Senior Staff Nurse

Senior Staff Nurse

The closing date is 09 April 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced registered neonatal nurses to join our Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse team on the Neonatal Unit at Hull University Teaching Hospital. The post holders will be welcomed into a substantial and supportive Neonatal team.

We are looking for highly motivated and dynamic Neonatal Nurses who can provide clinical expertise in the delivery of specialist care to neonates and their families. You will need to demonstrate leadership within the team, with excellent communication skills and be able to provide a supportive culture for teamwork and learning.

Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust NICU is a well established level 3 Tertiary unit within the Yorkshire & Humber Neonatal Network. The Neonatal Service comprises of 33 cots in total: 7 Intensive Care, 10 High Dependency, 12 Special Care and 4 Transitional care providing a high quality service to the network and beyond.

Main duties of the job

We would expect that any applicants would share our trust values of being honest, accountable and caring to achieve our vision of Great care, Great staff, Great future.

The successful applicant will play a vital role within the team in both staff and service development. You will be expected to co ordinate care on a daily basis and deputise for the Junior Sister in her absence. Participation in audits, benchmarking and undertaking some managerial responsibilities will also be a vital part to this role. Good communication and team building skills, and the ability to support and develop staff are essential.

In return, we have 2 dedicated Clinical Educators who provide an extensive induction package and are able discuss development opportunities that we offer and support in a wide range of clinical areas.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.

Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.

Person Specification Education/Qualifications

• Registered Nurse - Child or Adult Branch or registered Midwife
• Qualification in Speciality - Neonatology 405 or equivalent
• Mentorship preparation programme or equivalent e.g. 997 / 998, or on live register of mentors
• Evidence of professional self development
• Evidence of Leadership / people management skills

Knowledge, Training and Experience

• Safeguarding children's training level 3.
• Newborn Life Support course certification
• Ability to teach & support others
• Proven ability to co ordinate and manage own workload appropriately.
• Responsive to change
• Ability to challenge complacency and unsafe practice
• Clinical expert in neonates
• Awareness of budgeting / resource management.

Other Requirement

• Substantial experience within speciality
• Experience of leading a team
• Experience with / of benchmarking and audit

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team

Special Attributes and other

• Reliable and Resilient
• Demonstrates ability to meet the Trust values

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.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust