Band 6: £44,806 to £53,134 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
PERMANENT
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FAMILY MENTAL HEALTH NHS NMC PARAMEDIC ROLE MODEL
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Opportunity for Continuous Professional Development, The role provides access to various training courses (APLS, HDU, leadership, and in-house courses) to enhance clinical skills and competencies.
Team-Centric Work Environment, Staff wellbeing is prioritized, with organized fun and inspiring team days, fostering a supportive and collaborative workplace.
Involvement in High-Quality Patient Care, Being part of a top-performing Trust and Emergency Department ensures high standards of patient care and a focus on quality indicators.
Mentorship and Leadership Role, The position allows for the supervision of junior staff and students, aiding in their professional growth and development.
Diverse Clinical Responsibilities, The role includes a variety of clinical tasks such as assessing, planning, and implementing care for children, ensuring a dynamic work experience.
Focus on Child and Family Care, The position emphasizes creating a safe and welcoming environment for children and their families and providing support during their care journey.
Contribution to Service Improvement, The role involves participating in audits, clinical risk management, and the development of new initiatives, allowing nurses to have a direct impact on nursing practice.
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Paediatric ED Senior Staff Nurse/Junior Sister (Band 6) to join their team in London. This role involves assessing and prioritizing the needs of children upon arrival to the emergency department, planning and implementing individualized care plans, and supervising junior staff and students. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining high standards of patient care, effective communication with healthcare colleagues, and ensuring safe and accurate medication administration according to guidelines. Additionally, they will provide support to patients and families, assist in identifying child protection concerns, and contribute to maintaining a welcoming and safe environment for paediatric patients.
In this full-time or part-time permanent position, the Trust emphasises staff development and wellbeing, offering various training opportunities, including advanced paediatric life support (APLS) and leadership courses. The role also includes managerial responsibilities, such as mentoring junior staff, managing departmental workflows, and participating in quality initiatives and audits to enhance nursing practices. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a commitment to compassionate care and the ongoing improvement of paediatric services.
In this full-time or part-time permanent position, the Trust emphasises staff development and wellbeing, offering various training opportunities, including advanced paediatric life support (APLS) and leadership courses. The role also includes managerial responsibilities, such as mentoring junior staff, managing departmental workflows, and participating in quality initiatives and audits to enhance nursing practices. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a commitment to compassionate care and the ongoing improvement of paediatric services.
Opportunity for Continuous Professional Development, The role provides access to various training courses (APLS, HDU, leadership, and in-house courses) to enhance clinical skills and competencies.
Team-Centric Work Environment, Staff wellbeing is prioritized, with organized fun and inspiring team days, fostering a supportive and collaborative workplace.
Involvement in High-Quality Patient Care, Being part of a top-performing Trust and Emergency Department ensures high standards of patient care and a focus on quality indicators.
Mentorship and Leadership Role, The position allows for the supervision of junior staff and students, aiding in their professional growth and development.
Diverse Clinical Responsibilities, The role includes a variety of clinical tasks such as assessing, planning, and implementing care for children, ensuring a dynamic work experience.
Focus on Child and Family Care, The position emphasizes creating a safe and welcoming environment for children and their families and providing support during their care journey.
Contribution to Service Improvement, The role involves participating in audits, clinical risk management, and the development of new initiatives, allowing nurses to have a direct impact on nursing practice.
Band 6 - Junior Sister
Contract - Permanent
Full-Time & Part-time available
Are you an experienced, motivated and enthusiastic children's emergency nurse? If so then we would love to meet you.We are looking for someone who will bring a positive attitude to the Trust and can demonstrate a kind and compassionate attitude.
We will support you in developing your clinical skills and competencies with the support of our paediatric senior nurses in the form of APLS, HDU course, leadership courses, and a variety of inspiring in house courses such as Mental health, Plastering and UCC skills and triage study day among others. Staff wellbeing is high on the agenda as we have run a series of fun and inspiring team days over the summer.
We take great pride in being part of a top performing Trust and top performing Emergency Department. We are committed to ensuring quality patient care whilst achieving the national emergency department care quality indicators and targets.
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.
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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical Responsibilities
- Assess children on arrival in the treatment area and prioritise need for clinical intervention. Plan, implement and evaluate care regimes for individual children providing quick and effective flow through the department
- Supervise junior staff and students in all aspects of care, ensuring they have the knowledge, skills and resources to carry out care delegated to them.
- Maintain effective communication with nursing, ancillary, medical and paramedical colleagues
- To ensure the safe administration of medicines in accordance with local policy and NMC guidelines, including Patient Group Directions
- To ensure high standards of patient care at all times and to assist in monitoring and maintaining quality care initiatives
- To maintain the privacy and dignity of children/young people throughout their time in the Emergency Department
- To develop an area of clinical interest and provide nursing expertise to improve the care & services offered to children and their families
- 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
- To develop and keep clinical knowledge and skills updated, including developing and maintaining extended clinical role skills, following appropriate training
- Maintain safe and effective discharge procedures, liaising with other relevant healthcare/support professionals including primary care staff according to the individual childs needs.
- Provide support for children/young people and their families. Direct them to relevant services if appropriate
- Assist in the identification of any child protection issues and make referrals to appropriate multidisciplinary team members including social services
Managerial Responsibilities
- Organise his/her own work and assist junior staff in managing their workload.
- Act as an effective role model, mentor and preceptor to junior staff and students.
- Ensure that nursing procedures and policies are followed. Ensure prescribed medical treatments are carried out, reporting any changes in a childs clinical condition.
- Regularly take charge of a group of children.
- Inform the Shift leader / Lead Nurse of any activity in the department which affects patient care and department flow.
- Maintain an awareness of clinical and professional developments in nursing and contribute to and participate in audits, clinical risk and quality initiatives.
- Participate in the development and implementation of new initiatives and contribute to the development of nursing practice within the department.
- Report accidents/incidents and complaints to the paediatric lead nurse or in his/her absence, the shift leader. Complete relevant documentation.
- Actively assist in the investigation of complaints if required.
- Assist in the management of resources in an effective and efficient manner, awareness of budgets and financial implications affecting the department.
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