Staff Nurse

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Staff Nurse

The closing date is 24 November 2025

Are you newly qualified and looking for a small friendly unit to begin your neonatal career in or an experienced nurse wishing to make a difference? If so this is the role for you.

We are a level 1 SCBU with 6 cots, caring for premature babies from 34 weeks gestation and term babies requiring enhanced levels of care. We also have a level 2 LNU on the St Helier's site for babies from 27 weeks onward. We encourage both adult and newly qualified nurses to apply as role specific training will be provided in the form of a comprehensive orientation programme and access to the neonatal qualified in speciality course.

If you would like to discuss the role or arrange a short visit please contact Ramoneth Devenecia SCBU & Transitional care lead.

Main duties of the job

• Direct care for babies from 34 weeks onwards requiring CPAP, phototherapy and feeding support. Stabilisation and immediate resuscitation of babies requiring level 2/3 care prior to transferring out.
• Work with families to empower them to become the primary carers and partners in care for their babies.
• Competent in administering drugs and utilising equipment.

Please see Job Description for full duties and responsibilities.

About us

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification Education/Qualification

• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Qualified in speciality (SCBU, HDU, ITU) or willingness to undertake

Experience

• Ability to organise/prioritise own workload.
• Ability to be responsive/reactive and flexible.
• Able to promote team spirit.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Organisational skills.
• Good working knowledge of professional nursing issues relating to children e.g. safeguardingli>
• Understanding of BFI standards.

Other

• Polite and pleasant manner.
• Enthusiastic/motivated.
• Team spirited.
• Ability to cope with stress.
• Flexible and adaptable.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

£35,763 to £43,466 a year Pro rata per annum inc HCAS (outer London)