Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 7 Sister/Charge Nurse to join our Paediatric Critical Care team as a Team Leader providing line management for staff alongside clinical responsibilities for a fixed term period covering maternity leave. The post holders will be required to work as a member of Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) nursing team, providing a high standard of clinical care and support to children and young people within the Paediatric Critical Care Unit (PCCU). A mix of PCC Unit/ Retrieval/ Outreach clinical duties may be facilitated dependent upon the post holder's experience/completion of relevant competencies.
Responsibilities
* To effectively support the Deputy Matron to manage PCCU.
* To provide clinical and managerial leadership, maintaining good working relationships, compatible with an efficient and effective running of the service.
* To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team, communicating effectively with all levels of medical and nursing staff.
* To uphold the Units Nursing Philosophy of Care.
* To promote and develop PCCU Nursing on a local, national, and international level.
* To act as a professional and experienced PCCU Nurse.
* To work alongside the practice development team to ensure that PCCU's educational requirements are met.
* To support the Oxford Team Leads in the service delivery of Southampton and Oxford Retrieval Team (SORT).
* To support the PCCU Outreach Lead in service delivery.
Organisation
Working for our organisation Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) at OUH includes 17 co-located Level 2 and 3 critical care beds, delivering a wide range of specialist services to patients from Oxfordshire and the wider Thames Valley and Wessex Paediatric Critical Care Operational Delivery Network (TVW PCC ODN). We are a leading Neurosurgical and Major Trauma Centre and have a vast number of medical and surgical specialities. The unit is undergoing an exciting period of estate and workforce development and investment. SORT Retrieval Service OUH PCC Services include the SORT (Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team) service, delivered in collaboration with Southampton across TVW PCC ODN. It is staffed by doctors, ACPs and nurses from both Oxford and Southampton, with Oxford providing a retrieval team 24/7. Critical Care Outreach Service is a team of experienced nurses who support all healthcare professionals in the assessment and management of unwell children across the children's hospital, emergency department, and neonatal unit, following up and supporting children and families following discharge.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 7 Sister/Charge Nurse to join our Paediatric Critical Care team as a Team Leader providing line management for staff alongside clinical responsibilities for a fixed term period covering maternity leave. The post holders will be required to work as a member of Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) nursing team, providing a high standard of clinical care and support to children and young people within the Paediatric Critical Care Unit (PCCU). A mix of PCC Unit/ Retrieval/ Outreach clinical duties may be facilitated dependent upon the post holder's experience/completion of relevant competencies., The successful candidate will be able to work well within the team and be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the role/service. They will be a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual with excellent clinical and communication skills, with an ability to lead and motivate others.
Essential criteria
* Registered Nurse
* Educated to a degree level.
* Recognised qualification in Paediatric Intensive Care
* APLS/EPLS certification
* Teaching and assessing qualification/ mentorship course or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
* Working towards MSc level education.
* APLS/EPLS instructor status
* Leadership module, Current experience as a Band 6 within a Critical Care environment.
* Demonstrates an understanding of the need for high standards of individualised Critical care/family centred care.
* Demonstrates awareness of the qualities required of a sister/charge nurse working in intensive care.
* Insight into managerial issues in relation to people and resources.
* Evidence of developing an aspect of Paediatric Critical Care nursing practice.
* Demonstrates knowledge of value & use of research findings.
* Evidence of local/national representation.
* Experience of team management.
* Evidence of managing change from a personal and leadership level.
* Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
* Demonstrates the potential for leadership.
* Excellent presentation skills.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Resilient and proactive under pressure.
* Ability to facilitate and participate in research/benchmark and audit programmes.
* You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Notes
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
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