Senior Staff Nurse

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The closing date is 27 January 2026

This is an exciting development opportunity for neonatal nurses with a passion for family integrated care and service improvement.

The Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse role at UHNM will provide opportunities to develop specialised clinical and managerial skills to support babies and their families throughout their neonatal journey.

Demonstrate practical and theoretical knowledge, competence and skills to support babies, families and staff within the NICU

Contribute towards developing a culture of learning and innovation, which supports service improvement & education.

Plan and manage competing demands of the job role, using prioritisation and delegation skills, whilst promoting the ethos of 'team-working' to provide a high quality and responsive service.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co‐created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

The Senior Clinical Staff Nurse will deputise and lead the NICU in the absence of Ward Manager or Senior Sister.

The Senior Clinical Staff Nurse will work closely, with the Senior Leadership Team in the delivery of evidence based practice: ensuring patients receive safe, effective and professional patient care, to meet the Directorate & Trust safety agenda, and matching parent and family expectations.

The Senior Clinical Staff Nurse will work in close partnership with the Neonatal Consultants, the Nursing Team, Allied Health Professionals and the wider Multi‑Disciplinary Team to ensure all patients and their families, who access the Neonatal Intensive Care, will receive high quality care throughout their neonatal journey.

• Minimum 3 years experience
• NICU Experience

• Qualified In Speciality
• Mentorship/Teaching Qualification

• Has lead a Quality Improvement Project
• Has taken a lead within specialist role

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.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust