Paediatric Staff Nurse

Job summary

Are you enthusiastic, self-motivated, and want to develop your skills and knowledge within a busy friendly Paediatric Emergency Department? If so then this is the post for you!

UCLH has an international reputation for innovation and patient-focused care. The posts are based within a highly motivated team who are committed to achieving high quality clinical outcomes for a diverse patient population. The team is supported by Clinical Practice Facilitators and departmental play specialist, along with strong links with the Paediatric and Adolescent Division.

We are looking for Paediatric nurses with experience of working within an Emergency Department or relevant acute clinical environment to join our expanding team who provide care to approximately 15,500 children and young people a year. You will need to have strong communication and leadership skills with an eagerness to advance in Emergency Nursing practice.

This is a responsible role encouraging you too can play an important part in strengthening our status as one London's leading Emergency Departments. You will be subject to an internal rotation shift pattern and be required to rotate within other areas of the department where children and young people are located.

Working within a leading academic trust you can look forward to proactive managerial support for personal and professional development including opportunities for degree and masters pathways via Southbank or City University.

Main duties of the job

To work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevantprofessional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker (with facilitation) for adefined group of patients and take responsibility for:

o Protecting and supporting the health of individual patients and clientso Assessment of care and health education needso Development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of careincluding discharge planning for each patient

2. Under supervision, to gain experience and skills in:

o Clinical practiceo Facilitation and teachingo Management (as appropriate)

3. To work in accordance with UCLH Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and CoreStandards and contribute towards achieving the Trust's "Top 10" Objectives

4. To maintain effective communication

5. To provide a high standard of holistic patient-centred care

6. To take charge of the ward/department in the absence of senior nursing staff following performance review against the agreed KSF outline and progressionthrough the first gateway

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.