Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Registered Children's Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Our brand-new children’s emergency department is purpose built and includes 2 paediatric resuscitation bays, 6 major spaces, and an ENP service co-located within the emergency department, seeing minor illness and injury, as well as a 10 bedded children’s assessment and decision unit. We also have our children’s 20-bedded acute ward, a day services unit and extensive children's community services.
We work with you to help you grow in your role and take your career in the direction you want to go. If you want to stay in your role, that’s fine too. We’ll help you be the best you can be.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
1. Identify, assess, plan, implement and continuously evaluate the care of a defined group of patients, within the unit, in partnership with the child and family, ensuring that the highest standards of care are delivered to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs of each child and their family, facilitating a return to optimal health.
2. Ensure that due regard and respect are given to the customs, values and spiritual beliefs of children and their families.
3. Promote an environment that reflects the psychosocial and developmental needs of children and young people, in terms of play, recreational facilities and educational provision, ensuring specific provision for those with special needs.
4. Be courteous and helpful to all patients and visitors in the ward/department.
5. Act to safeguard and protect children and young people at all times.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
* Registered Nurse on part 1, part 2 or part 12 of the NMC register
* Commitment to lifelong learning
* Evidence of further education, training and on-going learning
* Ability to produce updated personal professional portfolio
* Evidence of Assessing and Mentorship qualification
* Evidence of appropriate Specialist Qualification
Skills
* Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
* Ability to work within a team
* Good organisational skills
* Ability to prioritise and organise workload
* Flexibility around working hours
* Venepuncture
* Cannulation
Other requirements
* Awareness of strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
* Evidence of commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion for everyone
* Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
* Knowledge of appropriate specialist nursing care requirements
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
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