Are you looking for a career where work life balance is valued? Have you thought about working in a rural and picturesque part of the country, where you are less than an hour away from the sea or a major city? Are you a student looking to take up your first post? We are looking to recruit ambitious and committed Children's Nurses to come and join our newly modernised service.

Our Trust is recruiting enthusiastic, highly innovative nurses to join our dynamic, dedicated, forward thinking professional team which serves a wide geographical area with rural communities.

If you are:

• reliable,
• flexible,
• motivated,
• have excellent clinical skills,
• a commitment to ongoing learning and development,
• a commitment to delivering high quality care,
• and be willing and open to embracing positive change and transformation in order to meet the demands of the community we serve, then ULHT is the trust for you.

Main duties of the job

Our Paediatric Unit provides compassionate care for Children and Young People from 0 to 16 years of age. Providing care for a mixture of specialties and for a wide range of conditions including High Dependency Care.

Our unit encompass assessment, observation and treatment of patients and undertake day case services for our communities. We also have dedicated Children's Out-Patient departments. This ensures a rich variety of experiences and development for our staff.

Development Opportunities

Here at ULHT we are not only committed to supporting our employees in mandatory training requirements but also professional development in your Children's nursing career. We offer the following (not an exhaustive list):

- Preceptorship Package

- Supported development in tertiary centres

- Various leadership programmes

- PILS and opportunity to complete EPALS/APLS.

- Support from Clinical Educational Team.

- Chance to work across the Paediatric services within the trust.

- Further education in specialist area, such as degree modules and Masters qualifications

We use E-Rostering which offers many benefits to our employees and allows a more accessible Off Duty and easier requests system, making annual leave requests, possible from the comfort of your own home.

We are happy to accept newly qualified Nurses.

Part-time applications are encouraged.

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of �643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - Outstanding Care Personally Delivered - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

Job description

Job responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!

Person Specification

Previous Experience

Essential

• Suitable for newly qualified nurses

Knowledge Skills Aptitudes

Essential

• Good written , oral and IT communication skill
• Safeguarding awareness
• Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda
• Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework

Desirable

• Completed and utilised cannulation and venepuncture training and competencies tion and venepuncture training and competencies

Specific Requirements

Essential

• Commitment to child and Family centred care.
• Commitment to own Professional development.

Qualifications

Essential

• RSCN/ Child Branch
• Safeguarding Training/ Awareness
• NMC Registration

Desirable

• PLS/ APLS/ EPLS

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Pilgrim Hospital

Sibsey Road

Boston

PE21 9QS

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