Overview
Our Children’s nursing team is expanding, led by our Director of Nursing for Child Health, a Trust wide role to ensure children and young people receive high quality care wherever they access services across our organisation. When you come here you’ll always be learning; developing your knowledge and ensuring your skills are kept fully up to date. You will be supported by Clinical Nurse Educator, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners and Quality managers, together with a friendly multidisciplinary team and a corporate training and development team. We have in house leadership programmes and work with a range of universities to ensure you can progress through academic pathways in order to support your career development.
We know it takes happy, motivated staff to produce patient satisfaction, so we’re investing in making our hospitals great places to work. It’s about living our values: Passion, Responsibility, Innovation, Drive and Empowerment – the PRIDE at the heart of all we do.
Role and Requirements
Applications are invited for a Band 5 permanent position on CYPAU/ Dahlia. The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills, has experience of taking charge on shift of the ward, an ability to work as part of the multi-disciplinary team and a positive attitude to service developments. If you are an enthusiastic, dynamic and highly motivated nurse who is committed, caring and compassionate come and join our fantastic team.
Responsibilities
* Assess the care needs of patients, plan programmes of care, implement and evaluate these programmes without direct supervision.
* Assist with education and supervision of learners.
* Be in charge of the ward/shift at times and supervise and coordinate other staff as appropriate.
* Develop self and others professionally.
About the Service Area
We provide care for the residents of three diverse London boroughs. Most of our 7,800 permanent staff live in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge, and the majority are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. We also provide healthcare services to people in south west Essex, and specialist neurosciences services to the whole county.
Locations and Services
Our services include all the major specialties of large acute hospitals and we operate from two main sites - King George Hospital in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023. We also provide outpatient services at Brentwood Community Hospital, Barking Community Hospital, Loxford Polyclinic, and Harold Wood Polyclinic.
Achievements
We’re pleased to be leading the way in reducing the time our patients wait to get the treatment they need. The Elective Surgical Hub at King George Hospital is one of eight to be accredited as part of a national scheme; the Care Quality Commission has raised the ratings for urgent and emergency care at Queen’s and King George hospitals; and data released by NHS England showed that the Trust was the most improved in 2023 for reducing waits for emergency care.
We are particularly proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre; Radiotherapy Centre; Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; and dedicated breast care service at King George Hospital. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
Additional information
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification. The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role; please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application. All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period. Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact KeKe Igere, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5208. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above. This advert closes on Friday 19 Sep 2025.
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