Paediatric Staff Nurse

Job overview

Are you a paediatric or adult registered nurse with paediatric interest? Perhaps you are an international nurse with paediatric experience overseas or are a registered nurse looking after children and young people in your department? If so we would welcome an application from you and would love to hear from you.

We have exciting opportunities for registered nurses to work within Rudham Ward/PAU to cover upcoming maternity leave. You would be joining a friendly and dynamic multi-disciplinary team, whose paediatric services were rated as GOOD by the CQC .

We are looking for registered nurses of all levels of experience, who have passion and drive to provide excellent patient care for all children aged 0-16 years and their families.

At present we have positions within the paediatric ward. We can offer full or part time hours and encourage flexibility of working hours within our workforce.

Our paediatric ward has 18, caring for children with a wide spectrum of medical conditions. The paediatric assessment unit is co-located within the ward allowing all staff the opportunity to develop their acute assessment skills. We have excellent links with the Tertiary centres and provide shared care for oncology patients.

Please note, this post is also open to newly qualified nurses or adult nurses with paediatric interest.

Main duties of the job

• Participate in the provision of a high standard of patient centred evidence-based nursing care
• Assist in the delivery of a family-centred, clinically effective and dynamic service from the babies/child’s/young person’s admission assessment to discharge
• Act as a role model for other staff.
• Contribute to the development of action plans, protocols and pathways to ensure continuous quality improvement of the paediatric/neonatal service.
• Using appraisal reviews to progress personal and professional knowledge and skills.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.