Fast forward your career at Imperial. With five world-renowned hospitals, we are full of opportunity for healthcare professionals who are moving to paediatrics or looking for progression to develop new skills. Get involved in quality improvement and collaborate with leading paediatric teams.
Undertake a career pathway of training and education that is individually developed for you and supported by our clinical nurse educators on the wards and class room.
Your skills will be further enhanced in a diverse range of patients in need of paediatric medical and surgical services, including:
• High dependency care
• Haematology
• Acute trauma
• Respiratory
• Allergy/immunology
• Diabetes
• Metabolic
• Epilepsy
Join our dynamic and friendly nursing teams on our 25 bed dynamic unit Great Western ward and the paediatric short stay unit (PSSU). You’ll build up your confidence and experience as you support in the care for patients that range from neonates to adulthood. Your HCA skills will be further enhanced helping care for our patients that are transferred from paediatric intensive care and neonatal intensive care units at St Mary’s and Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea hospitals. We also receive admissions direct from our paediatric emergency department for acute trauma care. Our service further includes providing ambulatory PSSU day care from St Mary’s Hospital.
• To work alongside the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) in the management of children and families with general paediatric conditions.
• Provide high quality and evidence based after-care and ensure patients and family are well supported prior to discharge.
• Support management of ward and ensure the unit is run in line with national safety guidelines.
• The post holder will support junior members of the team and student nurses to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care and provide support as needed.
• To offer an individual service and psychological support to patients and their families respecting their diverse backgrounds.
• Provide specialist nursing advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/clients and relatives/carers without supervision in collaboration with the MDT.
• To work across hospital where this is indicated and as the needs of the service change.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Feb 2025