University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
This is an opportunity to join our team as a Deputy Sister/ Charge Nurse in the Children's Surgical ward at The Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Brighton.
The Royal Alexandra is a dedicated children's hospital located in Brighton overlooking the sea, next to the Royal Sussex County Hospital. The Children's Surgical ward has 12 funded beds and takes children under a range of specialties including ENT, general surgery, orthopaedics, and max fax. We are a tertiary surgical centre and therefore undertake both emergency and elective procedures on patients between the ages of 0-17 years.
We have three dedicated paediatric theatres within the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, and elective surgical lists run daily with emergency theatre provision at all times.
We welcome applications from those who currently hold a UK NMC registration. If you currently hold an overseas nursing qualification and require sponsorship, we are not currently direct hiring Internationally Qualified Nurses.
Main duties of the job
* To support the ward manager in providing effective clinical leadership that ensures quality patient care; good communication; safe and efficient management of the service/department within allocated resources; facilitates the development of all the staff within the team.
* To act as a role model and expert practitioner.
* To undertake delegated responsibility in the absence of the ward manager.
Successful applicants would need to have recent experience of caring for children undergoing surgery. They must be competent and comfortable in all areas of surgical care and ideally have some shift leading experience.
Job responsibilities
* In the absence of the Ward Manager, to be a visible and accessible presence on the ward to whom the staff, patients, and their relatives/carers can turn to for assistance.
* To act as an expert for the care of a specified group of patients, providing effective leadership and acting as a positive role model.
* To acknowledge own clinical limitations and refer issues out of own scope of practice to more experienced colleagues. To seek professional education or training to overcome these deficiencies.
* To undertake appropriate training in venepuncture, cannulation, and administration of intravenous therapy and undertake sufficient practice to become an assessor for other staff in the department.
* With the Ward Manager, to take the lead in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care. To ensure that all patients have a plan of care which is individualised and evidence-based and is in line with local policies and procedures.
* Assist the Ward Manager to ensure that there is regular review of documentation practice and that focused action plans are developed when areas of concern are identified.
* To ensure that admissions, transfers, and discharges are planned in accordance with Trust policy, liaising effectively with partner agencies to ensure the best outcome for the patient.
* To be responsible for ensuring that there is adherence to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children protocols within clinical practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Children's Nurse.
* Recognised course leading to qualification in teaching and assessing or in process.
* APLS.
Experience
* Proven experience of working with children undergoing surgery.
* Experience of shift leading.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
* Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
* Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.
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 per annum pro rata.
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