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University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

Staff Nurse - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW), Bristol, Virginia, United States, 24202

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Staff Nurse - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) The closing date is 05 January 2026

We are excited to invite a compassionate and dedicated Staff Nurse to join our dynamic Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) team. This is a great opportunity to make a meaningful impact in neonatal nursing, working within one of the most respected NICUs in the South West.>

Why Join Us? Our NICU is a Level 3 Tertiary Centre, one of only three in the South West neonatal network. We provide expert care for babies with complex needs—including respiratory, surgical, neurological, and cardiac conditions—as well as pre‑term and full‑term infants. We are deeply committed to delivering outstanding family‑centred care, ensuring the best outcomes for our babies and their families.

What We Offer: You'll be joining a highly skilled and experienced multidisciplinary team (MDT) that includes nurses, nursery nurses, medics, consultants, and allied healthcare professionals. Our team is united by a shared philosophy: working together with families to provide high‑quality, individualised care in a supportive environment.

We are dedicated to ongoing professional development, offering a wide range of opportunities—including university‑accredited courses and in‑house training for specialist roles.

Main Duties of the Job

Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate prescribed treatment and care for patients and their families

Communicate effectively and maintain confidentiality with patient’s carers and the multidisciplinary team

Act as a professional role model setting standards of practice

Promote clinical effectiveness and opportunities for teaching junior colleagues and students

Promote and maintain a safe environment for patients

Administer medicines in accordance with Trust policy

Develop clinical skills and participate in continuous professional development

Provide accurate timely contemporary records of care and treatment in line with Trust record keeping policy and NM

Please ensure that you complete a full application detailing why you would like to work in our NICU.

At this time, we are unable to support nurses or midwives who require OSCE to register with the NMC UK. Unfortunately, such applications will not be considered.

Job Responsibilities Join us and you will benefit from:

8‑12 weeks supernumerary period dependent on experience

In‑depth induction programme

Excellent training and development opportunities. The QIS (Qualified in Specialty) course is delivered in the Southwest by the SouthWest Neonatal Network.

Newborn Individualised Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) trained nurses who are part of the Family and Infant Neurodevelopmental Education (FINE) faculty, providing FINE training to the multidisciplinary team.

Support from our in‑house Education team and SIM training

Phillips ICCA system for all monitoring, prescribing and documentation

We support flexible and part‑time working.

St Michael’s Hospital is located in the heart of vibrant Bristol, a beautiful city bursting with character and providing many opportunities to achieve a true work‑life balance.

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Qualifications and Training

RSCN Part 8/RN (Child branch, part 15) or RN qualification, or Registered Midwife

Current NMC Registration

Qualification in Neonatal Nursing or willingness to undertake this

Post Basic Certificate or related study in Neonatal Critical Care

1st Degree in Nursing or health related subject or working towards

Skills and Abilities

Demonstrate competence in clinical skills relevant to the clinical area

Good interpersonal and communication skills, able to communicate effectively with patients, carers and MDT

Competence in calculations for safe administration of medicines/fluids

Ability to initiate and ensure appropriate action in response to the deteriorating patient

Clinical decision making ability

Ability to work with minimum supervision

Act in a professional manner

Self‑motivated

A team player

Recognition of own limits

Teaching/supervisory skills

Knowledge and Experience

Broad knowledge and experience of clinical nursing practice within a hospital environment

Interest in the clinical area

Experience of teaching

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.

About us University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward‑thinking multi‑award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world‑leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.

Personal Statement Document For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

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