Nursing Assistant - Paediatric ED

NHS; Redhill; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at NHS as a Band 3 Senior Nursing Assistant in the Paediatric Emergency Department. This role offers the opportunity to provide high-quality care to patients while enhancing your clinical skills through internal training. Ideal candidates will have experience in an acute hospital and a commitment to patient care, with pathways for career advancement to Registered Nurse.

Benefits

Career development pathways

Internal training courses

Flexible working

Strong emphasis on health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• Experience in an acute hospital setting preferred.
• Evidence of essential experience for the role.
• Meet essential education/qualifications required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of care to patients in the Paediatric Emergency Department.
• Support nursing assistants to enhance their clinical skills.
• Participate in career development pathways towards Registered Nursing Associate.

Skills

Written English

Patient Care

Education

Mandatory professional/clinical registration

Job description

If you want to work in a fast paced environment, with the opportunity to make a real difference for patients at a most stressful time in their lives, come and join us.

We have a dynamic and supportive team which consists of Adult and Paediatric nurses, Registered Nursing Associates, doctors, Advanced Practitioners, Emergency Care Practitioners, Senior Nursing Assistants and Nursing Assistants.

Your role as a Band 3 Senior nursing assistant will consist of you being part of a team that delivers high standards of care to our patients and their carers while in the Paediatric Emergency Department.

The Emergency Department proactively supports nursing assistant to enhance their clinical skills through internal training courses.

The Trust also offers career development pathways for nursing assistants to become a Registered Nursing Associate through the Training Nursing Associate programme.

There is also further opportunity to continue this to becoming a Registered Nurse.

Ideally you will have some experience of working in an acute hospital. In return we will support you to develop your skills in an emergency care environment.

If you are interested but want to find out more we welcome informal visits to enable you to get a feel for the department and the team. We look forward to meeting you.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We are a leading local employer with a diverse workforce of approximately 6,000 staff, dedicated to providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 780,000 individuals.

Our Trust provides both emergency and planned healthcare across East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon - covering towns like Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill. Our main hospital, East Surrey in Redhill, offers a full range of acute and specialist services and is also the closest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport. We also provide outpatient, diagnostic, and planned care services at sites including The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Oxted Health Centre, Crawley Hospital, and Horsham Hospital.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Criteria

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

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.

£24,625 to £25,674 a yearplus high cost allowance