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Registered Childrens Nurse

Employer
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Chester
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year pa pro rata
Closing date
14 Nov 2024
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Working Full or Part time

We are looking for Registered Children's Nurse's (RCN'S) to join our busy Emergency Department (ED) team.

You should be well-motivated with excellent communication skills and a willingness to put the on-going care of children and their family's first.

Previous experience preferable but not essential

The post holders would be required to work flexibly, including nights and weekends

Main duties of the job

1. Be accountable for performing regular assessments on patient needs, to plan, implement and evaluate care delivery and be adaptable to changing health care requirements in ED and Children's Assessment Unit.2. Ensure patient records are maintained and stored in accordance with the Trusts policy, taking accountability for the collection, collation and reporting of information.3. You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining effective communication with patients, relatives and carers to always ensure their involvement in the decisions about treatment, planning and the delivery of their care.4. Assess the need for the appropriate escorted transfer of patients of a high dependency nature according to Trust policy within ED and over to Children's Unit.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
  • The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
  • Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
  • Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RSCN / RN Child Diploma/Degree


Desirable

  • Post-registration qualification or evidence of further study or working towards
  • RN Adult Diploma/Degree with experience with Children & or ED
  • Paediatric Life Support (Resus Council UK)


Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting
  • Basic IT skills in word processing
  • Basic knowledge of professional and NHS issues


Desirable

  • Willingness to develop speciality knowledge


Employer details

Employer name

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Countess of Chester Hospital

Liverpool Road

Chester

CH2 1UL

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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