We are seeking compassionate and experienced Healthcare Assistants to support our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on a flexible, as needed basis. In this role, you will play a vital part in assisting with the assessment, delivery, and evaluation of safe, high quality care for sick, preterm, and vulnerable babies.
As a bank member of staff, you will have the opportunity to work flexibly around your commitments while gaining valuable experience in a highly specialised clinical environment. You will support our teams and provide essential care and reassurance to babies and their families during some of their most challenging moments.
This is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful difference while enjoying the flexibility of bank work. If you are passionate about neonatal care and committed to providing outstanding support to babies and their families, we would love to hear from you.
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Working closely with infants, their parents, carers, and families to support and teach them how to care for their baby, ensuring they feel involved and confident as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
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Offering emotional support to anxious and distressed parents, providing them with clear, relevant information about their infant's condition to help alleviate concerns and guide them through this challenging time.
Experience of working in a care setting with infants or families would be advantageous but all necessary skills training, professional updates and mandatory training as appropriate to the post will be provided.
There will be an expectation of a flexible approach to shifts patterns with a commitment to participate in the on call service after appropriate training.
Please be advised - this vacancy may close early if we reach a sufficient amount of applications.
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, and not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
We work hard to make sure that inclusion is part of everything we do. We know that true inclusion means we're able to provide the best care for our patients and provide a fulfilling career for all our colleagues.
We have six active and impactful colleague networks. These networks provide a safe space for colleagues to share their experiences and learn from one another, but also influence change across our trust:
Multicultural Network
Women's Network
Armed Forces' Network
LGBTQ+ Network
Lived Experience Network, for colleagues living with disabilities
Autistic Colleague Network
We offer a form of weekly pay via Wagestream. Bank Pay is an easy way to automatically get paid a percentage of the money you've already earned from any bank shifts completed the previous week. It means you don't have to wait until the end of the month for your bank shift pay, giving you more flexibility.
Don't worry - the remaining portion of your pay is set aside to make sure your tax contributions are paid in full and if your tax contributions amount to less than the money set aside you'll receive it all back at the end of each month.
For more details and further information about the role, please see the attached job description and person specification.
NVQ 3 or equivalent in health care
Working with babies and families
Good standard of literacy/English language skills
Excellent communication skills
Ability to prioritise and organise own workload
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.
