Band 6
Main area: Paediatrics
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Days and Night shifts)
Job ref: 343-6710548-RB-SK
Site: St Helier
Town: Carshalton
Salary: £42,939 - £50,697 pa Inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/11/2024 23:59
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity, and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
Paediatric Senior Staff Nurse - Band 6
* To ensure the provision of high standards of holistic care for the group of patients within their sphere of responsibility.
* To act as the designated deputy for the Sister/Charge nurse.
* To act as the operational manager in their absence.
* To support the assessing and supervision of student nurses and preceptor newly qualified nurses.
Main duties of the job
* Clinical Practice
* Professional leadership and management
* Education research training and development
* Professional Accountability
* Human Resources
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To ensure the provision of high standards of holistic care for the group of patients within their sphere of responsibility.
* To act as the designated deputy for the Sister/Charge nurse.
* To act as the operational manager in their absence.
* To support the assessing and supervision of student nurses and preceptor newly qualified nurses.
Person specification
Qualification and training
Essential criteria
* RSCN/RN Child Branch, with evidence of regular professional updating.
* Mentorship, ENB998 or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
* Educated or working towards degree level.
* APLS/EPLS training.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
* Up to date knowledge of paediatric nursing and professional developments.
* Good working knowledge of current child safeguarding issues.
Other relevant requirements
Essential criteria
* Responsive to change and dedicated to the provision of high quality services to patients.
* Team Worker.
* Well organised.
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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