The Rainforest Ward cares for Children and Young People aged 0-16 years. We are a team of Paediatric
and Adult Registered Nurses, Hospital Play Specialists and AHCAs caring for Children and Young People
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with acute and chronic medical illness and needing emergency or elective surgery. We work in
collaboration with the paediatric doctors and other specialties providing care 24/7 to Children and
Young People in North East Lincolnshire, Northern Lincolnshire and the Lincolnshire Coast. You will be
expected to support the registered nurses and medical/surgical teams on the ward to provide care to a
small group of Children and Young People, escalating any concerns and undertaking any delegated
duties.
Duties include: contributing to maintaining the safety of children on ward, monitoring and recording
observations, assisting with feeding and hygiene needs for Children and Young People, simple
diagnostic procedures and ward cleanliness and safety.
To, under supervision, support the ward coordinator by providing high quality individual care
to a small number of Children and Young People, maintain privacy and dignity at all times.
Escalating any concerns you have.
o To participate in care planning for Children and Young People using the partnership model of
Family Centred Care.
o To assist Children and Young People and their parents/carers to meet personal care and
hygiene needs on the ward, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
o To assist Children and Young People and their parents/carers with their nutritional needs,
including feeding, supporting new mothers with breastfeeding; giving bottle feeds and
administering other bolus enteral feeds.
o To assist in the assessment of breastfeeding, providing advice and education to breastfeeding
mothers to ensure their wishes for feeding are listened to and respected. Always acting in the
best interests of the infant.
o To assist a registered nurse with completion of strict input/output on the fluid balance chart for
Children and Young People, as appropriate.
o To participate in pressure area risk assessments for Children and Young People. Take
appropriate action as indicated.
o To encourage safe mobilisation of Children and Young People, promoting independence.
o To utilise safe moving and handling, to reduce the risk of injury to themselves and the Children
and Young People
NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at
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“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
This advert closes on Monday 21 Apr 2025