Paediatric Nurse

Job summary

This job is a fantastic opportunity to care for children within our acute 16 bedded ward. The ward cares for children and young people up to the age of 18 years. Within the general acute ward we care for medical, surgical and orthopaedic patients,whilst also offering experience with complex paediatric patients, diabetes, respiratory and other complex medical conditions.

The post will involve working across the general ward and our 5 bedded assessment unit, as well the opportunity to work in our emergency department

Education is supported by nursing team, practice development team, medical team and clinical nurse specialists

Main duties of the job

• To provide child centred, evidence based, high quality care to children and their families in the acute paediatric ward setting.
• To implement and evaluate family centred care and to be responsible for the delivery of care and assessment, development and evaluations of individual programmes of care
• Safeguard all children
• To take delegated responsibility for children working as part of a team to ensure care delivered is to a high standard
• To be responsible for mentoring pre-registration students

About us

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and issupported by over 500 volunteers.