Neonatal Community Outreach Team Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 14/08/2026
- Closes
- 30/08/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated Band 5 Nurse to join the expanding Neonatal Community Outreach Team (NCOT). The role involves providing high-quality, family-centred neonatal care, supporting babies and families transitioning from hospital to home. You will work across both inpatient and community settings, maintaining neonatal skills and promoting continuity of care. The service covers Telford, Shropshire, and Powys, collaborating with various healthcare teams to ensure safe and effective care.
Essential criteria
- 1 Year of neonatal experience
Desirable criteria
- 6 Months of neonatal experience
- UK driving lisence
- Full UK driving licence
- Foundations in Neonatal Nursing
- Years post qualification 1 year
- Year post qualification less than 1 year
- Community experience
- Years of experience 1 year or more
- Less than 1 year
- No Community experience
- Understanding of safeguarding
- Safeguarding experience
- Lone working
- Experience of lone working
- Registered nurse / midwife
- 1 Year of neonatal experience
- 6 Months of neonatal experience
- UK driving lisence
- Full UK driving licence
- Foundations in Neonatal Nursing
- Years post qualification 1 year
- Year post qualification less than 1 year
- Community experience
- Years of experience 1 year or more
- Less than 1 year
- No Community experience
- Understanding of safeguarding
- Safeguarding experience
- Lone working
- Experience of lone working
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, compassionate and dynamic Band 5 Nurse to join our expanding Neonatal Community Outreach Team (NCOT) at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
Working with the NCOT Lead Nurse, Senior NCOT Nurses and multidisciplinary team, you will provide high-quality, family-centred neonatal care, supporting babies and families during their transition from hospital to home.
The NCOT service supports early discharge and ongoing care of babies requiring interventions such as oxygen therapy, phototherapy, nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding, home phototherapy, medication administration, growth monitoring and developmental support. The team also cares for babies discharged weighing less than 1.8kg, those born below 35 weeks corrected gestational age, and babies with additional medical or nursing needs requiring specialist community follow-up.
Working across both neonatal inpatient and community settings, you will maintain and develop neonatal skills while promoting continuity of care. The service covers Telford, Shropshire and Powys and works closely with neonatal, maternity, paediatric, health visiting and primary care teams to provide safe, seamless and effective care for babies and their families.
The post holder will work across both neonatal inpatient services and the community setting to maintain and develop neonatal c
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