Children's ED Staff Nurse

Job overview

Children's Staff Nurse - Emergency Department

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team. If you have an interest in emergency nursing and share our commitment to delivering high standards of care, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for an experienced Children's Nurse who has either previously worked within an emergency care setting or has strong ward-based experience and is looking to develop their skills within this dynamic and rewarding environment.

We are seeking motivated and compassionate staff to join our friendly and supportive department. While this is a fast-paced clinical area, we offer excellent learning and development opportunities, along with the support needed to gain new skills and progress your career.

There is also the opportunity for this role to work across both the John Radcliffe Hospital and Horton General Hospital sites, providing a varied and enriching experience.

If you are looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to make a real difference to children, young people and their families, this could be the role for you.

Main duties of the job

• Independently assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care for a defined caseload of patients
• Assume responsibility for individual clinical areas within the unit
• Maintain and continually develop specialist knowledge of nursing practice relevant to individual clinical area
• Contribute to the development of others through supervision, mentoring and teaching
• Contribute toward the continuing development of professional nursing practice in the Emergency Department
• To follow trust guidance in regards to safe guarding

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will:

• Deliver a patient centred style of practice that reflects and promotes the beliefs and values of professional nursing practice within the Emergency Department
• Independently assess, deliver and evaluate care to a defined caseload of patients
• Assume coordinating responsibility for individual clinical areas, proactively resolving problems identified within the individual clinical area
• Set and maintain standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with Sister / Charge Nurse / Matron / Senior Nursing Team
• Accurately document and report to other members of the nursing and multidisciplinary team information regarding the care given to patients, communicating changes as they occur
• Supervise, mentor, support and educate pre-registration nurses, undergraduate nurses, and other members of the multidisciplinary team in the clinical practice setting
• Liaise with other health care professionals with on-going responsibility for patient care
• Adhere to the code: Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives
• Demonstrate a commitment to research based practice and clinical excellence. Play an active part in the introduction of research-based change to improve patient centred care
• Demonstrate awareness and understanding of accountability, responsibility and duty of care. Support and educate junior staff of the implications for practice

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.