Job summary
We are recruiting for a Children's Nurse Team Leaderwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Children's Emergency Department is purpose built and includes three paediatric resuscitation bays, 6 major spaces, and an ENP service co-located within the emergency department, seeing minor illness and injury, as well as a ten bedded children's assessment and decision unit.
The Nurse Team Leader post is a vital and valued role to support in providing high-quality, compassionate nursing care to patient/clients and their families/carers. Based on a Children's ED and Assessment Unit setting, you work closely with the department / ward manager and multidisciplinary team members in monitoring and maintaining policies, standards of nursing care, staff and service development within the unit setting.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
You will prioritise and provide a high standard of safe, individualised, holistic, family centred carethat is evidence based, in consultation and partnership with the child, their family/carers and theMulti-disciplinary Team (MDT), that recognises the distinct needs of children and young peopleand ensures the provision of privacy and dignity at all times.
Promote an environment that reflects the psychosocial and developmental needs of children and youngpeople, in terms of play, recreational facilities and educational provision. Ensuring specific provision for those with special needs
Undertake the role of a Link Nurse for a given field within the department, when requested to do so, bythe Ward or Matron
Comply with quality indicators and infection control policies, standards and procedures, including handhygiene and care bundles, ensuring that yearly updates are undertaken
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- RSCN/RN Child with current NMC registration
- Evidence of further education, training and on-going learning
- Evidence of Paediatric Immediate Life Support Course
- Evidence of Safeguarding Level 3
- Evidence of Practice assessor course
- EPALS or APLS
Desirable
- Triage Competent
- Leadership course
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience within an acute paediatric setting
- Experience and evidence of effectiveness in co-ordinating and managing patient care
- Ability to prioritise, organise workload and delegate and supervise tasks appropriately
- Ability to analyse, resolve issues and make sound judgements on clinical issues, using initiative, whilst demonstrating an awareness of own limits.
- Evidence of implementing and managing change
- Evidence of previous experience and efficacy in mentorship, teaching and assessing
- Experience of handling adverse incidents and complaints.
Desirable
- Previous Triage Experience
- Worked/Experience within an Emergency department
Skills
Essential
- IV Administration
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to negotiate.
- Ability to lead and manage a team
- Medicines management competency
- Ability to work within a team
- Good self-awareness
- Ability to priorities and organise workload
- Flexibility around working hours
- Accredited appraisal skills
Desirable
- Computer literacy
- Central Venous Access Device competent
- Venepuncture
- Cannulation
- Blood transfusion competent
- Paediatric HDU Level 1 course
- Children's and young people mental health course
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of sepsis and management
- Understanding of Children's Safeguarding
- Understanding of Respiratory illness and Equipment
- Childrens and Young People Mental health
- Developed theoretical and practical knowledge of acute/chronic Paediatric care, Directorate, Trust and National policies.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- RSCN/RN Child with current NMC registration
- Evidence of further education, training and on-going learning
- Evidence of Paediatric Immediate Life Support Course
- Evidence of Safeguarding Level 3
- Evidence of Practice assessor course
- EPALS or APLS
Desirable
- Triage Competent
- Leadership course
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience within an acute paediatric setting
- Experience and evidence of effectiveness in co-ordinating and managing patient care
- Ability to prioritise, organise workload and delegate and supervise tasks appropriately
- Ability to analyse, resolve issues and make sound judgements on clinical issues, using initiative, whilst demonstrating an awareness of own limits.
- Evidence of implementing and managing change
- Evidence of previous experience and efficacy in mentorship, teaching and assessing
- Experience of handling adverse incidents and complaints.
Desirable
- Previous Triage Experience
- Worked/Experience within an Emergency department
Skills
Essential
- IV Administration
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to negotiate.
- Ability to lead and manage a team
- Medicines management competency
- Ability to work within a team
- Good self-awareness
- Ability to priorities and organise workload
- Flexibility around working hours
- Accredited appraisal skills
Desirable
- Computer literacy
- Central Venous Access Device competent
- Venepuncture
- Cannulation
- Blood transfusion competent
- Paediatric HDU Level 1 course
- Children's and young people mental health course
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of sepsis and management
- Understanding of Children's Safeguarding
- Understanding of Respiratory illness and Equipment
- Childrens and Young People Mental health
- Developed theoretical and practical knowledge of acute/chronic Paediatric care, Directorate, Trust and National policies.
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).
