Paediatric Staff Nurse

Job overview

Are you enthusiastic, self-motivated, and want to develop your skills and knowledge within a busy friendly Paediatric Emergency Department? If so then this is the post for you!

UCLH has an international reputation for innovation and patient-focused care. The posts are based within a highly motivated team who are committed to achieving high quality clinical outcomes for a diverse patient population. The team is supported by Clinical Practice Facilitators and departmental play specialist, along with strong links with the Paediatric and Adolescent Division.

We are looking for Paediatric nurses with experience of working within an Emergency Department or relevant acute clinical environment to join our expanding team who provide care to approximately 15,500 children and young people a year. You will need to have strong communication and leadership skills with an eagerness to advance in Emergency Nursing practice.

This is a responsible role encouraging you too can play an important part in strengthening our status as one London’s leading Emergency Departments. You will be subject to an internal rotation shift pattern and be required to rotate within other areas of the department where children and young people are located.

Working within a leading academic trust you can look forward to proactive managerial support for personal and professional development including opportunities for degree and masters pathways via Southbank or City University

Main duties of the job

To work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant

professional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker (with facilitation) for a

defined group of patients and take responsibility for:

• Protecting and supporting the health of individual patients and clients

• Assessment of care and health education needs

• Development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care

including discharge planning for each patient

2. Under supervision, to gain experience and skills in:

• Clinical practice

• Facilitation and teaching

• Management (as appropriate)

3. To work in accordance with UCLH Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and Core

Standards and contribute towards achieving the Trust’s “Top 10” Objectives

4. To maintain effective communication

5. To provide a high standard of holistic patient-centred care

6. *To take charge of the ward/department in the absence of senior nursing staff

following performance review against the agreed KSF outline and progression

through the first gateway

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.

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