Deputy Charge Nurse - Paediatrics

NHS Scotland; Wishaw; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a Deputy Charge Nurse to support the Ward Manager in delivering high-quality paediatric care. You will assess care needs, develop and evaluate care programmes, and lead a team in a dynamic 24-hour unit.

You will ensure NMC standards are met, lead clinical practice improvement through audit, and manage resources efficiently. The role requires shift flexibility including days, nights, and weekends.

Qualifications

• Registered Childrens Nurse with valid NMC registration.
• Educated to/working towards/operating at degree level.
• Post graduate expertise within specialty/area of practice to lead safety and efficiency.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs and develop programmes of care.
• Lead and participate in audit and research to improve practice.
• Manage paediatric unit operations ensuring 24-hour service.
• Discharge planning starts at admission for elective and emergency patients.
• Ensure evidence-based practice aligns with national standards.

Skills

NMC Registration

Degree level

Paediatric care

Audit & research

Education

Degree in Nursing

Postgraduate qualification in Paediatrics

Job description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services. We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

As part of the multi-disciplinary Team the postholder will have responsibility of assessment of care needs and the development of programmes of care, and/or the implementation and evaluation of these programmes ensuring the delivery of a high quality of service and care for patients. The postholder will provide nursing care in a paediatric setting in accordance with the philosophy and policies outlined by the NMC and to effectively manage the service within his/her control. The postholder will be expected to participate and lead where appropriate, research and audit initiatives that will ensure best practice and the delivery of a responsible effective and efficient service.

The Roll Of The Deputy Charge Nurse Is To Aid The Ward Manager In Leading The Ward Team In Providing The Best Possible Patient Care By

• Being a positive role model.
• Motivating the team, ensuring that each member’s expertise is valued, developed and used to the full.
• Developing clinical practice through audit, research and critically reviewing existing ways of working.
• Ensuring efficient and effective uses of resources.
• To support the ward managers in the provision of paediatric nursing care in accordance with the philosophy and polices outline in the NMC
• To take charge of the unit as required in the absence of the Ward Managers.
• Responsible without supervision for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care.

The working pattern for this role involves Days/Nights/Weekends

In This Key Role, You Will

• Maintain and where possible improve standards of patient care by assessment of care needs including the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
• The postholder must be fully complaint with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and other relevant guidance documents, which support and maintain standards of professional practice for nurse and midwives.
• Participate in the day to day management of Paediatric Unit; ensuring acceptable standards of service is achieved throughout 24 hour period.
• Ensure that the process of care planning, including discharge planning, begins prior to (for elective patients) or (for emergency patients) at the point of admission.
• Ensure that as far as possible clinical practice is based on evidence of effectiveness and reflects agreed best practice eg National Standards.

What You'll Bring

• Registered Childrens Nurse with valid NMC Registration
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.

What We Offer

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Stephanie Ferrie, Charge Nurse on [e-mail]

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Jessica Murphy, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail]

Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.

Please note, CVs will not be accepted.