Neonatal Nurse

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Neonatal nurses are essential to the NHS, providing specialist care for premature and sick newborns. The Liverpool Neonatal partnership – comprising The Liverpool Women’s Neonatal Unit and the Surgical Neonatal Unit at Alder hey Children’s Hospital, both part of the Cheshire and Mersey Neonatal Network-cares for over 1,000 babies and families each year from the Isle of Man, North Wales, and beyond.

We are recruiting experienced Neonatal or Paediatric Nurses to work across both sites, delivering high-quality specialist care. Applicants should have experience In Neonatal Nursing, Paediatric Critical Care, or paediatric surgical specialties and have completed a neonatal placement during their training.

All successful candidates will be supported to complete the Foundation in Neonates (FIN) and Qualification in Specialty (QIS), if not already achieved

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will function as clinical practitioners within all areas of the neonatal service and rotate to AHCH neonatal services using knowledge and skills to achieve optimum outcome for the neonate and family in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.

You will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for the neonate in partnership with the family in high dependency and intensive care nurseries and for co-ordinating, supervising and supporting the neonatal staff within an identified clinical area.

With experience you will be required to act as room leader and be responsible for supervising and mentoring junior staff, basic and post basic students within the neonatal service.

Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Keyboard skills
  • Evidence of team working
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
  • Research awareness

Desirable

  • Evidence of leadership

Qualifications

Essential

  • Basic level 1 registered nurse i.e., RN, RSCN, RM

Desirable

  • Degree level studies
  • Post basic mentoring course
  • QIS/ FIN Qualification or Intention to complete QIS/FIN

Experience

Essential

  • Applicants should have experience In Neonatal Nursing, Paediatric Critical Care, or paediatric surgical specialties
  • Had a neonatal placement during their training

Desirable

  • Competent to work in all areas of the NICU.
  • Relevant Neonatal Surgical experience
  • Recent mentoring Experience

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: 9 August 2026

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