Main area: Paediatrics
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Long days, Early, Late, Night, Bank Holidays, Weekends Cross site)
Job ref: 381-WC-6754147
Employer: Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Midland Metropolitan University Hospital
Town: Smethwick
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/12/2024 23:59
Paediatric Staff Nurse
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
1. People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
2. Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
3. Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
Paediatric Nursing: Could you make a difference for Children, Young People, and Families!
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, compassionate, and self-motivated nurses within the Paediatric Departments at Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH).
MMUH has inpatient paediatric beds over 2 wards, which includes 2 HDU and 6 Adolescent beds. There will also be a six bedded Medical & Surgical day ward and Children's Outpatients.
The first UK clinical skills lab will be embedded within MMUH allowing emphasis on education within the department.
The Paediatric Inpatient Department currently consists of 3 inpatient areas D4, E4/Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) and Outpatients Department (OPD).
You must be a Registered Children's Nurse (RNC), Registered Nurse, OR Registered Learning Disability Nurse OR Registered Nurse (adults). We will consider Children’s Nurses due to qualify, with excellent clinical skills, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and committed to providing high standards of care for all our paediatric patients, their families, and carers.
Main duties of the job
Our paediatric team strives to give outstanding care and provide the very best to our patients ensuring a positive experience is delivered with enthusiasm and compassion enabling them to leave hospital again as soon as they are able.
The post holder will:
* Be responsible for maintaining standards and quality in the day-to-day management of the unit.
* Care for the children and young people who attend the unit, inclusive of supporting and developing junior staff by being a mentor and role model.
* Provide a high standard of nursing care for Infants, Children, and Young People, within a family-centred environment, in accordance with unit philosophy, local and national guidelines.
* Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to take charge of any nursing shift as required.
We Offer:
* Flexible working opportunities.
* Opportunities to develop skills within medical and surgical conditions, high dependency, Paediatric emergency assessment, Paediatric outpatients, adolescent and CAMHS.
* Annual personal development review, 1:1 support, and monthly teaching sessions.
* Access to our Clinical Paediatric Educator to help develop your bespoke training program.
* External and Internal courses as part of our competency-based ward assessment.
* Services to support your health and wellbeing, sanctuary, and free access to onsite gym.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first-class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
1. Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about this role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
* RN (Child) with current NMC registration
* Teaching qualification
* Speciality specific qualifications
Experience
* Relevant clinical experience, including that as a student or unqualified nurse
* Relevant clinical experience since registration
* Relevant voluntary experience
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance.
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.
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