Main area: Paediatric Intensive Care
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Nights and weekend working required)
Job ref: 196-NM12772
Employer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Brompton Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £35,964 - £43,780 p.a inc HCA (pro rata for part timers)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/04/2025 23:59
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Job overview
We are looking for experienced Paediatric Nurses to join our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit within Evelina London based at our Royal Brompton Hospital site. Our critical care unit is made up of 16 PICU beds and 10 PHDU beds and is a fast-paced environment, that provides excellent opportunities to learn and develop skills within paediatric cardiothoracic critical care. We offer a well-established, dynamic, multi-professional team with a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Our education team provides a bespoke critical care education program to support nurses wishing to pursue careers within paediatric critical care.
Post qualification experience is required for this role and they are not currently opened to newly qualified nurses. For NQN applications please use the NQN advert.
This advert is open for applicants to work in PICU or PHDU - you will be able to specify your preference.
Main duties of the job
* Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge.
* Will be responsible for the application of knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
* To act as advocate for patients within the area, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
* To ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
* Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
* Will advise on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness.
* Recognise the significance of observations made, and use them to develop and initiate nursing assessments and devise a plan of care.
* Carry out those activities necessary to conduct a comprehensive assessment of a person’s nursing requirements.
* Will ensure that all patients will have a discharge plan that is safe and appropriate for their needs.
* Carry out nursing procedures and treatments, checking on and maintaining the highest possible standards.
* Work alongside the multi-disciplinary team to ascertain treatments and advise on nursing priorities.
* Take a clear and concise history from patients by assessing their health and wellbeing and complete documentation ensuring that all entries are accurate and legible and that all information systems are maintained.
* Undertake prescribed physical observations as follows: blood pressure, temperature, respirations, blood sugars, urinalysis, weight and height, and report exceptions appropriately.
* Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
* RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Relevant qualifications required or course to area
* Experience of working on own and in a team
* Experience of working in the relevant area
* Experiencing of co-ordinating a shift
* Completion of preceptorship
* Experience of administering intravenous drug therapy
* Supervision of junior staff
* Previous experience in other nursing fields
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
* Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate programmes of care
* Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
* Knowledge of Evidence Based Practice
* Competent in basic life support
* Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products
* Able to work as an effective team member
* Able to prioritise & meet deadlines
* Able to manage difficult situations
* Uses own initiative and is able to take decisions
* An understanding of Audit and Research Based Nursing Practice
* Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
* Knowledge of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
* Knowledge of Clinical Governance & a commitment to clinical supervision
* Knowledge of the individual’s responsibility towards health & safety
* IT skills Awareness of the structure and organisation of the NHS
Additional Information
* The ability to undertake reflective thinking on own practice
* Flexible and positive approach to work
* Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
* Able and willing to work flexible shift patterns, internal rotation to day and night duty and unsocial hours, according to service needs
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
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