Staff Nurse - PICU

Job overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Job Title: Staff Nurse - PICU

Contract Type: Permanent

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team at UHS. PICU is a 15 bedded regional Lead Centre providing care for critically ill children from birth up to 16 years of age. We care for some of the most complex illnesses and injuries and work closely with specialists from all surgical and medical areas, including cardiac surgery, cardiology, neurosurgery, neurology and neonatology as well as treating major trauma patients. Southampton General Hospital is a designated major trauma centre offering full onsite major trauma provision for both children and adults. The unit looks after 950 to 1000 patients per year across Thames Valley and Wessex. It is one of the largest PICU by number of admissions and has one of the best survival rates. Our PICU provides a 24 hour retrieval service SORT ,working together with Oxford PICU and a nurse led ECMO service.

What we are looking for; -Experience in working in an acute Paediatric care environment or critical care. - Post preceptorship -Be motivated, enthusiastic and able to work with maturity in pressurised situations. - You will be expected to provide safe care of the highest quality to all of our patients and their relatives. -The flexibility to work the full range of shift patterns within a 24-hour shift pattern is essential. Our contracts are 50% days and 50% nights. -Ideal to have level 1 and or 2 paediatric critical care course

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a high standard of individualised nursing care in accordance with agreed policies, through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for individual patients.

To train learners and other nursing staff in the ward environment.

in this role you will need to; -Cover 50% days 50% nights. -Have a practice supervisor and or assessor qualification/experience would be desirable. -We would consider adult nurses with critical care experience. Please contact Pame Modelly to discuss. -It will be 1:1 level 3 nursing and supported by the education team

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.