Overview
The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital (RACH) is located on the Royal Sussex County Hospital site in Brighton. In June 2007 RACH opened on the current site in its state-of-the-art facility. It has won an international design award and continues offering pioneering children’s care. RACH has a long history of progressive and innovative children’s care, embracing medicine, nursing and related professions, children’s nurse training and research. It is one of the leading children’s centres on the South Coast and has a 24-hour dedicated children’s emergency department. RACH works closely with the neonatal service providing support and services for neonates such as surgery. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dedicated team player to join our dynamic paediatric departments. Our Day Case Ward is a busy unit which cares for children having surgery or investigations and treatment of medical conditions from a wide range of specialties. We are looking for a committed, adaptable, hard-working Children’s Nurse with good interpersonal and communication skills.
Responsibilities
* Maintain effective communication with carers about routine and daily activities of the children in designated area.
* Negotiate sensitively with children and their carers, particularly if there are any barriers to understanding.
* Behave in a consistent manner with children and their carers, multi-disciplinary team and the public.
* Communicate with children in a manner appropriate to their age and stage of development and with their carers.
* Articulate current status of all children in their care to the nurse in charge on each shift, and to the children’s services bleep holder as required and to the multi-disciplinary team when in charge.
* Demonstrate use of basic IT skills to complete details of admission/discharge of patients.
* Write precise, accurate and timely nursing records.
* Listen actively and respond appropriately to information given.
* Take part in and lead shift handovers, ensuring relevant detail is communicated to the team.
* Recognise when own or others' behaviour is not acceptable and take action to address this effectively.
Qualifications and requirements
We are looking for a committed, adaptable, hard-working Children’s Nurse with good interpersonal and communication skills.
Organisation and culture
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. We have staff Networks, can offer a buddy to help new members settle in, and we are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust. We treat patients and staff with compassion and empathy, and we support Wellbeing programmes for staff to help them look after themselves so they can look after others. As a university trust and leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training to help staff grow and develop. We hope you choose UHSussex for a long and rewarding career where you feel valued for all you do. We look forward to receiving your application.
Candidate Information
Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/
For further details or informal visits contact: Ruth de mello, Ward Manager. Email: ruth.demello@nhs.net, Tel: 01273 696955
Job details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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