Job summary
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for a detailed job description of the role
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting time to join the team at Southampton's Children's Hospital. We are offering Rotation posts across our Children's Hospital for experienced paediatric staff Nurses to join our team.
Are you an experienced paediatric staff nurse ready for a new challenge Would you like to work for an innovative forward-thinking hospital? Every patient is special to us, which means every nurse who cares for them must be too.
Southampton's Children's Hospital is a 115 bedded hospital catering for both local and regional children from the Wessex Region including the Channel Islands.
Our Children's Hospital prides itself on providing a variety of specialist tertiary services and therefore rotations can include any of the following areas within critical care for children incorporating Paediatric ICU, Neonatal Intensive Care and Paediatric HDU, Oncology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Orthopaedics and Major Trauma, Urology, Nephrology, ENT Surgery, Outpatients and Children's Day Unit JADW. The Children's Hospital has a dedicated Children's Emergency Department and is a Paediatric Major Trauma Centre.
We are looking for highly motivated colleagues who have excellent care values and a strong sense of team spirit. We are a friendly, welcoming, and supportive team and there are opportunities to work across departments gaining clinical leadership and management skills along the way.
About us
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated 'Good' by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Southampton Childrens Hospital is a tertiary paediatric Hospital which offer the following services:
1. Dedicated children's emergency and short stay department
2. Paediatric Major Trauma Centre
3. Paediatric Intensive care and Retrieval service
4. Paediatric Outreach service
5. Tertiary Oncology, Cardiology, Neurological, Surgical, Orthopaedic ,
6. Medical and Endocrine centre
7. Haemodialysis Unit
8. CAHMS team / Learning Disability Nurse
9. Dedicated Play Team
10. Tertiary medical, cardiac, and surgical neonatal unit
11. Neonatal retrieval service
12. Paediatric Medical Unit (PMU)
13. Paediatric High Dependency Unit (HDU)
14. G2 Paediatric Neurology
15. G3 Orthopaedics
16. G4 SUN (Surgery, Urology, Nephrology)
17. Piam Brown (Oncology)
18. John Atwell Day Ward (JADW)
19. E1 Ocean Ward (Surgical & Cardiology)
20. PICU
21. Children's Out Patients
22. Bursledon House
23. Neonatal Unit
Rotation examples can include PICU E1 Cardiac Ward, PICU PHDU, ED Paediatric Admissions Unit PMU, G3, G4 Surgical Wards, all combinations will be considered. Rotations will consist of 9-month placements in 2-3 of your chosen areas.
Person Specification
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential
24. Qualified Nurse (Degree/Diploma)
25. Registered nurse on appropriate part of the register
26. Knowledge of current issues within acute Health Service
27. Understanding of personal accountability
28. Knowledge of own role within the team
29. Provide evidence of teaching and supporting learners in practice in the role of practice supervisor
30. Awareness of evidence-based practice
31. Awareness of responsibilities for management of infection control
32. Evidence of on-going personal development
33. Able to use initiative
Desirable
34. Evidence of recent study
35. Previous experience/qualification in relevant specialty
36. Teaching experience