Job Title: Paediatric Staff Nurse

Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (weekday and weekend shifts, days and nights) and part-time hours

Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent

Salary: £29,970 -£36,483 per annum

Closing Date: Sunday 17th November 2024

Interview Date: TBC

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.

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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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Main duties of the job

Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for a specified group of patients.

Takes charge of the ward as delegated by the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse for a specified period of time.

Acts as a Team Leader, delegating appropriate tasks and supervising the standard of care delivered by more junior qualified staff, unqualified staff and learner nurses in the ward team.

Assists the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse in the management of preceptorship of newly qualifies staff, returning to nursing staff and the mentorship of nursing students and health care support workers.

About us

Here at George Eliot our vision to ' excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Undertake and documents a comprehensive, systematic and accurate nursing assessment of the physical social and spiritual needs of the patients where appropriate.

Creates and utilizes opportunities to promote health and well-being of patients in their care.

Leads a nursing team to manage a group of patients throughout a shift.

Ensure that all staff working within the Policies, Procedures of the Trust in line with NMC Guidance

Positive attitude to continuing professional education in order to enhance knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for safe and effective nursing practice.

Maintaining standards by ensuring that evidenced based practice underpins all nursing inventions.

Participate in Trust Appraisal system

Liaises with Ward/Department Team, other Wards and Departments as appropriate to ensure patients receive optimum care.

For more information regarding this role, please refer to the Job Description and Personal Specification.

Person Specification

Qualification and Professional Training

Essential

• RSCN/ RN Child Branch / RN/ RN Adult
• Willing to work towards a post grad qualification in specialty

Desirable

• Teaching qualification
• Managerial qualification
• Diploma
• Leadership Development
• Post Grad qualification in specialty

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Experience within the specialty
• Experience of Research Management
• Experience of audit and resource

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Report writing skills
• Critical analytical skills
• Presentation skills
• Ability to motivate others
• Good organization
• Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge a professional judgment
• Frequent requirement for concentration where the work pattern is unpredictable
• Ongoing requirement to exert moderate physical effort, pushing trolleys, transferring patients

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Enthusiastic
• Ability to have positive working relationships
• Good health record
• Proven leadership skills
• Ability to work under pressure to meet required deadlines
• Evidence based practice
• Computer literate
• Experience of using evidence based practice
• To be able to assist patients to move using appropriate aids on a frequent basis
• To be able to transport patients using wheelchair/trolley or bed on a frequent basis. This will occur for short periods frequently throughout a normal shift and will require moderate effort
• Frequently be able to deal with patients and relatives during distressing situations
• Ability to manage difficult situations/conflict effectively
• Deal with the emotional stress arising

Other

Essential

• To be able to apply normal care and attention throughout the shift. To deal with competing demands for attention

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

George Elliot Hospital Nuneaton

College Street, Nuneaton

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

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