Job overview
Contract - Permanent
Do you enjoy the challenges an Emergency Department demands?
Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally?
We are looking for an experienced dynamic and motivated paediatric emergency nurse to join our team. We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering high quality care, is a good team player, a flexible approach and who will bring a positive attitude to the trust. You will have excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills and the ability to motivate and inspire staff to achieve desired outcomes. We take great pride in being part of a top performing Trust and top performing Emergency Department. We are committed to ensuring quality patient care whilst achieving the national emergency department care quality indicators and targets.
Main duties of the job
Our Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Care Centre treated more than 110,000 patients in the last year. 25% were treated in our dedicated Paediatric Emergency Department which operates 24/7. We provide high quality emergency care and give structured support and development to all our nurses. Our latest CQC report was Good. Our staff wellbeing initiatives and our recognition of the importance of maintaining positive staffing culture in the ED environment, was acknowledged as outstanding by the CQC.
You will be supported in undertaking a variety of educational and development courses:
APLS (advance paediatric life support)
PILS (Paediatric immediate life support)
TILS (Trauma immediate life support)
Mentorship
Paediatric HDU / Children’s Emergency nursing
Qualification in Specialism for Paediatric Emergency Nursing, which is accredited by the RCN.
EZ-IO - Intraosseous Vascular Access System
You will need to be an experienced children’s nurse committed to delivering positive outcomes for children and families. The Band 7 post requires 4 years experience in a relevant clinical environment, with a minimum of 2 years Children’s ED experience, and evidence of further professional development. If you possess great communication skills, enjoy working under pressure to provide safe, effective care, and demonstrate leadership and mentoring skills aimed at developing and supporting junior members of staff, we want to hear from you!!
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for an experienced dynamic and motivated paediatric emergency nurse to join our team. We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering high quality care, is a good team player, a flexible approach and who will bring a positive attitude to the trust. You will have excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills and the ability to motivate and inspire staff to achieve desired outcomes. We take great pride in being part of a top performing Trust and top performing Emergency Department. We are committed to ensuring quality patient care whilst achieving the national emergency department care quality indicators and targets.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
1. Registered nurse (Child)
2. Emergency Nursing Module
3. Mentorship
4. Paediatric Immediate Life Support
5. APLS
Desirable criteria
6. Paediatric Mental Health training
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
7. Excellent paediatric clinical skills
8. Management and leadership skills
9. Verbal and written communication skills
10. Positive attitude, ability to work under pressure
11. Able to work across professional team and motivate a team
12. Clinical supervision
13. Plastering
14. Phlebotomy and cannulation
Desirable criteria
15. Patient Group Directive competent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
16. Sufficient experience with minimum 3 years in ED
17. Understanding of current issues in paediatric nursing
18. Knowledge of emergency care targets
19. Experience of shift management and team leadership
20. Knowledge of child protection issues
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
21. Able to work well within a team
22. Able to work flexible hours
23. Enthusiastic, approachable and friendly
24. Smart presentation, professional manner
25. Excellent Communicator
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
26. Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
27. Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
28. Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
29. Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
30. Participate in required training and supervision.
31. Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.