Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
About
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from some 60 sites including Health Centres and GP surgeries. Covering Walsall and beyond, our multidisciplinary services include rapid response in the community and home-based care, so that those with long-term conditions and the frail and elderly can remain in their own homes to be cared for wherever appropriate.
We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate, and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce.
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment.
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level, we value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
We support a range of flexible working for all employees and prospective applicants. The Trust works collaboratively with Black Country and West Birmingham Integrated Care Systems. Our objective is supporting ongoing flexible working across the partnership and transforming our workforce so that it is flexible and consistent as we redesign services for our integrated future.
Key details
Location
Site: Paediatrics - Manor Hospital
Address: Moat Road, Walsall, WS2 9PS
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Ward: 21/Paediatric Assessment Unit
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (covering a 24 hour/ 7 day a week service including nights and weekends)
Salary
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 5)
Job overview
PLEASE NOTE WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS POST, PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU HAVE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK.
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust paediatric team are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated paediatric nurses to work on both our acute inpatient unit, paediatric daycase unit and paediatric assessment unit. A rotation between all 3 areas is also available.
It is an exciting time to join the paediatric team at Walsall due to the expansion and progression of the service. The paediatric team is leading the way in progressing virtual wards and a new team structure is creating a new dynamic way of team working.
We will offer the successful applicants a structured development package and the opportunity to be a valued member of our team. We are able to offer a comprehensive bespoke induction package for our newly qualified staff members in addition to Walsall Trust preceptorship programme.
To be successful you will need to be friendly, kind, compassionate with a genuine desire and passion to help people.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Has an understanding of the NMC Code and Trust Policies and Procedures relating to confidentiality.
* Demonstrate effective communication skills both verbal and nonverbal.
* Demonstrate high standards in record keeping.
* Demonstrates competent clinical practice.
* Demonstrates accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care without supervision.
* Is able to identify the psychological, social, physical and cultural needs of children and their families and acts, with guidance, to meet their needs.
* Actively prioritises and organises workload.
* Is responsible for maintaining accurate patient records. Has a working knowledge of the relevant hospital IT systems to achieve this.
* With guidance uses analytical and judgemental skills to participate in collaborative decision making within the nursing team.
* Works in partnership with patients and their carers in decision making, ensuring their views are taken into account.
* Is able to recognise own limitations to practice guided by the NMC Code Conduct, Scope of Professional Practice, Trust Policies and Procedures.
* Has an understanding of the effective management of resources both financial and physical.
* Has a working knowledge of the incident reporting system and mechanisms for actively reducing risk e.g. identify need and request risk assessment.
* Deliver safe, high quality and effective care.
* Works with patients, families and all members of the MDT to plan and deliver care.
* Be receptive to change and participate in activities which bring about service improvement.
* Be aware and deliver the national benchmarks for standards of good practice.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM
References from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. When completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover this period. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Registered Paediatric Nurse with Current NMC Registration
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
* Paediatric BLS
* IT skills
* Good communication skills
* willingness to undertake further clinical skills training
Desirable criteria
* PILS
* IV competency
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience working within an acute paediatric nursing environment
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Laura Brittain
Job title: Senior Sister
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01922 656992
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