Key responsibilities include documenting patient details, delivering holistic nursing care, involving children and their carers in care planning, coordinating patient discharges, recognizing clinical emergencies, and ensuring safe use of medical equipment. The department is recognized for its consistent high performance, making it an excellent opportunity for nurses looking to advance their careers in emergency nursing.
Career in Emergency Nursing?
We are excited to announce there is an opportunity for an Experienced Registered Children's Nurses to join our OUTSTANDING Children's Emergency Department in the heart of East London.
You will be joining a team that is one of the highest performing Emergency departments in the UK, that achieves consistently good clinical engagement, patient flow and has an OUTSTANDING rating at CQC.
We are looking for Registered Children's Nurses; who have completed their preceptorship program. Experience in A&E is desirable but not essential. Our nurses should be enthusiastic, confident and self-motivated nurses who possess excellent communication skills and enjoy a challenge.
You will be supported by a dedicated team of practice development nurses, senior nurses and a strong education ethos. We will deliver a key career pathway and emergency nursing specialty training in order to give you grounding in your career. Please review the attached document 'career development pathway for ED Nurses' for more information
Main duties include:
- To document all patient details to the required standard in relation to the admission, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care using the EPR system where appropriate.
- To deliver a high standard of holistic nursing care.
- To communicate with children and their carers, involving them in the planning and delivery of care.
- To co-ordinate patient discharges, including health promotion education.
- To identify clinical emergencies as required, ensuring that he/she is up to date with CPR training.
- To use medical equipment safely and competently and to supervise others in its use.
- To record and interpret vital signs, taking required action when they demonstrate deterioration
About us
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
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