Junior Sister - Paediatrics

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust is seeking a professional Pediatric Nurse to lead the Ward, ensuring quality patient care and providing guidance to staff. The ideal candidate will demonstrate clinical leadership and possess relevant nursing qualifications. This role offers an opportunity to work in a collaborative environment while maintaining a work-life balance in beautiful Herefordshire.

Qualifications

• Previous experience within relevant clinical areas.
• Experience of teaching within clinical areas.

Responsibilities

• Promote high-quality patient care by providing leadership.
• Implement and evaluate Clinical Governance.
• Monitor clinical workload and manage staffing levels.
• Ensure adherence to health and safety policies.
• Communicate complex information effectively.

Skills

Effective communication

Leadership ability

Time management

Problem-solving

Planning and organizational skills

Education

RSCN/ Registered Nurse Children (RNC)

Teaching and assessing qualification

Evidence of continuing professional development

EPLS or equivalent

Job description

To be responsible for promoting and implementing practice conducive to the development of high quality patient care by providing professional, clinical and managerial leadership within the Paediatrics at Wye ValleyNhs Trust and to take charge of the Ward in the absence of the Ward Manager.

To provide support, education and guidance to all staff within the Paediatric ward, Paediatric OPD, Paediatric ED and Paediatric Assessment Unit.

Main duties of the job

Implement and evaluate the impact of Clinical Governance within the Ward.

To support the Senior Sister in the implementation of their role.

To demonstrate clinical, professional and managerial leadership.

To demonstrate an up to date knowledge of national and local professional issues.

To monitor and report on clinical and professional standards and take action where appropriate as required.

To ensure effective liaison and professional relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary teams and work closely with other health care professionals.

To ensure adherence to the Trust's health and Safety Policies.

To monitor, manage and report clinical workload to ensure the effective deployment of manpower, taking all possible actions to minimise risk when optimum staffing levels are not available.

To undertake any other duties required by the line manager appropriate to the Band and relevant to the post.

To minimise hazards in the working area and report any identifiable hazards to the line manager. To adhere to all safe systems of work applicable to the work area.

To seek the views of patients and carers and ensure they are incorporated into proposed developments.

Effectively communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information to the multidisciplinary team gaining their co-operation.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Experience

• Previous experience within relevant clinical areas
• Experience of teaching within clinical areas

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people
• Leadership ability
• Time management of self and others
• Demonstrate an ability to problem solve complex situations
• Sound understanding of current nursing, general and paediatric issues
• Planning and organisational skills for a range of complex activities

Education & Qualifications

• RSCN/ Registered Nurse Children (RNC)
• Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development at post graduate level and short courses in specialist area.
• EPLS or equivalent

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.