Paediatric A&E Senior Sister/Charge nurse

Job overview

Contract - Permanent

Do you enjoy the challenges an Emergency Department demands?

Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally?

We are looking for an experienced dynamic and motivated paediatric emergency nurse to join our team. We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering high quality care, is a good team player, a flexible approach and who will bring a positive attitude to the trust. You will have excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills and the ability to motivate and inspire staff to achieve desired outcomes. We take great pride in being part of a top performing Trust and top performing Emergency Department. We are committed to ensuring quality patient care whilst achieving the national emergency department care quality indicators and targets.

Main duties of the job

Our Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Care Centre treated more than 110,000 patients in the last year. 25% were treated in our dedicated Paediatric Emergency Department which operates 24/7. We provide high quality emergency care and give structured support and development to all our nurses. Our latest CQC report was Good. Our staff wellbeing initiatives and our recognition of the importance of maintaining positive staffing culture in the ED environment, was acknowledged as outstanding by the CQC.

You will be supported in undertaking a variety of educational and development courses:

APLS (advance paediatric life support)

PILS (Paediatric immediate life support)

TILS  (Trauma immediate life support)

Mentorship

Paediatric HDU / Children’s Emergency nursing

Qualification in Specialism for Paediatric Emergency Nursing, which is accredited by the RCN.

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You will need to be an experienced children’s nurse committed to delivering positive outcomes for children and families. The Band 7 post requires 4 years experience in a relevant clinical environment, with  a minimum of 2 years Children’s ED experience, and evidence of further professional development. If you possess great communication skills, enjoy working under pressure to provide safe, effective care, and demonstrate leadership and mentoring skills aimed at developing and supporting junior members of staff, we want to hear from you!!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced dynamic and motivated paediatric emergency nurse to join our team. We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering high quality care, is a good team player, a flexible approach and who will bring a positive attitude to the trust. You will have excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills and the ability to motivate and inspire staff to achieve desired outcomes. We take great pride in being part of a top performing Trust and top performing Emergency Department. We are committed to ensuring quality patient care whilst achieving the national emergency department care quality indicators and targets.