Staff Nurse Paediatric A&E
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Job summary
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting new ED that opened its doors in Spring 2019, which includes a new Paediatric Emergency Department (PED) with our own resus bay.
At Wexham Park PED, patient safety and effective patient care is our priority. Presently our PED see approximately one third of the patients that present to ED. We are looking to recruit paediatric staff nurses who are enthusiastic and motivated about emergency medicine. You will work with patients and their families; caring for children with minor injuries and illness, as well as paediatric traumas, and the critically unwell child in resus. Our nurses have the opportunities to attend in-house training programmes, these include, safeguarding training, domestic abuse, plastering/suturing, venepuncture/cannulation and IV training. Other courses available are the High Dependency module, Mentorship course, PILS and EPLS/APLS.
Main duties of the job
Establishes a good working environment in which all children and their families receive ahigh standard of care.
- In conjunction with the team leader be responsible for an identified area of clinical practice within the Children's Emergency Department.
- Assess formulate and evaluate practice based programmes for children and young people in conjunction with their families and supervise the junior members of staff with their programmes of care.
- Maintain a learning environment enabling learner nurses to achieve learner objectives.
- Act as a role model to junior staff in Children's Emergency Department.
- Act as a resource for the Emergency Department for Child protection Issues.
- Participate in the induction of all new staff.
- Maintain own continuous professional development.
- Any other duties, which may be requested by the manager, to facilitate the smooth running of the department.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Details
Date posted
07 August 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,828 to £36,311 a year Per Annum, incl. HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
151-KMU30
Job locations
Wexham Park Hospital
Wexham Street
Slough
SL2 4HL
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Wexham Park Hospital
Wexham Street
Slough
SL2 4HL
Employer's website
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