**PLEASE NOTE, THIS ROLE IS FOR THE PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ONLY**

We have a great opportunity for an experienced staff nurse or newly qualified nurse to join our fantastic Paediatric Emergency Department team. We have exciting times ahead with our planned move to the new Midland Metropolitan Hospital, and we are looking forward to being able to push our paediatric service forward.

You will be expected to look after patients between 0-18yrs old, having a good understanding around quality and safety. You will be expected to provide emergency care in a resuscitation situation, escalating concerns in order to provide a high standard of patient care.

You will work alongside the senior nurse supporting with timely treatments and patient transfers adhering to trust policies and guidelines.

From November 2024, our Paediatric Emergency Department will be based at our brand new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital.

We Welcome the following :

Experienced senior or junior Paediatric nurses

Newly qualified Nurses

Qualified Nurses

RN with evidence of Paediatric competencies or excessive acute Paediatric experience

Main duties of the job

As a member of our team you will be joining a culture where great importance is placed on the Fundamentals of careand whereMulti-Disciplinary team working and communication is at the heart of our focused care. As a children's nurse you are the best person to improve outcomes for children and families through ambition, respect and compassion.

Your job will entail:

• putting learnt models of careinto practice, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care.
• Managing a defined group of patients-participating in all aspects of care from initial contact/admission through to discharge, including transferring from one environment to another and administering medication
• Compliance with the NMC code of conduct and practice.
• Keeping up to date withnew developments in nursing and speciality specific information.

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff

Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do

Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person specification for full details of what this role entails and essential criteria.

**PLEASE NOTE, THIS ROLE IS FOR THE PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ONLY**

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RN (Child) with current NMC registration

Desirable

• Teaching/assessing qualification
• Speciality specific qualifications

Experience

Essential

• Relevant clinical experience, including that as a student or unqualified nurse

Desirable

• Relevant clinical experience since registration Relevant voluntary experience

Physical Skills

Essential

• Able to safely carry out manual handling of patients and equipment and stores as per Trust policy

Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to calculate drug dosages

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

Sandwell/Birmingham

B71 4HJ

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381-ME-6740801