The Children's Emergency Department is open 24 hrs a day and sees on average 90 - 100 children a day. The department is dynamic and progressive.

Due to Covid-19 and the relocation of our Children's ED an opportunity has arisen to increase our staffing establishment for band 5 staff nurses to extend their development in a Children's environment working alongside Children's nurses, Consultants, ENPs and GPs.

Any staff successfully employed will benefit from a 5% pay increase on top of their salary up to and including 31stMarch 2024

Main duties of the job

This person must like a challenge, respond well to the demands of a busy department and enjoy working at a fast pace in a multidisciplinary team.

The department encourages and supports professional development including extended nursing skills, study modules at university and in-house study days.

About us

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around �700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

As an organisation, we've made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of Good in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of Good that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust's improvement journey, as we've stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We've also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as a multi-skilled member of the nursing team within the ChildrensEmergency Department maintaining high standards of practice and promoting thephilosophy of child and family centered care. This job description covers all areaswithin Children Emergency Department.To assist senior nursing staff in the clinical management of the department,maintaining high standards of nursing practice and promoting the philosophy of childand family centred care.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• RN Child (sub part1 NMC register)
• Good level of English Language demonstrated through effective written and verbal communication

Desirable

• Diploma / Degree
• Mentorship qualification High Dependency module or equivalent level of experience

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Minimum of 6 months post registration experience at band 5 or above in an acute paediatric/ ambulatory setting/ and/ or Paeds ED experience
• Ability to document legibly and precisely
• Knowledge of research and clinical audit

Desirable

• Previous experience within the desired speciality
• Experience of shift and people management

Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

University Hospital Lewisham

Lewisham High Street

London

SE13 6LH

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