Job overview
Paediatric ED Staff Nurse- Band 5
Are you a qualified or soon to be qualified children's nurse?
Are you interested in a career providing emergency care to children and their families?
Are you looking for a fast paced, interesting and varied role?
If so we are looking for motivated, dynamic nurses to join our team!
With strong nursing leadership, a dedicated Paediatric Lead Nurse and a Professional Development nurse to guide and support you in conjunction with an allocated mentor.
Within 2 years of joining the Trust you will be offered the following courses:
PILS (Paediatric immediate life support)
TILS (Trauma immediate life support)
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
These training opportunities and more offer the ideal stepping stone to a junior sister role –we are keen to develop and support nursing growth.
Applications from newly qualified nurses will be considered
Main duties of the job
Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role.
If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.
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
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical Responsibilities
1. Assess, plan and implement care for children on arrival to the treatment area and prioritise need for clinical intervention after the appropriate training.
2. To develop an area of clinical interest to improve the care & services offered to children and their families.
3. Maintain effective communication with colleagues and patients and their families, assessing and supporting children and their families with understanding of their illness, health promotion and prevention of future illness.
4. To ensure the safe administration of medicines in accordance with local policy and NMC guidelines, including Patient Group Directions.
5. Provide support for children/young people and their families. Direct them to relevant services if appropriate.
6. To ensure high standards of patient care at all times.
7. Ensure an appropriate, welcoming and safe environment is provided for children and their families. As much as possible, this should be audio-visually separate from adults and in line with National Service Framework recommendations.
8. To develop and keep clinical knowledge and skills updated, including developing and maintaining extended clinical role skills, following appropriate training.
9. Assist in the identification of any child protection issues and make referrals to appropriate multidisciplinary team members including social services.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
10. NMC Registered Nurse CHILD or on an approved university based nursing course leading to registration with the NMC in the next 3 months
Desirable criteria
11. BSc or working towards
12. PILS/APLS
13. Emergency Nursing Module
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
14. Nursing and assessment skills
15. Good verbal and written communication skills
16. Ability to work as a team member
Desirable criteria
17. IV Drug administration competency (competency can be undertaken in post)
18. Cannulation
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
19. Knowledge of nursing models
20. Practices in line with the NMC Code of Conduct and guidelines.
21. Awareness of the current issues within Emergency nursing.
22. Able to deliver safe medicines practice.
Desirable criteria
23. Post qualification nursing experience
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:
24. 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.
25. Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
26. Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
27. Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
28. Participate in required training and supervision.
29. 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.