Senior Staff Nurse - Paediatrics (Dolphin/Lion Ward)
Senior Band 6 Staff Nurse - Paediatrics (Dolphin/Lion Ward)
The Band 6 staff nurse is to act as a role model in accordance with the trust behaviour framework and values, exhibiting excellence through practice and collaborating daily with the MDT team for the best outcomes for our patient group. The role covers an acute medical pediatric ward treating children from birth to 16 years old, including areas such as Oncology, Safeguarding, eating disorders, HDU, orthopaedics, ENT, surgical, and other childhood illnesses and accidents. This role requires experience in leading a shift, managing flow through departments, recognizing the deteriorating child, and supporting the ward in trust initiatives, as well as managing junior staff and quality improvement projects.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide a leadership role model and demonstrate specialist knowledge and high standards of clinical practice, providing support where necessary.
2. Coordinate shifts, manage ward flow, and problem-solve in a fast-paced environment.
3. Manage and monitor workload, patient acuity, and ensure safe standards daily.
4. Support junior team members, providing leadership, support, and guidance through monitoring, planning, and evaluation of individualized care, ensuring appraisals are up to date and engaging with staff retention.
5. Support the ward sister in ward-level management and trust initiatives.
6. Be a positive team player with empathy and compassion, able to work effectively within an MDT team, with skills to work under pressure, delegate well, and promote a clean, safe environment for patients and their families.
7. Ensure the safeguarding and welfare of all patients and their families, ensuring good communication between healthcare professionals for the patient's individual needs.
You should include what motivated you to apply for this post. Please also demonstrate how your experiences have enhanced your ability to provide compassionate care reflecting our Trust values - Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, and Excellent.
About us
The City of Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by excellent road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With great leisure and shopping facilities and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play, providing excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as good.
Our values; Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be, and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Job responsibilities
Understand the workload targets set for the clinical area and demonstrate commitment to their delivery. Ensure that others are alerted to quality issues. Assist in the monitoring and maintenance of health, safety, and security of self and others in the work area. Identify and assess risks in work activities and assist in developing strategies to manage these effectively. Ensure the team works within risk management/occupational health legislation and Trust procedures. Contribute to the implementation and development of the service, being aware of new evidence and research in both general and specialist fields. Work creatively to develop practice and new ways of working, taking the lead in the change management process when appropriate. Develop your skills, take responsibility for continuing professional development and performance, and maintain your portfolio in accordance with post-registration requirements. Work to achieve competencies appropriate to the grade and identify your development needs in relation to current practice and future plans, setting personal development objectives. In the absence of the Ward/Department Manager, act as a signatory to authorize staffing requests to be considered by the Agency Control Group.
Person Specification
* APLS/EPALS
* Evidence of Leadership, management, and specialty development
* HDU experience/course
* Venepuncture/Cannulation
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.
£37,338 to £44,962 a year, pro rata for part-time candidates.
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