Special Care/Transitional Care Support Worker

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

JOB OVERVIEW

Do you believe that Keeping mothers and babies together should be the cornerstone of newborn care?……..If so this is the role for you!
It is an exciting time for Neonatal services at St Helier’s as we expand to support our Maternity colleagues to deliver exceptional Neonatal Transitional Care (NTC). The post holder will be part of Neonatal nursing team and work flexibly across the Neonatal unit and Postnatal ward, dependant on service need.
The successful post holder will work alongside families, supporting and teaching parents to care for their newborn or premature babies in preparation for discharge home. The post holder will be expected to take a patient load and work independently, under the supervision of the Neonatal nursing team. Further expansion of the service in March 2025 will see the addition of a band 5 Neonatal nurse on every shift. This will enable a full range of Special Care interventions to be delivered on the postnatal ward at the mother’s bedside.
As a new service we will be providing a bespoke 6 week orientation and education program. The go live date for this service is the 1st October 2024 and therefore we are looking for staff to commence employment six weeks prior to this date (19th August 2024). However if find this date challenging do not be put off applying, give us a call to discuss.
Please note this role is a shift worker position, as such you would be expected to work a variety of long days, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Good verbal and written skills
• Good interpersonal and organisationals skills
• Computer skills
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

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APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

To promote a friendly and supportive atmosphere for parents and relatives in which they can learn to care for their babies. To utilise a variety of strategies to communicate effectively: with the neonate’s family/carers, the multidisciplinary team, other departments within the Trust and pertinent agencies outside the organisation. Support the nursing team in proving advices on breastfeeding, developmental care, family integrated care and parent education.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Neonatal Nursery Nurse role at Epsom and St Helier.