Nursery Nurse- SCBU​/Transitional Care​/Post Natal

Nursery Nurse - SCBU/Transitional Care/Post Natal

The closing date is 01 February 2026.

This is an exciting opportunity for Nursery Nurses to join the team in our brand new purpose built building. The post holder will be responsible for implementation of effective quality neonatal care to infants requiring Transitional Care and Special Care and post natal ward, under the supervision of the registered nurse/midwife, following a holistic family centred model of practice.

The post holder carries out assigned tasks involving direct care in support of a Registered Nurse to ensure care of babies and children within the unit to promote their health and development and contribute to the effective and efficient day to day running of the unit. To successfully complete nursery nurse competencies to gain neonatal specific knowledge and skills.

• Responsibility for individual patient care under the supervision of a trained nurse as allocated by the nurse in charge.
• Implement and evaluate the agreed plan of care, review and update plan accordingly.
• Demonstrate an understanding of, assess, evaluate care in relation to infant hygiene, nutritional care, thermoregulatory care, monitoring.
• Carry out daily checks and cleaning of specialised equipment.
• Prepare babies feeds accurately and monitor and record their feeding, including management of naso/oro gastric tube feeding.
• Support and assist mothers in care.
• Check temperatures and cleanliness of milk fridges and freezers.
• Care for stable infants receiving low flow oxygen including associated monitoring, recording of observations and correct use of equipment.
• Care for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome.
• Assist in meeting the care and development needs of the babies and children.
• Report any changes in the infant's condition to relevant personnel, and implement changes and evaluate care as directed.
• Participate in ward rounds.
• Ensure nurseries are adequately stocked.
• Act as an advocate, liaise, report and document any relevant nursing or social issues to the registered nurse.
• Work effectively and efficiently alongside Midwives in Transitional Care.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding and practice of Child Protection.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff.

As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

• Following a programme of training and assessment take responsibility for individual patient care under the supervision of a trained nurse as allocated by the nurse in charge.
• Implement and evaluate the agreed plan of care, review and update plan accordingly.
• Demonstrate an understanding of, assess, evaluate care in relation to infant hygiene, nutritional care, thermoregulatory care, monitoring and undertake associated practical aspects within…