Neonatal Homecare Registered Nurse

The Neonatal Home Care Team at UHDB is recruiting dynamic, enthusiastic Band 5 Nurses to support a 7‑day a week neonatal home‑visiting service. The team helps safely transition babies from neonatal and transitional care units to home, supporting families with oxygen therapy, NGT feeding, short‑term home phototherapy, and ongoing monitoring.

The role is specialist and community‑focused, offering opportunities to develop advanced neonatal skills in a home environment while building strong, supportive relationships with families.

Closing date of applications: 22nd July 2026

Interview date: 05th August 2026

• Support early discharge planning and coordinate structured home‑care plans.
• Provide home‑based neonatal care, including oxygen support, NGT feeding, and phototherapy.
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team and the NACP‑led Jaundice Clinic.
• Maintain high standards of care and accurate documentation.
• Empower parents, build confidence, and provide emotional and practical support.
• Manage an independent caseload safely and effectively.
• Ensure babies meeting criteria receive home‑visiting support after discharge.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kirstie Daniel Job title: Neonatal Homecare Team Lead Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 07385 516893