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Main area: Cardiac Nursing
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (nights, weekends, long days)
Job ref: 271-HL-6982426
Site: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Town: London
Salary: £35,964 - £43,780 per annum inclusive
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/02/2025 23:59
Job overview
Are you looking to join a friendly and highly skilled team that is dedicated to providing the highest levels of care for children and young people? Do you wish to advance in a rewarding specialism that offers cutting-edge technologies? We are looking for NMC-registered nurses to join Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to work in their well-established team within the Heart and Lung Directorate.
This is an exciting time at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Cardiac Nursing. We are expanding our service and need your help. Cardiac services are embarking on an exciting programme of change in order to meet the challenges of providing a world-leading cardiac programme.
Over the next 2 years we are expanding the service to open a 16-bedded high dependency Unit. This will help children needing cardiac surgery to be nursed in the right place at the right time allowing for timely discharges. You can help be part of this change.
Bear and Alligator ward are two areas consisting of 24 beds (inclusive of 8 HDU beds) that specialise in Cardiothoracic patients involving the heart, lungs, and tracheal. Great Ormond Street Hospital is the UK centre for Paediatric Pulmonary Hypertension, providing specialist care for patients up to 18 years old. The typical cases that present on the ward are those patients who require CPAP, optiflow, chest drains, inotropes, TPN, blood transfusions, and pacemakers. We also manage patients pre and post heart/lung transplant.
Main duties of the job
* As an experienced staff nurse, you will work as a skilled member of the nursing team, to deliver evidence-based, high-quality care to our patients and their families.
* Ability to promote family-centred care and establish good relationships with children, young people, and their families.
* To communicate effectively at all levels within the multi-disciplinary team.
* To be able to take charge of the ward in the absence of senior nursing staff following achievement of required competence.
* To promote a progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through research and evidence-based practice.
* To be familiar with and adopt the principles of the NHS Chief Nursing Officers vision for Compassion in Practice (NHS Commissioning Board Dec 2012).
Do you want to build new skills? To embrace technology and innovation to enhance patient care? To gain new clinical skills – chest drain management, optiflow, CPAP? To work with a supportive nursing and multi-disciplinary team? Flexible working patterns to enhance your work-life balance?
Working for our organisation
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected, and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status, or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions, and LGBT+ community members.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum, and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions, and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues, and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values, and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
* NMC Registered Nurse (appropriate to clinical speciality)
* Relevant nursing qualification
* Evidence of ongoing professional development
Experience/Knowledge
* Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives & related challenges in the workplace
* Understanding of professional and current issues in children’s nursing
* Understanding of the importance of research and evidence-based practice
* Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Workplace
* Basic knowledge of computer skills
* Understanding or evidence of fulfilling requirements for Revalidation
* Understanding of safeguarding issues according to Trust policies and procedures
* Ability to plan and prioritise care for patients
* Committed to family-centred care
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Good time management
* Ability to work well both in a team and on own initiative
* Administration of IV drugs
* Experience of having worked with sick children with cardiac conditions
* Understanding of principles of clinical governance (e.g., risk management, audit, quality)
* Understanding of nursing practice and innovation outside of GOSH
* Knowledge of clinical incidents and complaints and reporting
* Previous experience in the relevant specialty of post (preferably in an NHS setting)
* Ability to delegate tasks as appropriate
* Central venous access management
Please be advised that:
The recruitment process for all admin and clerical roles at Bands 2-4 will be a two-stage recruitment process whereby shortlisted candidates will undertake an online literacy, numeracy, ICT, and typing test. Only those candidates who pass the competency test will proceed to a formal interview.
The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification criteria for this post will be shortlisted. Please note that where high volumes of applicants have been received, additional criteria may on occasion be used to determine the final shortlist.
We are an accredited Living Wage Employer.
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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