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Job overview

As the successful applicant, you will work as part of the Neonatal Community Team (NCT) and in collaboration with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Transitional Care (TC) to provide care and support to infants being cared for on NICU and TC through to discharge home.

You will work collaboratively with the wider nursing and multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to support parents and carers to provide care to their babies in a variety of in hospital and community settings as directed by registered members of the team.

It is expected that you will participate in health promotion and contribute to the safe and effective running of the NCT.

Main duties of the job

Support the nursing and MDT in delivery of evidenced based care quality care, in accordance with the patients specific individualised needs.

Facilitating partnership and promoting family integrated care with every patient.

Update the wider NCT, and MDT with changes and developments in the patient’s condition.

Participate in the assessment of the care needs of neonates through the interpretation of results, including through pulse oximetry, temperature recordings.

Implement and assess the care of special care and transitional care patients and escalate concerns appropriately.

Work with families and carers to recognise concerns regarding the patient’s safety, and act on their findings appropriately, including through escalation of safeguarding concerns.

Successful completion of either the special care of neonates, or transitional care courses.

Be able to respond quickly and initiate resuscitation of infants, ensuring prompt escalation to the neonatal team, or emergency services.

Promote family integrated care in dignified surroundings conducive to parent bonding. Assist mothers in their chosen method of feeding adhering to the Baby Friendly Initiative.

To work in other clinical areas depending on service requirements.

Perform procedures including nasogastric tube insertion and feeding, administration of nasal-cannula oxygen, removal of cannulas, obtaining specimens, performing investigations, and assist the nursing, midwifery and medical teams where appropriate.

Working for our organisation

There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH.  We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit.  We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.  We love working here and think you will too.