Job summary
- To support and deputise for the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse to ensure the provision of excellent nursing care and the effective management of staff and other resources.
- To carry out the day-to-day management and coordination of the ward/department.
- To ensure that there are education and training opportunities for all staff, including pre and post registration students.
- Act as an advocate for child and family.
- Provide unsupervised nursing care.
Main duties of the job
- Do you possess a caring and sensitive approach to the needs of patient / parents / guardians / relatives and other staff? And an unending motivation and enthusiasm for acute and critical care services?
- St George's University Hospital is a renowned centre of excellence and a nationally recognised Trauma Centre.
- We provide specialist care and treatment for children and young people across the South East.
- St George's PICU is a busy dynamic unit providing care for children with a variety of health care needs.
- Specialities include oncology, trauma, paediatric surgery, neurosurgery, neurology, paediatric infectious diseases and paediatric medicine.
- We are looking for passionate, enthusiastic and experienced children's nurses committed to excellent patient experience to join our team.
- The PICU Senior Staff Nurse role is about motivating and leading your staff .
- It is also about clinical excellence. St George's Healthcare NHS Trust will provide an exciting and excellent environment in which to meet these goals.
About us
With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma.
Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.
The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting documents, Job description and the personal specification which provide a more detailed information about the proposed of the role .
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting documents, Job description and the personal specification which provide a more detailed information about the proposed of the role .
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse
- PICU course or equivalent (Adult or Neonatal Intensive Care Course)
- Currently working in a PICU environment
Desirable
- Completion of modules at level 7
- Working towards a MSc
Experience
Essential
- Experience as an assessor of pre and post- registration students.
- Clinical experience at band 6 in a PICU setting
- Ability to teach, educate and facilitate in informal and formal situations
Desirable
- Previous educational/practice development post.
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant specialist curricula
Management
Essential
- Well developed leadership skills and ward management experience (at band 6 or above)
- Decision-making skills. Ability to work on own initiative.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills.
Desirable
- Project management skills
- Evidence of implementing a change in practice
Education and Research
Essential
- Demonstrates knowledge of the application of evidence based practice.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the assessment process and of creating a learning environment
- Evidence of teaching, mentoring assessing and supervision using range of teaching skills / styles
- Has knowledge of performance review and revalidation
Desirable
- Resource management skills
- Ability to mediate in difficult situations.
- Developed research ability.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge and understanding of research process, audit cycle and quality assurance issues Excellent clinical skills IT skills - excel, PowerPoint, blended learning
Desirable
- Development of educational and training programmes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse
- PICU course or equivalent (Adult or Neonatal Intensive Care Course)
- Currently working in a PICU environment
Desirable
- Completion of modules at level 7
- Working towards a MSc
Experience
Essential
- Experience as an assessor of pre and post- registration students.
- Clinical experience at band 6 in a PICU setting
- Ability to teach, educate and facilitate in informal and formal situations
Desirable
- Previous educational/practice development post.
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant specialist curricula
Management
Essential
- Well developed leadership skills and ward management experience (at band 6 or above)
- Decision-making skills. Ability to work on own initiative.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills.
Desirable
- Project management skills
- Evidence of implementing a change in practice
Education and Research
Essential
- Demonstrates knowledge of the application of evidence based practice.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the assessment process and of creating a learning environment
- Evidence of teaching, mentoring assessing and supervision using range of teaching skills / styles
- Has knowledge of performance review and revalidation
Desirable
- Resource management skills
- Ability to mediate in difficult situations.
- Developed research ability.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge and understanding of research process, audit cycle and quality assurance issues Excellent clinical skills IT skills - excel, PowerPoint, blended learning
Desirable
- Development of educational and training programmes
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
