Meet our teams
We have a huge team of staff in our SCBU and NICU who support patients and their relatives. Below you’ll be able to find out more about our teams at both sites…
Meadowbank SCBU
To help you identify staff members from our team, a notice board is visible at the entrance of Meadowbank with all our photos.
Consultant Paediatricians are available 24/7 on the unit.
We have a team of paediatric medical staff consisting of Consultant Paediatricians, Registrars and Senior House Officers.
Our specialist nursing team consists of Nurse Manager/Matron, Senior Nursing Sisters, Neonatal Nurses, Practice Development Facilitator and Community Nurses.
Dieticians, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Pharmacists, Opthalmologists, Midwives and Social Workers all come to NICU as part of the multi-disciplinary team. We also have Student Nurses and Student Midwives on placements as part of their training.
If you need to speak with your baby’s named consultant, then you can do so by requesting this via the nurse looking after your baby
Neonatal Community Team
The Neonatal Community Nurses are based on Meadowbank and they offer nursing support at home to a range of premature and newborn infants who have been discharged from SCBU. For longer term support, your baby’s care may be transferred to the Children’s Community Nursing Team. The Neonatal Community Team cover all of Bedford and surrounding villages, so families are asked to be understanding about punctuality for home visits as journey times and length of visit cannot always be anticipated. They will try and telephone regarding delays but this is not always possible in areas with limited mobile phone signals.
We have a limited community service and all visits are by appointment only. We offer a range of in home visits and telephone visits. For non-urgent queries contact Meadowbank on 01234 792072. All babies receiving home oxygen or with complex needs have open access to the Paediatric ward Riverbank. This ensures families have advice and support out-of-hours if there are concerns that a baby is unwell or a feeding tube needs replacing. In the case of an emergency always call 999 for urgent medical assistance.
NICU
To help you identify staff members from our team, a notice board is visible at the entrance of NICU with all our photos.
Consultant Neonatologists are available 24/7 on the unit.
We have a team of paediatric medical staff consisting of Consultant Neonatologists, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, Registrars and Senior House Officers.
Our specialist nursing team consists of Nurse Manager/Matron, Senior Nursing Sisters, Neonatal Nurses, Neonatal Nursery Nurses, Practice Development Nurse, Practice Facilitator and Community Nurses.
Dieticians, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Pharmacists, psychotherapist and Social Workers all come to NICU as part of the multi-disciplinary team. We also have Student Nurses and Midwives on placements as part of their training.
If you need to access your named consultant, then you can do so by requesting this via the nurse looking after your baby
Neonatal Community Team
The Neonatal Community Nurses are based on NICU and will be involved in discharge planning to ensure your baby is able to go home as soon as possible. They offer nursing support at home to a range of premature and newborn infants, up to 4 weeks post-term gestation, who have been discharged from NICU andTransitional Care. For longer term support, your baby’s care may be transferred to the Children’s Community Nursing Team. The Neonatal Community Team cover a large area of Luton & Dunstable, so families are asked to be understanding about punctuality for home visits as journey times and length of visit cannot always be anticipated. They will try and telephone regarding delays but this is not always possible in areas with limited mobile phone signals.
The service runs Monday to Friday 0700-1730. For non-urgent queries leave a message on the office number 01582718321. All babies receiving home oxygen or with complex needs have open access to the Paediatric Assessment unit (PAU) in the surgical block level 4. This ensures families have advice and support out-of-hours if there are concerns that a baby is unwell or a feeding tube needs replacing. In the case of an emergency always call 999 for urgent medical assistance.