Children's Ambulatory Care and Outpatient Unit Staff Nurse (CACOU)

NHS; Camberley; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a keen and enthusiastic Band 5 Staff Nurse with an RNC qualification for the Children’s Ambulatory Care and Outpatient Unit. The role involves providing excellent care to children and young people, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, and focusing on professional development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive in-house and external training opportunities

Flexible working patterns

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Registered on the NMC Register as a Children's Nurse.
• Evidence of relevant post registration training and development.
• Experience in an acute setting or ward.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, family-centred care to children undergoing elective surgery.
• Plan, deliver, and supervise compassionate care.
• Support development of clinical procedures and best practices.

Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Leadership

Education

Registered Children's RNC Nurse

Tools

Windows 10

Job description

Children's Ambulatory Care and Outpatient Unit Staff Nurse (CACOU)

We are seeking to recruit a keen and enthusiastic Band 5 Staff Nurse with an RNC qualification in the Children's Ambulatory Care and Outpatient Unit.

We are a very friendly team who are passionate about providing excellent care for Children and Young people and their families.

Our Children's Ambulatory Care and Outpatient Unit caters for all disciplines within the Child Health Department and offers opportunities to work alongside teams offering a truly multidisciplinary approach to health care including nurse led clinics, supporting Specialist Nurses, Services are provided cross site within the CCG.

We offer a full range of education opportunities internal and external to maintain your continued professional development (CPD), including learning new skills in Venepuncture and Cannulation, Central Line management, and also Medicines Management in all aspects (IV and Oral). We want someone who is driven to help develop our Ambulatory service, and offer the best possible experience children and young people can have in the hospital setting.

For the role you should hold an RGN/RNCB qualification.

We can offer comprehensive in-house and external training opportunities to enhance your personal development.

Main duties of the job

• You will be required to work across multiple locations within the CCG, primarily based at FPH, while also supporting Brants Bridge and WXP sites, including outreach services as needed. Provide high-quality, family-centred care to children undergoing planned elective day surgery in the day surgical unit, ensuring their physical and emotional needs are met. Take responsibility for planning, delivering, and supervising safe, compassionate care, continuously evaluating its effectiveness and making improvements where necessary. Contribute to the efficient operation of the Department by demonstrating strong leadership qualities, fostering an environment that is open, transparent, and trustworthy. Support colleagues in developing clinical procedures, ambulatory care pathways, and best practices to ensure consistent, effective delivery of services to children and young people within the Trust. Uphold NHS standards by maintaining safeguarding, confidentiality, and infection control measures, while promoting a positive, supportive environment for patients, families, and staff alike.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job responsibilities

For further information relating to the tasks and responsibilities of this role please refer to the attached job description/person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Children's RNC Nurse on NMC Register.

Experience

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to overcome barriers to communication.
• Able to motivate, coach and encourage others
• Good organisational skills and able to prioritise and delegate.
• Confident in dealing with challenging situations.
• Administration of IV medication
• Experience in an acute setting and or ward with anaphylaxis knowledge (or working towards)
• Central venous access management

Skills & Knowledge

• Evidence of relevant post registration training and development.
• Knowledge and experience of Windows 10

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.

£15,524 to £18,898 a yearper annum incl HCAS