Are you a Paediatric Nurse with experience looking after children and are committed to providing excellent care? Do you have a desire to develop as a professional with a friendly, kind and supportive team to guide you on your journey? If this is you, come and join our team.
We care for children from 0 through to their 18th birthday, with a variety of needs which will increase your knowledge and skills and keep you challenged. We care for children who are ill or injured ranging from minor illness to major trauma.
We are currently in the process of building a brand new Emergency Department that is due to open later this year.
It is essential that the nurse applying has a NMC Paeds PIN, so is on the NMC register as a children's nurse. At this time we unfortunately cannot accept adults nurses that only have an adult NMC pin.
Main duties of the job
* Promote and set high standards of nursing care and maintain the delivery of quality care within the trust policies, protocols and guidelines.
* Provide and deliver a high standard of evidence-based nursing care through the assessment, planning, and evaluating of individual patients needs based on evidence.
* Initiate and co-ordinate care in the clinical area for a specified group of patients.
* Recognise and respond to a change in patient status undertaking first line interventions within scope of practice and refer on to the appropriate clinician as required.
* Actively promote safe and effective working practices to prevent harm to the patients within your care and take part in safety audits to maintain high quality standards.
* Communicating and working with the multidisciplinary team to improve quality of care, and informed clinical decisions.
* Promote innovation and share any new ideas to improve patient care.
* Participate in the allocation of workload and ensure efficient bed management and effective patient flow.
About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
* Ensuring high quality nursing care is coordinated and delivered using a family-focused model of practice.
* Work as part of a cohesive multidisciplinary team ensuring patient care is delivered smoothly and efficiently.
* The expectations within this job description will be achieved through hands-on clinical practice, education and training and research.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Current RN registration with NMC and any other relevant post-registration qualifications.
* BSc Degree in relevant field.
* Paediatric NMC registration.
Experience
Essential
* Evidence of recent CPD.
* An awareness of research and evidence-based practice relevant to clinical area.
Desirable
* Computer literate, knowledge of patient administration system.
Additional criteria
Essential
* Good communication and interpersonal skills.
* Teaching and mentoring skills.
* Team building skills.
* Ability to prioritise workload, instruct and direct others.
* Organisational skills and able to work as part of a team.
* Able to support development of others.
* Articulate and knowledgeable of current professional nursing issues.
* Health promotion.
* Ability to adapt to change within working situation.
* Advocacy skills.
* Strong customer service skills.
Desirable
* Clinically competent at Band 5.
* Intravenous Therapy Skills.
* Mentors Course.
Employer details
Employer name
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Address
Southwick Hill Road
Portsmouth
PO6 3LY
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