Job summary
Job Title: Paediatric Staff Nurse
Hours per week: hours per week (weekday and weekend shifts, days and nights) and part-time hours
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Salary: £28,407-£34,581 per annum
Please note if you commence in post prior to October 2024, you will be paid in line with 2023/2024 agenda for change pay scales.
Closing Date: Monday 30th September
Interview Date: Monday 14th October
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
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Main duties of the job
Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for a specified group of patients.
Takes charge of the ward as delegated by the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse for a specified period of time.
Acts as a Team Leader, delegating appropriate tasks and supervising the standard of care delivered by more junior qualified staff, unqualified staff and learner nurses in the ward team.
Assists the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse in the management of preceptorship of newly qualifies staff, returning to nursing staff and the mentorship of nursing students and health care support workers.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to' excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
E ffective Open Communication
e x cellence and safety in everything we do
C hallenge but support
E xpect respect and dignity
L ocal health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Undertake and documents a comprehensive, systematic and accurate nursing assessment of the physical social and spiritual needs of the patients where appropriate.
Creates and utilizes opportunities to promote health and well-being of patients in their care.
Leads a nursing team to manage a group of patients throughout a shift.
Ensure that all staff working within the Policies, Procedures of the Trust in line with NMC Guidance
Positive attitude to continuing professional education in order to enhance knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for safe and effective nursing practice.
Maintaining standards by ensuring that evidenced based practice underpins all nursing inventions.
Participate in Trust Appraisal system
Liaises with Ward/Department Team, other Wards and Departments as appropriate to ensure patients receive optimum care.
For more information regarding this role, please refer to the Job Description and Personal Specification.
Person Specification
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
1. RSCN/ RN Child Branch / RN/ RN Adult
2. Willing to work towards a post grad qualification in specialty
Desirable
3. Teaching qualification
4. Managerial qualification
5. Diploma
6. Leadership Development
7. Post Grad qualification in specialty
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
8. Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
9. Experience within the specialty
10. Experience of Research Management
11. Experience of audit and resource
Skills and Abilities
Essential
12. Report writing skills
13. Critical analytical skills
14. Presentation skills
15. Ability to motivate others
16. Good organization
17. Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge a professional judgment
18. Frequent requirement for concentration where the work pattern is unpredictable
19. Ongoing requirement to exert moderate physical effort, pushing trolleys, transferring patients
Personal Qualities
Essential
20. Excellent communication skills
21. Enthusiastic
22. Ability to have positive working relationships
23. Good health record
24. Proven leadership skills
25. Ability to work under pressure to meet required deadlines
26. Evidence based practice
27. Computer literate
28. Experience of using evidence based practice
29. To be able to assist patients to move using appropriate aids on a frequent basis
30. To be able to transport patients using wheelchair/trolley or bed on a frequent basis. This will occur for short periods frequently throughout a normal shift and will require moderate effort
31. Frequently be able to deal with patients and relatives during distressing situations
32. Ability to manage difficult situations/conflict effectively
33. Deal with the emotional stress arising
Other
Essential
34. To be able to apply normal care and attention throughout the shift. To deal with competing demands for attention