Staff Nurse - Toni and Guy ward

Job overview

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit qualified Band 5 Paediatric Staff Nurses for Toni & Guy Ward.

Toni & Guy Ward is a 15 bedded general paediatric inpatient ward, it also is a shared care centre for oncology patients and a tertiary centre for Cystic Fibrosis and Haemoglobinopathies.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your paediatric nursing skills within a specialist tertiary centre, caring for children and young people with a diverse range of conditions while working as part of a supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

• Your main responsibility will be the clinical care of children and young people who are inpatients on Toni and Guy ward.
• Assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating individualised nursing care.
• Providing safe, effective and evidence-based care to children and young people with general paediatric, oncology, respiratory and haematology needs.
• Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure excellent patient outcomes and experiences.
• Supporting children, young people and their families throughout their inpatient journey, promoting family-centred care and shared decision-making.
• Recognising and responding appropriately to changes in a patient's condition and escalating concerns when necessary.
• Administering medications, treatments and therapies safely and in accordance with Trust policies and professional standards.
• Supporting, supervising and acting as a role model for student nurses and junior staff.
• Maintaining accurate and timely clinical documentation and records.
• Participating in quality improvement initiatives, clinical governance activities and service development projects.
• Demonstrating a commitment to continual learning, professional development and the delivery of high-quality care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Delivering high quality, evidence-based and patient focused clinical care through:

• Delivering a high standard of evidence-based care to patients.
• Ensuring good standards of care for the patient are maintained at all times.
• Adhering to NMC Code of Professional conduct at all times.
• Involving and supporting patients, relatives, carers and friends in the care process.
• Promoting well-being and involving patients and relatives in health education.
• Ensuring clear and accurate written and verbal information is given at all times.
• Ensuring contemporaneous record keeping at all times.
• Seeking advice from more senior/experienced members of staff where appropriate.

Working effectively as part of the immediate team and wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) through:

• Liaising effectively with all members of the MDT to ensure patients’ needs are met.
• Exercising leadership and taking the initiative where appropriate.
• Providing support and advice to ward/unit staff (especially junior staff) on clinical and administrative issues.
• Liaising with discharge coordinator / bed manager to ensure effective admission/discharge of patients.
• Keeping the ward/unit sister / charge nurse informed of significant changes and/or anticipated problems.

Upholding a duty of care and clinical governance through:

• Observing a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital.
• Ensuring the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Foundation together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations are adhered to at all times.
• Maintaining patient confidentiality, dignity and privacy at all times.
• Adhering to the Trust’s policy on valuing equality and diversity and showing due regard for each patient’s cultural and religious beliefs, gender, ethnicity, age and sexuality.
• Strictly adhering to the National Code of Practice on Infection Control. Staff Nurse (Band 5) Job Description Date of Origin: June 2009 3
• Taking responsibility for your own personal development and keeping up to date with nursing and medical knowledge.
• Being aware of current research and the implications for the ward/unit speciality.
• Acting as a role model at all times and for all staff.
• Acting as practice supervisor and/or preceptor/mentor for junior and newly qualified staff.
• Working with appropriate members of the teaching staff to ensure effective staff development (own and others).
• Participating in Trust and Divisional initiatives to develop nursing practice and support change.

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.