Job summary
Job Title: Paediatric Staff Nurse
Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (weekday and weekend shifts, days and nights) and part-time hours
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Salary: £28,407-£34,581 per annum
Please note if you commence in post prior to October 2024, you will be paid in line with 2023/2024 agenda for change pay scales.
Closing Date: Monday 30th September
Interview Date: Monday 14th October
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
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Main duties of the job
Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for a specified group of patients.
Takes charge of the ward as delegated by the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse for a specified period of time.
Acts as a Team Leader, delegating appropriate tasks and supervising the standard of care delivered by more junior qualified staff, unqualified staff and learner nurses in the ward team.
Assists the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse in the management of preceptorship of newly qualifies staff, returning to nursing staff and the mentorship of nursing students and health care support workers.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Undertake and documents a comprehensive, systematic and accurate nursing assessment of the physical social and spiritual needs of the patients where appropriate.
Creates and utilizes opportunities to promote health and well-being of patients in their care.
Leads a nursing team to manage a group of patients throughout a shift.
Ensure that all staff working within the Policies, Procedures of the Trust in line with NMC Guidance
Positive attitude to continuing professional education in order to enhance knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for safe and effective nursing practice.
Maintaining standards by ensuring that evidenced based practice underpins all nursing inventions.
Participate in Trust Appraisal system
Liaises with Ward/Department Team, other Wards and Departments as appropriate to ensure patients receive optimum care.
For more information regarding this role, please refer to the Job Description and Personal Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Undertake and documents a comprehensive, systematic and accurate nursing assessment of the physical social and spiritual needs of the patients where appropriate.
Creates and utilizes opportunities to promote health and well-being of patients in their care.
Leads a nursing team to manage a group of patients throughout a shift.
Ensure that all staff working within the Policies, Procedures of the Trust in line with NMC Guidance
Positive attitude to continuing professional education in order to enhance knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for safe and effective nursing practice.
Maintaining standards by ensuring that evidenced based practice underpins all nursing inventions.
Participate in Trust Appraisal system
Liaises with Ward/Department Team, other Wards and Departments as appropriate to ensure patients receive optimum care.
For more information regarding this role, please refer to the Job Description and Personal Specification.
Person Specification
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- RSCN/ RN Child Branch / RN/ RN Adult
- Willing to work towards a post grad qualification in specialty
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Managerial qualification
- Diploma
- Leadership Development
- Post Grad qualification in specialty
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Experience within the specialty
- Experience of Research Management
- Experience of audit and resource
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Report writing skills
- Critical analytical skills
- Presentation skills
- Ability to motivate others
- Good organization
- Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge a professional judgment
- Frequent requirement for concentration where the work pattern is unpredictable
- Ongoing requirement to exert moderate physical effort, pushing trolleys, transferring patients
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Enthusiastic
- Ability to have positive working relationships
- Good health record
- Proven leadership skills
- Ability to work under pressure to meet required deadlines
- Evidence based practice
- Computer literate
- Experience of using evidence based practice
- To be able to assist patients to move using appropriate aids on a frequent basis
- To be able to transport patients using wheelchair/trolley or bed on a frequent basis. This will occur for short periods frequently throughout a normal shift and will require moderate effort
- Frequently be able to deal with patients and relatives during distressing situations
- Ability to manage difficult situations/conflict effectively
- Deal with the emotional stress arising
Other
Essential
- To be able to apply normal care and attention throughout the shift. To deal with competing demands for attention
Person Specification
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- RSCN/ RN Child Branch / RN/ RN Adult
- Willing to work towards a post grad qualification in specialty
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Managerial qualification
- Diploma
- Leadership Development
- Post Grad qualification in specialty
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Experience within the specialty
- Experience of Research Management
- Experience of audit and resource
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Report writing skills
- Critical analytical skills
- Presentation skills
- Ability to motivate others
- Good organization
- Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge a professional judgment
- Frequent requirement for concentration where the work pattern is unpredictable
- Ongoing requirement to exert moderate physical effort, pushing trolleys, transferring patients
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Enthusiastic
- Ability to have positive working relationships
- Good health record
- Proven leadership skills
- Ability to work under pressure to meet required deadlines
- Evidence based practice
- Computer literate
- Experience of using evidence based practice
- To be able to assist patients to move using appropriate aids on a frequent basis
- To be able to transport patients using wheelchair/trolley or bed on a frequent basis. This will occur for short periods frequently throughout a normal shift and will require moderate effort
- Frequently be able to deal with patients and relatives during distressing situations
- Ability to manage difficult situations/conflict effectively
- Deal with the emotional stress arising
Other
Essential
- To be able to apply normal care and attention throughout the shift. To deal with competing demands for attention
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
