Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 Month FTC)
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time hours, long days, nights and weekends)
- Job ref
- 326-7226657-NM
- Employer
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Redhill
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum plus high cost allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Staff Nurse - Neonatal Unit
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Our newly expanded and refurbished Neonatal Unit has a total of 21 cots, caring for over 450 intensive, high dependency and special care babies per year. Alongside this we have a busy Transitional Care area and a well-established Neonatal Outreach service.
The priority of our multi-disciplinary team is to provide a high standard of care in partnership with the family
A vancancy have arisen for motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 nurses, to join our neonatal team
We will actively encourage and support you in developing your career by offering in house education and training plus secondment of appropriate candidates to relevant neonatal courses.
You will be RN qualified with a particular interest in neonatology and commitment and enthusiasm to progress in this field. Experience within neonates or paediatrics would be an advantage but in house training will be given.
For further information please contact Hilary Sparkes, neonatal matron or clinical educator on
[email protected] or [email protected]
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
- Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
- National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
- We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
- A complete and accurate application
- Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
- Evidence of essential experience for role
- Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
- Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
- Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
- Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hilary Sparkes
- Job title
- Neonatal Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01737231765
- Additional information
If you would like an informal visit, please do call or email
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