Paediatric Sister/Charge Nurse

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in London is seeking a Band 5 Experience Paediatric Nurse for their Children's services. The role involves providing clinical leadership and high-quality family-centered care to children. Candidates must have prior experience in an acute paediatric setting and be prepared to take on mentorship. Staff development opportunities are supported, along with potential for career progression in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Experience at band 5 within an acute paediatric setting.
• Preparation for mentorship course or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to a designated nursing team.
• Deliver high quality individualized family-centered care.

Skills

Intravenous accreditation

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Effective interpersonal skills

Excellent organisational skills

Ability to administer prescribed medication

Evidence of continued professional development

Education

RSCN / RN Child with current registration

Degree level education or working towards

Job description

Barts Health is looking for Band 5 Experience Paediatric Nurse to work within Children's services at their Royal London site.

The nurse-led Children's Daycare Unit is part of a versatile and dynamic service, providing high quality holistic care in both our medical and surgical unit. An emphasis is on working in partnership with the children and their families for best experience whilst they are going through their acute and chronic condition.

The opportunity has risen for you to join our Children's Daycare unit, are you motivated? Committed? and enthusiastic? If yes you will be great individual to join our team.

We are looking for someone that has extensive experience working as a band 5 on Paediatric Ward who is now looking to increase their knowledge in surgical and a medical care. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on our day medical unit which will include administering biologic therapy, transfusions and be involved in transitional care. You will liaise with specialist teams and provide clinical interventions to children and adolescents under the gastroenterology, endocrinology, haematology, and oncology service. This will provide you with excellent exposure to learning and building on new skills which is paramount for career progression.

Staff are encouraged and given the opportunity to continue their professional development through attendance on relevant courses provided by both City and London Southbank universities.

Main duties of the job

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

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

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.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RSCN / RN Child with current registration
• Preparation for mentorship course or equivalent
• Educated to degree level or working towards it

Experience

• Experience at band 5 within an acute paediatric setting

Knowledge/Skills

• Evidence of continued professional development
• Intravenous accreditation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills with people on complex matters/issues
• Ability to deal with difficult situations
• Excellent organisational skills
• Displays professional integrity and credibility
• Adaptable and able to deal with changing workloads
• Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products
• Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
• An understanding of audit and research-based nursing practice
• An understanding of resource management

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.