Paediatric Staff Nurse

NHS; Stockport; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Stockport is seeking a Paediatric Staff Nurse, experienced or newly qualified, to join their team at Stepping Hill Hospital. The ideal candidate will deliver outstanding patient care to children and young people, with support from clinical educators. Responsibilities include assessing care needs and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality care. This role offers a comprehensive development plan and a salary range of £31,049 to £37,796 pro rata per annum.

Benefits

27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Salary sacrifice schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Stockport Credit Union for local financial advice

Qualifications

• Experience of working in paediatric clinical areas.
• Experience of delivering paediatric patient care.
• Experience of supervising others.

Responsibilities

• Assessing the individual's care needs and planning care.
• Working with relatives and carers to improve patient care.
• Maintaining accurate patient records ensuring confidentiality.

Skills

Teamwork

Patient care

Communication

Education

Current 1st level UK Registration RSCN or RN(child)

Preparation for Mentorship certificate

Relevant post registration course

Job description

Are you an experienced Paediatric Staff Nurse or a newly qualified Staff Nurse who is committed to delivering outstanding patient care to children, young people and their families? If your answer is YES, we want you to come and join our team on the Treehouse Children's Unit at Stepping Hill Hospital.

The Treehouse Unit is looking for experienced or newly qualified staff Nurse's to join our team. You will supported by a fabulous team and our Paediatric Clinical Nurse Educators who will develop your personal development plan which will include senior band 5 training days, HDU course and APLS course.

We are a 20 bedded acute paediatric ward, with 8 paediatric assessment beds, a surgical 'Walk In Walk Out' service and 2 HDU beds. We care for children and young people with a wide variety of medical and surgical conditions. Specialist nursing teams are available to support this care delivery, including a Mental Health Practice Educator who also provides supervision and bespoke training.

Main duties of the job

We will provide you with support to further progress your career, including a wide variety of training opportunities. We will offer you a bespoke development plan, tailored to your unique career aspirations .

Team focused and hard working, you'll be committed to delivering safe high quality care to our patients whilst supporting your colleagues. With a strong motivation to improve patient experience and achieve the Trust's values. If this sounds like the job for you then come and join our fantastic team.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

o Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

o Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further

o Cycle to work scheme

oSalary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt

o Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibility for Patient Care

Assessing the individual's care needs, developing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care to meet needs of patients and undertake all forms of care within the clinical environment.

Working in partnership with relatives and carers to develop and implement /improve standards of patient care.

Liaising with staff from multi-disciplines in matters relating to patient care and equipment relevant to nursing care.

Maintain accurate and timely patients records and documentation ensuring confidentiality.

To uphold the Trusts dignity and respect standards.

Ensure that nursing care is appropriate, provided and is consistent with clinical guidelines.

Using professional judgements is able to analyse a range of patient conditions and act appropriately.

Maintaining high standards of patient care by personal example and professional conduct.

Promote the safeguarding of vulnerable patients in line with national and local policy.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful, this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary.

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Current 1st level UK Registration RSCN or RN(child)
• Preparation for Mentorship certificate or experience as a student assessor/supervisor.
• Relevant post registration course appropriate to the clinical area

Communication

• Work cohesively as a multi disciplinary team

Experience

• Experience of working in paediatric clinical areas
• Experience of delivering paediatric patient care
• Experience of supervising others

Knowledge

• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)

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.

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearpro rata per annum