Staff Nurse, Children and Young People & Paediatric A&E
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Band 5 Paediatric Staff Nurse, 24 hours per week.
This vacancy offers the opportunity to be part of a growing, vibrant team, providing effective health care to the people of north Cumbria and working to bring about dynamic change in the way patients requiring health care are managed in north Cumbria.
We are seeking to recruit a Band 5 staff nurse for A&E and the Children and Young People's Ward at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven. The successful applicant will be part of new developments to provide safe and sustainable paediatric care within the emergency department, incorporating a rotation between A&E and the Children and Young People's Ward.
You will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care, providing the prescribed nursing care without supervision. You will also contribute to the development and evaluation of nursing practice in the unit.
Applications are invited from enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurses (Child) or Registered Sick Children's Nurses or equivalent, with relevant paediatric nursing experience.
Main Duties of the Job
We have an exciting new opportunity for an enthusiastic Band 5 nurse to work a rotational post between paediatric A&E and our acute paediatric admissions unit. The paediatric A&E has its own designated 3-bedded area, while our paediatric ward is a 14-bedded unit accepting emergency and routine cases for children aged 0-16 years. The service provides a 24-hour service for emergency admissions via A&E, GPs, and the paediatric community team, catering for medical, surgical, trauma, ophthalmology, dental, and children presenting with child protection or mental health needs.
If successful, you will be joining a growing team developing the delivery of paediatric services within A&E. Ideally, the candidate will have experience in caring for children in an acute paediatric setting, but this is not essential. Our team will support and encourage you to develop clinically with the expectation of providing a high standard of care to children and their families. The post will include duties such as assessing, planning, delivery, and evaluation of nursing care for children and their families. Working within the multi-disciplinary team, you will need to have excellent organisational and communication skills.
Job Responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (Child) or RSCN or equivalent.
* Evidence of further development to diploma/degree level.
* PILS or equivalent.
* EPLS.
Experience
* Student nurse or general nursing within the NHS or equivalent.
* Supporting students.
Knowledge
* Continuing professional development with portfolio.
* NMC code of professional conduct.
* Knowledge of paediatric safeguarding issues.
* Current child health agenda.
Skills and Aptitudes
* Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to work as a team member, without close supervision.
* Ability to act as a mentor to HCA's.
* Ability to adapt to changing workload and meet deadlines.
* Teaching skills.
Personal Circumstances
* Motivation.
* Team focused.
* Commitment to professional development.
* Reliable, adaptable, and dependable.
Other Requirements
* Flexible approach to working patterns.
* Able to work internal rotation and flexible shift patterns.
* Willing to develop by expansion of the role.
* Ability to work across sites.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
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