Senior Staff Nurse • London St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nSenior Staff Nurse with St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in London, United Kingdom\n\n Job summary o To support and deputise for the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse to ensure the provision of excellent nursing care and the effective management of staff and other resources. o To carry out the day-to-day management and co-ordination of the ward/department. o To ensure that there are education and training opportunities for all staff, including pre and post registration students. o Act as an advocate for child and family. o Provide unsupervised nursing care. Main duties of the job St. Georges Healthcare University Trust Childrens Services are looking to recruit: Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse for Paediatric day care - Jungle ward We are looking for an experienced children's nurse who has the appropriate skills and knowledge help manage our very busy Paediatric Day Ward. The successfully candidate will be expected to deliver expert nursing care, advice and support children and their families and our junior staff. The post holder will work together with our multidisciplinary teams to provide holistic care to the children having medical and surgical day procedures. The role will involve coordinating care and treatments while ensuring smooth flow of services with kindness and compassion. The post will require an individual who is confident and sufficiently experienced to work with a degree of clinical independence while helping managing a team of skilled nurses and liaising with unit consultants. We would like the candidates to have day care or A&E experience. If you are interested in this post please contact Christine Wood, Paediatric Matron 0208 725 3930 christine.wood@stgeorges.nhs.uk Tom Acker, Paediatric Matron 0208 725 3930 tom.acker@stgeorges.nhs.uk About us With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre. Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role. Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role. Person Specification Qualifications Essential RN child Desirable Degree in Nursing mentorship Essential mentorship course Desirable teaching / preceptorship experience safeguarding Essential demonstrate understanding of safeguarding Desirable safeguarding level 3 management Essential demonstrate ward management experience Desirable management course health and safety Essential demonstrate understanding of H&S role Desirable H&S course iv drug administration Essential IV course Desirable experience with iv medication cannulation and venepuncture Essential experince with C&V Desirable V &C course 2 years post reg experience Essential 2 years post reg experience Desirable 3 years post reg experience Person Specification Qualifications Essential RN child Desirable Degree in Nursing mentorship Essential mentorship course Desirable teaching / preceptorship experience safeguarding Essential demonstrate understanding of safeguarding Desirable safeguarding level 3 management Essential demonstrate ward management experience Desirable management course health and safety Essential demonstrate understanding of H&S role Desirable H&S course iv drug administration Essential IV course Desirable experience with iv medication cannulation and venepuncture Essential experince with C&V Desirable V &C course 2 years post reg experience Essential 2 years post reg experience Desirable 3 years post reg experience Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see Additional information UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see Employer details Employer name St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Address Jungle Ward Blackshaw Road Tooting SW17 0QT Employer's website "}