Main area Nursing Grade Band 5
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week)
Job ref 220-WHT-2895
Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type NHS
Site WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL - Accident & Emergency Level 5
Town London
Salary £35,964 - £43,780 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period Yearly
Closing 10/02/2025 23:59
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Job overview
Paediatric ED Staff Nurse- Band 5
Are you a qualified or soon to be qualified children's nurse?
Are you interested in a career providing emergency care to children and their families?
Are you looking for a fast paced, interesting and varied role?
If so we are looking for motivated, dynamic nurses to join our team!
With strong nursing leadership, a dedicated Paediatric Lead Nurse and a Professional Development nurse to guide and support you in conjunction with an allocated mentor.
Within 2 years of joining the Trust you will be offered the following courses:
1. PILS (Paediatric immediate life support)
2. Qualification in Specialism for Paediatric Emergency Nursing, which is accredited by the RCN.
3. EZ-IO - Intraosseous Vascular Access System
These training opportunities and more offer the ideal stepping stone to a junior sister role – we are keen to develop and support nursing growth.
Applications from newly qualified nurses will be considered.
Main duties of the job
Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical Responsibilities
* Assess, plan and implement care for children on arrival to the treatment area and prioritise need for clinical intervention after the appropriate training.
* To develop an area of clinical interest to improve the care & services offered to children and their families.
* Maintain effective communication with colleagues and patients and their families, assessing and supporting children and their families with understanding of their illness, health promotion and prevention of future illness.
* To ensure the safe administration of medicines in accordance with local policy and NMC guidelines, including Patient Group Directions.
* Provide support for children/young people and their families. Direct them to relevant services if appropriate.
* To ensure high standards of patient care at all times.
* Ensure an appropriate, welcoming and safe environment is provided for children and their families. As much as possible, this should be audio-visually separate from adults and in line with National Service Framework recommendations.
* To develop and keep clinical knowledge and skills updated, including developing and maintaining extended clinical role skills, following appropriate training.
* Assist in the identification of any child protection issues and make referrals to appropriate multidisciplinary team members including social services.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
* NMC Registered Nurse CHILD or on an approved university based nursing course leading to registration with the NMC in the next 3 months
* BSc or working towards
* PILS/APLS
* Emergency Nursing Module
Skills & Abilities
* Nursing and assessment skills
* Good verbal and written communication skills
* Ability to work as a team member
* IV Drug administration competency (competency can be undertaken in post)
* Cannulation
Knowledge & Experience
* Knowledge of nursing models
* Practices in line with the NMC Code of Conduct and guidelines.
* Awareness of the current issues within Emergency nursing.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This will require you to:
* Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
* Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
* Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
* Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
* Participate in required training and supervision.
* Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct.
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form:
* Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
* Make sure you include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
Our processes:
* Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
* If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job, unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If you require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
* Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems – occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
* Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
Other important information:
* Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
* Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
* In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk.
Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided.
We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Maddy King
Job title Senior Sister - Paediatric Emergency Department
Email address madeline.king1@nhs.net
Telephone number 02072883981
Additional information
Madeline King
Senior Sister - Paediatric Emergency Department
gail.murphy3@nhs.net
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