Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 nurse to join our growing Paediatric Cardiology ward at the Evelina London Children's Hospital
Edward ward will be our new 28 bedded cardiology ward, providing care for children with congenital and aquired heart problems. Children come in for cardiac surgery, cardiac intervention, diagnostic procedures and for medical management which gives a wide range of skills and opportunities for our staff. The ward also has HDU beds within the footprint.
The team offers a dynamic environment to develop and broaden nursing skills while supporting children and families throughout their cardiac journey.
The Evelina Children’s Paediatric Cardiology Service is a level one cardiac surgical centre and part of the Lifelong cardiology network. The post holder will work alongside the clinical educator to further develop nursing expertise, knowledge and leadership skills.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide high-quality, family-centred nursing care to children undergoing a range of cardiac procedures and management on Edward ward. They will coordinate the daily running of the ward, support and supervise junior staff, and contribute to maintaining a safe and effective clinical environment. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, the Band 6 nurse will play a key role in patient flow, clinical decision-making and supporting children and families throughout their surgical pathway. The role also includes contributing to staff development, quality improvement and maintaining high standards of care.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
At Evelina, we are reminded every day of how important life is, and how important it is to look after the health and wellbeing of our staff as they balance of responsibilities in and out of work. We are committed to supporting flexible working; we want to support you to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Part time working is available.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion, and creating a sense of belonging and fun for all our teams caring for women, children and families; as we continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs, we recognise the huge benefit of our workforce being reflective of the diverse communities we serve.
We are committed to supporting the professional development of staff, and have excellent training and educational offerings. Recognising that looking after babies, children and young people is incredibly rewarding, but can also bring challenge we offer amazing resources to help support our staff’s emotional wellbeing and resilience.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Independently manage a group of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care
2. Demonstrate appropriate practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations.
3. Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication
including transfusion of blood and blood products
4. Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the
speciality. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
5. Act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
6. Ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
Please see the attached Job Description for full details.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
7. Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care
8. Demonstrates ability to influence and negotiate with others. Ability to organise and plan own time and that of junior staff and learners.
9. Good communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive information. To include dealing with distressed relatives & other challenging situations
10. An understanding of audit and research based nursing practice.
Experience
Essential criteria
11. Previous post-registration experience within speciality
12. Experiencing of co-ordinating a shift
13. Experience of teaching/assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting
Qualification
Essential criteria
14. BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
15. Post registration qualification in cardiology
16. Mentorship/Teaching Qualification
Desirable criteria
17. Leadership Qualification
18. Other post registration qualification ( HDU course)
Professional/ Statutory Registration
Essential criteria
19. RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.