Junior Sister / Charge Nurse Paediatric Burns Unit - Band 6 (6) - Paediatric Burns - Chelsea an[...]

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust seeks a passionate Band 6 Paediatric Nurse for the only Paediatric Burns Unit in London. This role offers the opportunity to provide exceptional care to children with burn injuries, ensuring a supportive environment for both staff and patients. Candidates with a commitment to teaching and learning are encouraged to apply, even if they lack prior burn care experience.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a clinical team in practice.
• Substantial experience in Burns or plastic surgery.
• Experience with electronic patient records.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small group of staff under Band 7 support.
• Lead on complex clinical care for burns patients.
• Coordinate referrals and transfers across networks.

Skills

Ability to demonstrate initiative

Ability to plan and prioritise workload

Commitment to teaching and learning

IT skills

Evidence of collaborative work

Education

Post registration education in Burns Care

Job description

We are an award winning organisation providing care at two main hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—and a number of community-based services across London, such as sexual health and HIV clinics.

With 6,700 members of staff, we are proud to care for a diverse population of one million people. We are committed to ensuring that our workforce is just as diverse with a strong mix of skills and abilities.

Our staff are at the very heart of our organisation and we recognise the valuable contribution that each and every person working at the Trust makes. One of our Trust priorities is to be an employer of choice—a place where people want to start their career and to grow with us through continued education, professional development and support .

Junior Sister / Charge Nurse Paediatric Burns Unit - Band 6

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Main area Paediatric Burns Grade 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week) Job ref 289-PC-25

Site Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Town London Salary £44,806 - £53,134 incl. HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 01/06/2025 23:59

Job overview

Junior Sister / Charge Nurse Paediatric Burns Unit - Band 6

The Paediatric Burns Unit at Chelsea and Westminster are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 Paediatric Nurse to join their team.

Mars Ward is the only Paediatric Burns Unit in London, and treats thousands of children every year. It is a 6 bedded unit, with one HDU bed, accepting children with up to 30% partial thickness burn injuries. There is also a nurse led dressing clinic adjacent to the ward, seeing up to 30 patients per day.

We offer a range of burns courses such as: Burns Management Study day, the Foundations of Burns Care Course, Emergency Management of Severe Burns and the Burns and Plastics Pathway.

The hours for this post consist of Long days and Long nights and weekend working.

If you are passionate about wound care and want to provide excellent, compassionate and dynamic care to patients and their families, we would like you to join us!

If you are interested however have not worked in burn care before please do not hesitate to apply. We are very enthusiastic about teaching and will give you all the tools needed in order for you to feel comfortable as a senior staff nurse on the burns unit.

PLEASE NOTE ADVERT WILL CLOSE AFTER SUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED

Main duties of the job

The Burns Unit at Chelsea and Westminster hospital is somewhere you will gain skills in paediatric burns care, outpatients and HDU.

We offer a friendly and supportive working environment and work with a dynamic multidisciplinary team where education is seen as a priority. If you want to provide excellent, compassionate and dynamic care to patients and their families, we would like you to join our team.

This Senior Staff Nurse post will be a clinical post; taking charge of the ward, completing referrals, working closely with the multidisciplinary team, though making autonomous decisions where appropriate. You will provide support to junior members of staff, ensuring shifts are safely staffed and that the nurses on duty have the experience and support to care for our complex patients. The role will also involve assisting the ward sisters to implement change, completing audits, education and assisting the appraisal and revalidation of junior nurses.

Working for our organisation

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• To manage a small group of staff under the support of a Band 7
• Role model excellent burns skills and management
• Active participation in the MDT meetings
• Demonstrate the Trust values
• Be a clinical expert developing practice in line with national and international guidelines
• Assist the Clinical Specialist Nurse in education and improvement.

1. Clinical

• Assist on the assessing planning and implementing high quality burns care and evaluating care options for patients in line with the Trust values and objectives
• Lead on the complex clinical care for burns patients and provide sound evidence based clinical advice as required to staff and patients
• To ensure that nursing documentation is maintained to a high standard. Be a competent user of and participate in the ongoing development of the Electronic Patient Record.
• Ensure the safe custody, maintenance and administration of medication, in accordance with established Trust policy
• Promote and maintain patient and staff safety at all times.
• Coordinate the referral and transfer of burns patients across the London and Southeast Burns Network.
• Coordinate discharges and transfers, promoting timely and safe processes for them
• Ensure that patient flow and the management of beds is effective and safe and write discharge summaries for day case admissions
• Ensure the delivery of high quality end of life care in line with national guidelines.
• Maintain a good understanding and implementation of clinical escalation procedures as required
• Ensure that the team promote and adhere to the Trust safeguarding polices and assist in the detection, management and prevention of safeguarding issues
• Undertake effective multi professionally work with colleagues to deliver high quality care. Including the participation of Clinical Governance.
• Coordinate and manage outpatients both on the ward and in burns dressing clinic.
• Work with clinical lead and ward sisters to collect and disseminate information with other members of the MDT
• Maintain a safe working environment, including ensuring equipment is safe, and used in line with Trust policy and values
• Have an awareness of current professional and clinical developments within the field of burns and promote this to others.

2. Leadership and management:

2.1 Work closely with the ward sisters and deputise for them in their absence which will involve being the shift co-ordinator for the unit on a regular basis.

2.2 Manage ward staffing on a day to day basis to ensure effective use of resources (including the prudent use of bank and agency staff)

2.3 Assist the Band 7s with the management of a team of junior staff.

2.4 Maintain team records of sickness, appraisals and revalidation.

2.6 To be a preceptor to Burns Unit staff members and other staff allocated to the team, including nursing students and post registration course members.

2.7 Orientate new staff and professional visitors to the burns service.

2.8 Participate in the recruitment and selection of new staff.

2.9 Assist in the management of change within the Unit.

2.10 Ensure cost effective use of resources including ordering of supplies and promote an awareness of cost effectiveness in other staff.

2.11Maintain and assist in the development of unit information systems and computer literacy skills in oneself and others.

2.12 Work within policies and procedures ratified within the Trust and Unit. Become familiar with new policies and procedures and know how to access them as required.

2.17 Maintain a safe and acceptable environment to patients, reporting and taking appropriate action on any hazards, incidents, faulty equipment or inadequate standards of cleaning.

2.18 To ensure safe custody and administration of drugs in accordance with Trust policies and procedures and in liaison with the pharmacy team.

2.19 To assist in local audit and feeding information back to all members of the MDT

3. Education & research:

• To be aware of the educational needs of student nurses acting as a mentor and assessors. Work in close liaison with the Clinical Nurse Specialist in educating staff.
• Conduct regular appraisals for staff member within the team.
• Assist in the orientation and development of new staff to the area, including the acting as a mentor or preceptor.
• Assist with the organisation of and participate in educational activities (e.g. Team Teaching Tuesdays) within the clinical area.
• Be involved in any research based projects which may be undertaken within the burns service.
• Recognise and use spontaneous learning opportunities
• Participate in clinical supervision / acting as supervisor
• Assist the Clinical Nurse Specialist in the education of all staff including burns competencies
• To attend appropriate education programmes to develop oneself and team in accordance with the needs of the service.
• To adhere at all times to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, and maintain professional registration
• Ensure mandatory training is completed yearly and a satisfactory appraisal is in date
• Undertake a professional development plan and demonstrate achievement of objectives
• Ensure adherence to Trust policy and local guidelines at all times
• Role model Trust values at all times

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Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• Post registration education in relevant speciality eg Burns Course / Critical care

Skills and knowledge

• Ability to demonstrate initiative.
• Ability to plan and prioritise own and others workload when under pressure.
• Ability to plan and prioritise own workload and work autonomously
• Commitment to teaching and learning for self and others
• IT skills e.g., word, excel, outlook and hospital database experience
• Evidence of ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Commitment to teaching and learning for self and others
• Commitment to quality initiatives and research
• Approachable & polite

Experience

• Experience leading all /part of a clinical team in practice.
• Experience of teaching and supporting learners including students and new starters.
• Substantial experience working in Burns or plastic surgery
• Experience of working with an electronic patient record and other basic IT systems
• Awareness and understanding of Safeguarding processes and protocols
• Wide variety of clinical experience.

Important

• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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The recruitment team are available to provide support from 9am–5pm, Mon–Fri. To contact the team please call the Trust switchboard and ask for ‘Recruitment team, Human Resources Department’.