Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
This job is a fantastic opportunity to care for children's medical needs within our acute setting. The ward cares for children and young people up to the age of 18 years. Within the general acute ward, we offer shared care for our oncology children, as well as experience with complex paediatric patients, diabetes, respiratory, and other complex medical conditions.
Whilst a small team, there are opportunities to rotate to the Emergency Department, across sites, Day Unit, and Children's Outpatient as we all work well to provide the best care to all children needing to attend Epsom Hospital.
Education is supported by the nursing team, medical team, and clinical nurse specialists.
Main duties of the job
* To provide child-centred, evidence-based, high-quality care to children and their families in the acute paediatric ward setting.
* To implement and evaluate family-centred care and be responsible for the delivery of care and assessment, development, and evaluations of individual programmes of care.
* Safeguard all children.
* To take delegated responsibility for children, working as part of a team to ensure care delivered is to a high standard.
* To be responsible for mentoring pre-registration students.
About us
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, particularly renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting Job description/Person Specification documents which contain more information about the role.
Person Specification
Registered Children's Nurse
* APLS
Drug calculations
* Drug calculations
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Salary: £34,521 to £41,956 a year pro rata per annum, including HCAS.
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