Senior Neonatal Homecare Nurse

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Neonatal Homecare Nurse to work within Neonatal Home care Service, hosted by Leicester hospitals.

Neonatal Community Care is provided across Leicestershire and Rutland and the Northamptonshire region, including University Hospitals of Leicester, Kettering and Northampton Hospitals.

This position will primarily be based in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland

The post holder will be an excellent team worker and will be responsible for ensuring the highest standard of clinical care 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.

Home naso gastric tube feeding and Home oxygen service is currently well imbedded , and more recently we have expanded services further to include care of babies at home on phototherapy for the treatment of jaundice.

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

Main duties of the job

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • 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.
  • The job holder will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload, including the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of complex care programmes, ensuring continuous provision of integrated care.

Provide specialist on-going care for the neonate and education, advice and support to the family in the home environment.

  • The job holder will take a proactive role in the education and training of the multidisciplinary team(s), providing on-going supervision and support as an expert.
  • To work effectively and efficiently as an Outreach team member as well as independently in the planning, assessment, implementation and evaluation of neonatal community care.
  • To plan, time manage and initiate a weekly schedule based on workload requirements, which will meet the needs of the service and ensure that individual family needs are met.
  • Please review Job description attached for Full responsibilities and Job role.

Person Specification

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential

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

Training & Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse (Level 1) RGN /RSCN.
  • Post Registration qualification in speciality (ENB405 /QIS)
  • Recognised Teaching and Assessors qualification Willing to undergo training in relation to post
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Advanced Neonatal Life Support

Desirable

  • Community care of the neonate qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience in the stated specialist area
  • Knowledge of neonatal outreach service management
  • Understanding of current issues in neonatal healthcare Discharge Planning and community care

Desirable

  • Service Development and/or change management

Communication and Relationship Skillsent

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent communication skills, an ability to discuss, advise and negotiate care with medical teams
  • Experience of working on own

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential

  • Good problem solver
  • Good initiative
  • Able to re-prioritise

Skills

Essential

  • Influencing & Negotiation

Planning and organisation skills

Essential

  • Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload

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.
  • All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others

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: 12 July 2026

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