This is an exciting time to join our amazing team in Children's Services as Junior Sister/Charge Nurse within our Children's Unit in Ipswich Hospital.

You will need excellent communication and management skills and the ability to manage resources efficiently. Applicants need an awareness of the importance of continuous service improvement through research and evidence based practice to consistently deliver a high standard of care and deliver a service that meets the current demands of our patients.

Our Senior nurses will work together to coordinate the nursing staff and patient flow in the department and providing High Dependency Care for children who meet this criteria. Successful candidates will be part of the team rota and be expected to work long days rotating onto nights, weekends and bank holidays on a four-week rota basis.

Part time hours will be consider for right candidate.

Main duties of the job

To support and deputise for the Manager and provide effective leadership.

To contribute towards the overall management, leadership and development of the Unit and Directorate

To facilitate high standards of professional practice and the delivery of care by working within Trust, Directorate and professional guidelines and protocols

To provide a safe and welcoming environment for children, young people and their families, working within available resources

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Proven Band 5 experience
• Experience of ward management

Desirable

• Specialised knowledge relevant to field of practice.
• Enhanced role e.g. venepuncture, cannulation and ordering of investigations

Qualifications

Essential

• RSCN / RN (Child) (Part 8 or 15 of the NMC Register)
• High Dependency Care Qualification
• Teaching & Assessing qualification
• Paediatric Advanced Life Support Certificate (PALS/ EPLS)
• Evidence of continuing professional development through portfolio

Desirable

• Relevant Nursing degree or evidence of working towards
• Relevant management course/ LEO
• Evidence of recent safeguarding children course

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

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432-HR1759-24