Neonatal Practitioner

**Working hours**: 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled neonatal nurse to work at the Local Neonatal Unit in Chester. This is a really exciting time to join our team who strive to deliver Family Integrated Care. We have recently moved into our purpose built unit which specialises in providing a holistic environment which supports parents in becoming equal members of the neonatal team and participating in providing active care for their baby with the help of competency-based training. Your role will involve working clinically, taking charge of the Neonatal Unit for your shift and liaising with the multi-disciplinary team and Network.
We are passionate in supporting our staff to develop and have great opportunities for career progression.
We are a friendly, supportive team who work tirelessly to improve standards and drive improvements.

You will contribute and commit to promoting a positive team based attitude, striving for the highest standards of care and achieving excellence, through continued development and compassion. You will actively engage and train other members of your team, and when instructed you will support senior management in the effective running of the clinical area, creating an environment which allows you’re team to maximise their ability.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large District General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital.

The Trust provides services in all of the surgical and medical specialties common to a District General Hospital with some specialist services. The Trust serves the whole of the local population currently in excess of 250,000 residents which geographically covers populations in England and North Wales.

The Trust strives to continuously improve and sustain the quality of its services for patients, providing care to more than 445,000 patients per year, with almost 4,000 staff working together putting quality and patient safety, at the heart of everything we do. The organisation provides a wide range of services offering health care to the whole spectrum of the population from birth to the end of life. The Trust complies with its terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and Behaviours which are the 6 Cs Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion and Commitment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

The Trust encourages and supports the uptake of approved Covid 19 vaccines as the means of providing the best line of defence against infection, for patients and our people.