Paediatric Junior Sister/Charge Nurse

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Ilford; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust in East London is seeking a part-time Paediatric Nurse Lead to provide clinical leadership to a designated nursing team, delivering family-centred care to babies, children and young people across specialties.

The post requires RSCN / RN Child registration, supervision/assessor, ongoing professional development, and a track record caring for children with complex long-term conditions. Night and weekend shifts are included.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication Skills.
• Effective interpersonal and excellent communication skills including deliberation on complex matters and issues.
• Proven ability to deal with difficult situations.
• Excellent organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to a designated nursing team.
• Deliver highest standard of family-centred care to children and families.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team to support patient care.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Education

RSCN / RN Child registration

Practice supervisor/Assessor

Job description

The contract is for a permanent part-time role at 0.53 WTE = 6 shifts per month of 11.5 hours a shift. PASSU is fast paced area with a varied patient profile, providing high-quality nursing care for Babies, Children and Young People under different specialities including, General Paediatrics, Paediatric Oncology, Orthopaedics, Acute mental health and General Paediatric Surgery. The ethos of the unit is working in partnership with the children and their families. The post holder will have every opportunity to develop new skills and knowledge, working closely with all multi-disciplinary team members. Staff are also encouraged and given the opportunity to continue their professional development through attendance on relevant courses in Barts Education Academy, and externally, with City St George's and London Southbank Universities. Barts Health has a busy and demanding Children's service, requiring staff to be flexible in their working. The post holder will be required to work within a challenging clinical environment and undertake shift work which will include nights and weekends.

To provide clinical leadership to a designated nursing team ensuring the delivery of the highest standard of individualised family centred care to children and their families in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team.

Qualifications and knowledge Essential

• RSCN / RN Child with current registration
• Practice supervisor/Assessor
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Desirable

• Educated to degree level or working towards it.
• Leadership course, development programme

Experience Essential

• Proven record of caring for children and young people with complex and long-term conditions.

Skills Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective interpersonal and excellent communication skills including deliberation on complex matters and issues.
• Proven ability to deal with difficult situations.
• Excellent organizational skills.

Person Specification Qualifications and knowledge Essential

• RSCN / RN Child with current registration
• Practice supervisor/Assessor
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Educated to degree level or working towards it.
• Leadership course, development programme
• Proven record of caring for children and young people with complex and long-term conditions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective interpersonal and excellent communication skills including deliberation on complex matters and issues.
• Proven ability to deal with difficult situations.Excellent organizational skills.
  Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.