Contract - Permanent

Do you enjoy the challenges an Emergency Department demands?

Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally?

We are looking for an experienced dynamic and motivated paediatric emergency nurse to join our team. We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering high quality care, is a good team player, a flexible approach and who will bring a positive attitude to the trust. You will have excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills and the ability to motivate and inspire staff to achieve desired outcomes. We take great pride in being part of a top performing Trust and top performing Emergency Department. We are committed to ensuring quality patient care whilst achieving the national emergency department care quality indicators and targets.

Main duties of the job

Our Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Care Centre treated more than 110,000 patients in the last year. 25% were treated in our dedicated Paediatric Emergency Department which operates 24/7. We provide high quality emergency care and give structured support and development to all our nurses. Our latest CQC report was Good. Our staff wellbeing initiatives and our recognition of the importance of maintaining positive staffing culture in the ED environment, was acknowledged as outstanding by the CQC.

You will be supported in undertaking a variety of educational and development courses:

APLS (advance paediatric life support)

PILS (Paediatric immediate life support)

TILS (Trauma immediate life support)

Mentorship

Paediatric HDU / Children's Emergency nursing

Qualification in Specialism for Paediatric Emergency Nursing, which is accredited by the RCN.

EZ-IO - Intraosseous Vascular Access System

You will need to be an experienced children's nurse committed to delivering positive outcomes for children and families. The Band 7 post requires 4 years experience in a relevant clinical environment, with a minimum of 2 years Children's ED experience, and evidence of further professional development. If you possess great communication skills, enjoy working under pressure to provide safe, effective care, and demonstrate leadership and mentoring skills aimed at developing and supporting junior members of staff, we want to hear from you!!

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced dynamic and motivated paediatric emergency nurse to join our team. We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering high quality care, is a good team player, a flexible approach and who will bring a positive attitude to the trust. You will have excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills and the ability to motivate and inspire staff to achieve desired outcomes. We take great pride in being part of a top performing Trust and top performing Emergency Department. We are committed to ensuring quality patient care whilst achieving the national emergency department care quality indicators and targets.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

• Registered nurse (Child)
• Emergency Nursing Module
• Mentorship
• Paediatric Immediate Life Support

Desirable

• APLS/EPLS/ATNC

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Excellent paediatric clinical skills
• Management and leadership skills
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Positive attitude, ability to work under pressure
• Able to work across professional team and motivate a team
• Clinical supervision

Desirable

• Phlebotomy and cannulation
• Plastering

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Sufficient experience with minimum 2 years in ED
• Understanding of current issues in paediatric nursing
• Knowledge of emergency care targets
• Experience of shift management and team leadership
• Knowledge of child protection issues

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Able to work well within a team
• Able to work flexible hours
• Enthusiastic, approachable and friendly
• Smart presentation, professional manner

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Paediatric Emergency Department

Whittington Hospital

London

N19 5NF

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