Nursery Nurse / Nursing Associate SCBU, WRH

Job summary

Provide care for babies under the direction of a band 6 qualified nurse, midwife, or medical practitioner within the neonatal and transitional care services of the Trust. Provide education to mothers on the care of their babies in preparation for discharge home

Main duties of the job

Contribute to the implementation of the individual care of the woman and her baby under the direction of a nurse.

Undertake the prescribed care of the woman and baby to include giving of medication to babies under the direction of a nurse.

Assist the doctor in undertaking routine procedures for the baby.

Deliver care relating to hygiene, nutrition and basic nursing.

Recognise, report to the nurse in charge and document any changes in the babys condition.

Report to the nurse in charge and document all details of care given.

Have an understanding of individualised and family approach to care including social and cultural backgrounds in accordance with the Trust policies.

Take responsibility for housekeeping duties as appropriate to the care of the mother and baby.

Take responsibility for incoming baby results and reporting results to appropriate senior staff.

Contribute to health promotion and assist in setting standards of care.

Support mothers in parenting role; facilitating their learning of practical skills within the role.

Responsibility for taking Blood Sugars, blood spots and SBRs, to include documentation of and acting upon, including reporting of result to appropriate senior staff.

Responsibility for escorting babies to other areas of the hospital setting, e.g. x-ray, scan, outpatient clinic and, where appropriate, transfers to other sites / hospitals

Job responsibilities

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.