Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse to join our Paediatric Critical Care team and be an integral part of the PCCU Education and PCCU Clinical team.
Post holders will be expected to work a minimum of hrs per week across days, nights and weekend shifts.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the .
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be an experienced, knowledgeable practitioner in Paediatric Critical Care providing clinically based practice development and education. They will role model best, evidence-based professional practice. Clinical education will form approximately % of the role, engaging in education activities and working flexibly to maximise education delivery to support staff and patient safety/experience
· Working alongside learners at all stages of development to facilitate learning
· Identifying and supporting learning needs within PCC
· Developing and updating training resources
· Contributing to the delivery of education programmes within the Paediatric Critical Care unit and across the Directorate.
The role holder will spend the remainder their time in clinical practice working within the B clinical workforce to:
· Provide clinical leadership ensuring a high standard of individualised nursing and family centred care is delivered to critically ill children.
· Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, communicating effectively with all levels of medical and nursing staff.
· Uphold PCCU’s Nursing Philosophy of Care.
· Effectively manage PCCU on a day-to-day basis, in the absence of a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.
Working for our organisation
Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) at OUH includes co-located Level and critical care beds, delivering a wide range of specialist services to patients from Oxfordshire and the wider Thames Valley and Wessex Paediatric Critical Care Operational Delivery Network (TVW PCC ODN). We are a leading Neurosurgical and Major Trauma Centre and have a vast number of medical and surgical specialities. The unit is undergoing an exciting period of estate and workforce development and investment, with a move into newly built unit within the next years.
SORT Retrieval Service OUH PCC Services include the SORT (Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team) service, delivered in collaboration with Southampton across TVW PCC ODN. It is staffed by doctors, ACPs and nurses from both Oxford and Southampton, with Oxford providing a retrieval team /.
Critical Care Outreach Service is a team of experienced nurses who support all healthcare professionals in the assessment and management of unwell children across the children’s hospital, emergency department, and neonatal unit, following up and supporting children and families following discharge.
Education, Development and Training is provided through a structured competency-based development programme, and we are piloting an inhouse PCC L specialist course for nursing staff. Clinical and leadership career development pathways are available. We have a growing team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners who work across PCCU and SORT services at OUH.