Paediatric Staff Nurse - Children's Day Procedures Unit (NHS AfC: Band 5) - Paediatrics - Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust – Redhill, Surrey
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly, passionate, and dedicated Children's Day Procedures Unit nursing team at East Surrey Hospital. We are looking to recruit into our newly developed service within our paediatric services as part of our ongoing expansion and development projects. If you are interested in working with our team and making a difference to the lives of the children and young people we support, then come and join us!
As a newly developed service, we have vacancies to expand our nursing workforce within this area. We are keen to speak with paediatric registered nurses about their aspirations to develop a career in paediatrics and we are open and welcoming of agile working practices to enhance work-life balance.
Our newly developed Day Procedures Unit incorporates all elective day surgery and planned day case admissions. Patient admissions vary across planned blood transfusions, medication infusions, complex investigations, and elective surgery across multiple specialties (Dental, Ophthalmology, general surgery, ENT, orthopaedics). Nursing staff must be skilled, clinically competent, and highly organized paediatric nurses who can safely and efficiently manage a high turnover of patients with complex care requirements.
Nursing staff will support and assist in the delivery of professional nursing care to patients, ensuring the highest possible standards of care are received by patients and their carers. Responsible and accountable for the assessment and planning of care for designated patients from admission to discharge. Utilises and integrates evidence into practice. Communicates effectively and efficiently with multiple professionals to support the continuity of care across multiple clinical areas.
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services. In 2019, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
* Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
* National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
* We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.
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