University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Neonatal Homecare Nurse
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Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Neonatal Homecare Nurse to work within Neonatal Home care Service
This model of Neonatal Community Care is provided across Leicester and Northamptonshire region, including Hospitals of Leicester, Kettering and Northampton Hospitals. Posts currently available for the Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutlands area
Role Responsibilities
- The post holder will be an excellent team worker and will be responsible for ensuring highest standards of clinical care and evidence based practice for infants within the scope of neonatal outreach, providing specialist on-going care for the neonate and advice, support and education to the family in the home environment.
- The Neonatal Home care Team provides a service covering 7 days a week, from 08:00-1700 Monday to Sunday
- To provide a seamless timely discharge from hospital to the home environment. Providing and delivery of parent education programmes including Basic life support.
- Work without direct supervision, including the assessment of care needs, plan, organise and implement care at home ensuring continuous provision of integrated care.
- To provide on-going holistic care within the community setting for vulnerable neonates and their family, ensuring equitable care across diverse communities.
- Provide specialist on-going care for the neonate and education, advice and support to the family in the home environment.
- Monitor nutrition, feeding skills and growth, ensuring onward referral when indicated. Monitor and plot growth and identify when intervention is required to improve growth.
- The job holder will assist Neonatal Unit, transitional care based staff with early and appropriate discharge planning in accordance with the criteria for outreach care.
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Our Strategy and Values
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
Our Four Primary Goals
- High-quality care for all
- Being a great place to work
- Partnerships for impact
- Research and education excellence
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We will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- We are compassionate
- We are proud
- We are inclusive
- We are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About The University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust
https://www.uhleicester.nhs.uk
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Claire Inglis
- Job Title: Matron
- Email Address: claire.inglis4@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 07564645447
Victoria Mead
- Email Address: Victoria.mead5@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 0116 285 7706
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