Staff Nurse - Paediatric Day Case

Job overview

Calling all superheroes!

We want all our young patients and their families to have a positive experience whilst at our Trust and are looking for some very special staff to join our team. Superpowers include ability to prioritise, resilience, communication, working as part of a team and independently, time management skills, a willingness to develop and also the ability to maintain high professional standards with an element of fun.

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated paediatric nurse who is passionate about delivering high quality care to the children of Preston and surrounding area.  Paediatric Day Case is looking for a Staff Nurse to join our team. We can offer an induction package with a ward-based educator. The Trust also offers a package of health and well-being support to all staff.

*****PLEASE NOTE*****

This role requires full UK NMC registration and any applications without full NMC pin will not be considered.

Main duties of the job

The Paediatric Day Case Unit is a 7 bedded area situated within the Children’s Ward at Royal Preston hospital, catering for children aged 0-18 requiring paediatric day case surgery and day case medical investigations. Surgical specialties include general paediatric surgery, urology, ENT, Max Fax, orthopaedics and plastic surgery. The unit is open Monday to Saturday.

We have recently begun paediatric only surgical lists at Chorley Hospital once every two weeks and have been accredited as a Paediatric Surgical Hub. You will have the opportunity to be part of this innovative initiative.

We are a small team but are proud of the service we deliver. We work collectively as a team to constantly evaluate and improve our service where possible. We value everybody’s input and see all staff as having a vital role in the delivery of high class, safe and effective care.

Working with others we have close links with the inpatient ward, children’s outpatients department and paediatric community service. Our ward based team is multi-disciplinary including physios, pharmacist, play specialists, patient experience coordinator and CAMHS team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a trust we recognise the importance of securing the right candidate for a role and we therefore offer an attractive package of £1,500 for any nurse relocating more than an hour away from their current address.

For any further information regarding our relocation package please contact a member of the recruitment team.

Duties to include, but not be limited to:

• To care for children undergoing day case surgical procedures from varying specialities. To plan and evaluate  their care and to ensure their experience is optimised.
• Manage children attending the day case unit for various medical investigations, to also assist in the management of the diary and making appointments for children to attend.
• To act as a supervisor/assessor to nursing students