If you are enthusiastic, motivated, and interested in working within a new state of the art hospital, we would like to hear from you.
The team on Hedgehog ward is friendly, supportive, and welcoming. We can offer a pro-active learning environment supported by our Paediatric Practice Educators and Specialist Nursing teams to help guide and support you through your developing career. We offer opportunities to attend bespoke in-house training and SIM, funding for external courses, and a robust induction programme. Education and training are paramount to continued success and gold standard care and uphold the Trust's values.
MTW also offers dedicated well-being services which are easily accessible along with a variety of clubs and forums to suit every interest.
Main duties of the job
We currently have a band 5 vacancy within our team on Hedgehog ward, which is a 23 bed General Paediatric unit. This is a valuable opportunity for a keen, enthusiastic, and hard-working individual to join our team of dedicated nurses and doctors who provide an excellent service to the children and their families and carers within the inpatient environment.
You must be a qualified paediatric nurse, able to undertake excellent clinical practices in order to provide patient-centred care to the children and their families/carers that we look after.
Paediatric services operate between our Inpatient ward, Day Case & Ambulatory Units over two sites as well as our Paediatric Emergency Departments. Opportunities for secondment to other areas are available to broaden your nursing experience and skill set.
About us
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.
We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed, you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date, which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Following your Corporate Induction, you will be expected to attend the Trust's 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs, and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email mtw-tr.professionalstandards@nhs.net if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions, and e-learning.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children).
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RSCN/RN Child
* Degree
* Intravenous additives course
Experience
* Knowledge of current clinical evidence-based practice.
* Knowledge and understanding of current changes in the NHS and wider agencies.
* Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance.
* Knowledge of local community and understanding of multi-cultural, racially diverse population.
* Knowledge of current professional issues relating to nursing.
* Understanding of equal opportunities.
* Understanding of patient confidentiality.
* Aware of the structure and organisation of the wider NHS including policy and strategy.
Skills
* Ability to support and manage a case-load of patients including assessment, planning, monitoring, and evaluation.
* Ability to provide health promotion and education to patients and their carers.
* Ability to organise and deliver a high standard of research-based clinical nursing care.
* Ability to demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
* Excellent inter-personal and counselling skills.
* Ability to liaise effectively with members of the Primary Health Care Team and other agencies.
* Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise work.
* Ability to act as a role model and leader to others and motivate a team.
* Ability to self-reflect, carry out tasks of own job, and identify what needs to be learned to do current job better.
* Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum pro rata
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