Paediatric Emergency Care Nurse

NHS; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department, focusing on paediatric care. This role offers the chance to develop your skills and competencies while providing high-quality care to children in an acute setting. You will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal outcomes for young patients and their families.

Qualifications

• Post-registration experience in an acute setting required.
• Ability to recognize a sick child and work in a multidisciplinary team.
• Evidence of teaching and developing staff is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care needs and maintain clinical standards.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate family-centered care.
• Act as an advocate for children and their families.

Skills

Decision-making

Ability to manage various patient conditions

Understanding of clinical governance

Education

Registered Nurse - Child

Specialist training including short courses

Safeguarding level 3

Mentorship

APLS

Job description

Job Summary

This is your opportunity to help shape the future for children attending the Emergency Department.

Are you ambitious and a focused person already working in an acute setting?

Are you looking for a development opportunity?

This is your opportunity to help shape the future for children attending the Emergency Department.

Main Duties of the Job

• You must be highly motivated and willing to take on new challenges in paediatric emergency care.
• You must be willing to participate in health promotion to care for the children of our community.
• Have continuing responsibility for the delivery of care needs and maintenance of clinical standards on the ward/dept.
• Support all grades of staff, planning and directing activities to provide the optimal standard of care.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate evidence-based, holistic, family-centred care with the multidisciplinary team for children and young people.
• Act as an advocate on behalf of children and their families.
• Ensure that the ward/dept. is clean and provides a safe environment for children, parents, and staff.
• The aim of this post is to gain competencies, knowledge, skills, and experience in ED to progress to leadership level.

About Us

We operate from three main hospitals: Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, along with community health care premises including Millom Hospital, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and RLI offer a range of general hospital services, including full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units, and various consultant-led services.

WGH provides general hospital services, an Urgent Treatment Centre, and helps with non-life-threatening conditions.

All three hospitals provide outpatient, diagnostic, therapeutic, day case, and inpatient surgical services, along with community outreach services across Morecambe Bay.

Details

Date posted: 21 May 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 per year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 331-L16740525

Location: Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Ashton Road, Lancaster, LA1 4RP

Job Responsibilities

For detailed information about the role and main duties, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification under the supporting documents. Visit our website at https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Nurse - Child, Specialist training including short courses
• Desirable: Safeguarding level 3, Mentorship, APLS

Experience

• Essential: Post-registration experience in an acute setting, ability to recognize a sick child, ability to work in MDT
• Desirable: Evidence of teaching and developing staff

Skills

• Essential: Decision-making, ability to manage various patient conditions, understanding of clinical governance
• Desirable: Minor injuries skills

Additional Requirements

This post is subject to a DBS check and current UK professional registration. For more information, visit the NHS Careers website.