Charge Nurse/Sister Paediatric ED

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in Lancashire is seeking a dedicated nurse for their Emergency Department to provide urgent care for children and families. This role requires flexible shift patterns and involvement in an established paediatric nursing team. The ideal candidate should have experience in emergency nursing and a commitment to maintaining high standards of care. Opportunities for professional development are available.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Team-based environment

Qualifications

• Accountable for ensuring high-quality nursing care.
• Experience in emergency nursing, particularly for children.
• Compliance with infection prevention policies.

Responsibilities

• Manage and uphold health and safety standards.
• Participate in pre-hospital care deployment.
• Report and document incidents.

Job description

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. We provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries. We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

Job purpose

Accountable within the team for ensuring that the standard of nursing care is of a high level, quality being of prime importance. Ensure adherence to agreed Trust policies. Primarily to provide emergency nursing to children and their families attending A&E and to support provision of care to all client groups. Provide support to the junior nursing team providing clinical/safeguarding supervision. Infection prevention and control: The post holder must comply with all relevant policies, procedures and training on infection prevention and control.

Responsibilities

• Manage activities to meet requirements: maintain policies/protocols/standards; uphold Health and Safety for all staff, patients, visitors and the multidisciplinary team following the Trust's policy; adhere to the Control of Infection policy; maintain knowledge of department emergency procedures, equipment and major incident plan.
• Participate in the deployment of a mobile team in the pre-hospital care setting; attend yearly updates for all statutory training; maintain a healthy, safe and productive work environment.
• Report and document accidents, incidents and losses.

About the role location and team

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people. Successful applicants will join an established paediatric nursing team, working within a designated childrens area in the Emergency Department. This is a fully rotational post and will be a shift pattern of days, nights, weekends and public holidays to ensure 24 hour paediatric nursing cover at all times within the Emergency Department. Blackpool has a busy Emergency Department with opportunities for learning and development. The department offers a modern facility with dedicated paediatric areas and opportunities for professional development supported by in-house programmes.

Benefits and working patterns

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• Opportunities for professional development and clinical/safeguarding supervision.
• Team-based environment across the emergency department.

Additional information

If the role requires a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, this will be administered as part of pre-employment checks. Costs may be deducted from salary or paid upfront. Details vary by role and DBS check level. DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions. You may be invited to register for the DBS update service to avoid future disclosures. Please read the Person Specification attached with the vacancy. The Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy on premises. The Trust does not offer interview expenses unless indicated in the advert.