Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

• Appropriate Nursery Nurse qualification – NNEB, BTEC, etc

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience working in a hospital setting with babies and infants

Desirable

• Previous experience of working in a Neonatal, Maternity, Paediatric or Transitional Care unit

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrate effective communication skills, including listening
• Ability to work within a clinical team
• Ability to understand individual needs
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Computer literate
• Ability to prioritize workload and work in a team
• Time management
• Have the skills to work under pressure
• Evidence of handling sensitive information appropriately

Communication

Essential

• Demonstrate effective communication skills, including listening.
• Good spoken and written English
• Demonstrate appropriate skills when dealing with difficult situations
• Able to communicate effectively and respectfully with all members of the MDT and families.
• Able to de-escalate conflict and seek support in these scenarios.

Personal and People Development

Essential

• Demonstrates evidence of professional development in line with KSF, maintains an updated portfolio, and is up to date with mandatory training.
• Demonstrates an awareness of the role of a facilitator and is willing to support students in practice within the scope of their competency.
• Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others
• Reflective in Practice

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.

Essential

• Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties
• Respects the privacy and dignity of the individual
• Understands the implications of Equal Opportunities in practice

Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives, and visitors is minimised by:

Essential

• Being familiar with and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
• Completing all required training and education (both via e-learning and face-to-face) on infection prevention and control.
• Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development, and including it in your annual appraisal
• Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.

Specific Requirements

Essential

• Flexible approach to shift patterns
• Prioritises own workload
• Prioritises the workload of others dependent on experience
• Works under own initiative within boundaries of role
• Acts on own initiative and problem- solves utilising resources available
• Articulates reasons for desire to work in these clinical areas
• Committed to providing safe, effective, and timely patient-centred care
• Able to develop awareness of resource and risk management issues within the boundaries of the role

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).

Closing Date: 15 March 2026