Neonatal Homecare Nurse: Sponsorship Available

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Job summary

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

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.

We are delighted to offer a 7 day service and have well established services including Home phototherapy for jaundiced babies, Home Oxygen and Home naso gastric tube feeding

The Neonatal Home careTeam provides a service covering 7 days a week, from 08:00-1700Monday to Sunday

We are seeking a highly motivated Neonatal Nurse to join our forward thinking family focused neonatal team. The successful candidate will demonstrate drive and motivation to support expansion of such an exciting service. To be successful in this role you will need to be registered nurse/midwife , ideally a post specialist neonatal course QIS experience, current Health visitor or Paediatric community care would be considered

Main duties of the job

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.

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 .

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse Child , Adult branch/ Midwife

Desirable

  • QIS in Neonatal Care
  • Post registration training in community care of the neonate
  • Neonatal Foundations course
  • Teaching and assessing qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 2 years Neonatal (or relevant post registration
  • Experience eg Health Visiting or Community Paediatrics

Desirable

  • Community experience

Communication and relationship skills

Essential

  • Good standard of spoken and written English
  • Good listening and communication skills
  • Diplomacy

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential

  • Effective decision making and problem solving
  • Self reflective

Desirable

  • Audit /research / Education experience

Planning and organisation skills

Essential

  • Adaptable and flexible with working hours and conditions
  • Able to prioritise own workload
  • Excellent time keeping
  • Conscientious

Desirable

  • Displays motivation and ideas of own future career pathway and personal development planning

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
  • Staff are expected to engage in compassionate & inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others

Other requirements specific to the role

Essential

  • Good attendance Record
  • Able to work cross site
  • Car owner with current driving licence

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential

  • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s Values and Behaviours

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 1 September 2026

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