Employer: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: CHI John Atwell Day Ward
Town: Southampton
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum - Pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/12/2024 23:59
Interview date: 03/01/2025
Staff Nurse - John Atwell Day Ward
Band 5
Job overview
Southampton's Children's Hospital is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to join as a Staff Nurse on our John Atwell Day Ward. We are a ward equipped with eight beds and cots and care for young children undergoing a wide variety of medical and surgical procedures.
UHS offers fantastic training and development, giving you the best possible opportunities to achieve the career you want. Development of our staff is central to the delivery of high-quality, safe, and effective care. We can offer opportunities to develop within a supportive environment, and our staff survey results reflect our commitment to facilitate your career progression.
Main duties of the job
For an overview of the main duties of the role, please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail, please read the full job description document attached.
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Working on JADW, you will provide a high standard of care for patients by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for your patients. You will develop a wide range of skills to help look after our young patients, including paediatric venesection and cannulation, allergy testing, medical infusions, and surgical skills. You will also work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide the best care possible to our patients.
This is a nurse-led unit with a service that runs Monday - Saturday, 7:15 - 20:15.
Person specification
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
* Qualified Nurse (Degree/Diploma)
* Registered nurse on appropriate part of the register
* Knowledge of current issues within acute Health Service
* Understanding of personal accountability
* Knowledge of own role within the team
* Provide evidence of teaching and supporting learners in practice in the role of practice supervisor
* Awareness of evidence-based practice
* Awareness of responsibilities for management of infection control
* Evidence of on-going personal development
* Able to use initiative
* Evidence of recent study
* Previous experience/qualification in relevant specialty
* Teaching experience
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
Our commitment to equality
Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
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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.
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