The Paediatric Emergency Department at Sunderland Royal Hospital and the Childrens Urgent Care Centre at South Tyneside are looking to recruit an experienced nurse practitioner to join our established and highly valued team of Paediatric Emergency Nurse Practitioners in our state-of-the-art facilities.
The post will allow you to develop your assessment, diagnostic and patient management skills within the Paediatric Emergency Department, Childrens Short Stay Assessment Unit and Childrens Urgent Care Centre. You will be involved in all aspects of care for children with conditions ranging from minor trauma to major medical presentations.
This is an exciting time for individual development as we respond to the evolving demand for urgent and emergency care delivery across Sunderland and South Tyneside. The post holder will be based at Sunderland Royal Hospital but will rotate between the Paediatric Emergency Department at SRH and the Childrens Urgent Care Unit at South Tyneside District Hospital on a regular basis to enhance their skills and knowledge in care delivery to children requiring non-urgent, urgent, and emergency treatment.
Main duties of the job
Applicants who can demonstrate a high level of motivation and who possess an excellent and wide-ranging standard of clinical skills are invited to apply for this post. The successful candidate will demonstrate a friendly, honest, and caring attitude and should be intent on delivering a high-quality service to children and their families within the emergency and urgent care environment across the gamut of minor injury to the critically unwell child. Previous experience is desirable, and education/supervision opportunities are available to develop skills and knowledge within a competency framework.
Training will be provided through a structured teaching programme, and you will be supported by a PEM Consultant Clinical Supervisor. You will be expected to rotate between the Paediatric Emergency Department at Sunderland Royal Hospital and the Childrens Urgent Care department at South Tyneside District Hospital.
The Paediatric Emergency Department provides a 24-hour ENP service, and the Urgent Care Centre operates a 7-day a week 8 am - 11 pm service; therefore, applicants must be able to demonstrate a reliable work record and flexibility in working hours.
Previous post-registration experience of working in a Paediatric Emergency Department or similar environment is essential.
Informal discussions and visits to the departments are welcome and encouraged. Please contact Mal Hayden-Duck via the contact details provided to arrange.
About us
One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award-winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation, and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness, and civility and promote a compassionate, caring, and positive culture/working environment.
We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, and in particular those from under-represented groups. Looking after our workforce's health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high-quality education, training, career progression, and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust's Flexible Working Policy.
The Trust employs around 8,300 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.
The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE:
The successful candidate will be joining a team of over 70 experienced nurse practitioners, qualified nurses, and healthcare assistants who see and treat in excess of 40,000 patients across both sites each year. You will be responsible for assessing, diagnosing, and treating children with a wide range of clinical conditions, including both medical and trauma cases. You will work alongside ENPs, consultants, and junior doctors from a range of training programmes including paediatric emergency medicine, paediatrics, and adult emergency medicine.
Main Duties of the role:
1. To coordinate the delivery and development of the specialist service through the use of effective evidence-based practice in line with agreed national standards for patient safety and monitoring.
2. To contribute to the organisation of multidisciplinary, patient-centred care.
3. To be accountable for the planning and delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate patient care in relation to dedicated pathways of care, working as an autonomous practitioner within the specialism.
4. To provide specialist clinical advice and support to patients and clinical staff within the Trust on the assessment, management, and care of patients within the specialist area.
5. To continuously improve clinical care standards in line with the clinical governance framework.
6. To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC/HCPC Code.
7. To ensure effective communication internally and externally regarding patient care and resources.
8. Provide education and training to clinical staff across the Trust.
9. Provide expert specialist clinical advice and support to patients and clinical staff within the Trust on the management and care of patients within the specialist area.
10. To provide direct access for patients, either face to face or telephone consultation.
11. To represent the service nationwide.
12. To play a key role in ensuring that national and local standards/targets for the specialist area are met.
13. To manage/lead nurse-led clinics in relation to reviewing patients and play a key role in optimising complex treatment regimes, facilitating hospital discharge and preventing avoidable hospital admissions.
14. To undertake research relevant to the needs of the specialist area.
15. To comply with the Trust's vision, values, and behavioural compact.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
* Awareness of national health and social care policy.
* Knowledge of best practice in area of specialism.
* Thorough understanding of expanded roles-professional practice issues.
* Clinical teaching experience.
* Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassurance skills are required.
* Able to work without supervision.
* Competent in the use of IT packages.
* Proven interpersonal skills.
* Evidence of competency in relation to clinical practices appropriate to the post.
Desirable
* Project management skills.
* Research skills.
Qualifications
Essential
* NMC Registered Childrens Nurse.
* Degree in nursing studies or relevant clinical degree.
* Mentorship certificate/Practice Assessor training or demonstrable equivalent experience.
* Clinical skills accreditation.
* Non-medical prescribing.
Desirable
* Leadership and Management course.
* Qualification in specialty.
Experience
Essential
* Experience of care delivery.
* Experience of the specialism.
* Experience of leading a team/supporting junior staff.
* Evidence of innovation in practice.
* Experience of change management.
* Evidence of practice development.
* Experience of coordinating care for a caseload of patients.
Physical Skills
Essential
* Ability to assist patients to move as per Trust Moving and Handling Policy.
* Able to travel access sites.
Employer details
Employer name
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Sunderland Royal Hospital
Kayll Road
Sunderland
SR4 7TP
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