Job summary
We are recruiting for a Paediatric Staff Nurse who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place".
This position is 32.5 hours which will need to be worked over a mixture of long days, nights, weekends and weekdays.
Main duties of the job
The main ward duties will include but are not limited to:
- Assessing- Planning- Implementing care- Evaluating care- Acting as a supervisor to students and providing family-centred care- Working as part of the MDT- Possessing excellent communication skills- Carrying out nursing procedures
To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
About us
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document for staff nurse role, this will provide more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document for staff nurse role, this will provide more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN/RSCN/ RN child with current NMC registration
- Good basic education including use of English and Maths
- Basic IT skills
- Evidenced based and experience of reflective practice
- NHS experience in service working with children and young people
- Good understanding of child and adolescent development, Child Protection issues,
- Principles underlying confidentiality and information sharing
Desirable
- Effective team working within a multi-agency framework.
Physical Skills
Essential
- Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder e.g. manual handling of patients
Desirable
- Attend annual update and complete e-learning modules, as required in relation to manual handling
- Able to physically perform all aspects role and responsibilities
Aptitudes
Essential
- Able to work autonomously in stressful situations
- Boundary keeping
- Able to use initiative to cope in a variety of situations
- Good time management skills
- Ability to maintain effectiveness under pressure
- Able to work as part of a team
- Act in ways that support equality and diversity
Desirable
- Ability to prioritise work and complete within deadlines
- Support equality and value diversity
Abilities
Essential
- Be willing to take part in training and development opportunities
- Able to be flexible in relation to service demands
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of safeguarding ethos, and be confident to express concerns to more senior staff, should they arise
- Ability to adapt to change within working situation
- Client engagement
- Ability to utilise clinical assessment skills and tools effectively
Communication Skills
Essential
- Communicates with a limited range of people on day-to-day matters
- Able to demonstrate a high level of understanding of confidentiality
- Positive and proactive attitude towards the client/patient group and professional colleagues
Desirable
- Communicate with a range of people on a range of matters
- Able to reflect on and address; barriers to communication; provide feedback to others on their communication at appropriate times; keep accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with guidelines, policies and procedures, having received the appropriate training
- Ability to practice in a variety of clinical settings
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN/RSCN/ RN child with current NMC registration
- Good basic education including use of English and Maths
- Basic IT skills
- Evidenced based and experience of reflective practice
- NHS experience in service working with children and young people
- Good understanding of child and adolescent development, Child Protection issues,
- Principles underlying confidentiality and information sharing
Desirable
- Effective team working within a multi-agency framework.
Physical Skills
Essential
- Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder e.g. manual handling of patients
Desirable
- Attend annual update and complete e-learning modules, as required in relation to manual handling
- Able to physically perform all aspects role and responsibilities
Aptitudes
Essential
- Able to work autonomously in stressful situations
- Boundary keeping
- Able to use initiative to cope in a variety of situations
- Good time management skills
- Ability to maintain effectiveness under pressure
- Able to work as part of a team
- Act in ways that support equality and diversity
Desirable
- Ability to prioritise work and complete within deadlines
- Support equality and value diversity
Abilities
Essential
- Be willing to take part in training and development opportunities
- Able to be flexible in relation to service demands
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of safeguarding ethos, and be confident to express concerns to more senior staff, should they arise
- Ability to adapt to change within working situation
- Client engagement
- Ability to utilise clinical assessment skills and tools effectively
Communication Skills
Essential
- Communicates with a limited range of people on day-to-day matters
- Able to demonstrate a high level of understanding of confidentiality
- Positive and proactive attitude towards the client/patient group and professional colleagues
Desirable
- Communicate with a range of people on a range of matters
- Able to reflect on and address; barriers to communication; provide feedback to others on their communication at appropriate times; keep accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with guidelines, policies and procedures, having received the appropriate training
- Ability to practice in a variety of clinical settings
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
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).
