Fast forward your career at Imperial. With five world-renowned hospitals, we are full of opportunity for healthcare professionals who are moving to paediatrics or looking for progression to develop new skills. Get involved in quality improvement and collaborate with leading paediatric teams.

Join our dynamic and friendly nursing teams on our 25 bedded dynamic unit: Great Western ward. You'll build up your confidence and experience as you support in the care for patients that range from neonates to adulthood. Great western ward looks after a wide range of patients being admitted from the emergency department as well as paediatric intensive care and neonatal intensive care units at St Mary's and Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea hospitals. You'll be able to develop your clinical skills to look after these acute admissions ranging from the complex needs patient to the acute trauma admission.

Our teams have excellent inter-professional working relationships with services for children including critical care, emergency department, community nursing teams and the ambulatory care unit.

Undertake a career pathway of training and education that is individually developed for you and supported by our clinical nurse educators who often work alongside you on the ward. There are many opportunities for development such as: leadership programmes, diabetes specialist course and PILS amongst many others.

Main duties of the job

• To work alongside the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) in the management of children and families with general paediatric conditions.
• Provide high quality and evidence based after-care and ensure patients and family are well supported prior to discharge.
• Support management of ward and ensure the unit is run in line with national safety guidelines.
• The post holder will support junior members of the team and student nurses to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care and provide support as needed.
• To offer an individual service and psychological support to patients and their families respecting their diverse backgrounds.
• Provide specialist nursing advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/clients and relatives/carers without supervision in collaboration with the MDT.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential

• RSCN/RN (child)

Desirable

• Level 3 safeguarding

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential

• Ability to manage own patient workload
• Knowledge of research and audit
• Competent interpersonal skills
• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Basic IT skills

Desirable

• Ability to take charge of a ward or part of a ward, delegate and supervise junior staff
• Leadership skills

Experience

Essential

• Experience of caring for sick patients in a variety of settings - this could be as a student
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• 6 months post registration experience in a ward environment
• Experience of change management - positive change agent

Employer details

Employer name

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Hospital

London

W2 1NY

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