practice in accordance with the NMC Code of professional conduct (NMC, 2018) as well as the Trust Policies Procedures and Guidelines.

• Under leadership and direction of the Registered Nurse ensure that all patients have appropriate individualised, clinical assessments.

· Communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, their relatives/carers,

nursing colleagues and members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure care is delivered in an accurate and efficient manner.

· Support the Nurse in charge(NIC)/Ward Manager to maintain/improve and

develop high standards of patient care, and thereby ensuring that the patients are treated with privacy, dignity and respect.

The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.

You’ll have the following qualification/experience:

· A minimum of 6 months paid experience as a Nursing Associate working on a Neonatal unit within the last 3 years

· Comply with NMC Professional Registration and keep up to date with current nursing practices

· Ensure accurate records are kept in accordance with CHS policy and NMC guidelines

· Undertake regular mandatory training*

*Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and skills.

Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialise in putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.

As an equal opportunities' organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.

Apply Today

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

Disclaimer

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 weeks

Salary: £12.25-£19.60 per hour

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

Licence/Certification:

• NMC (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: WestHerts - Neo