Paediatric Staff Nurse - F1

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Bury St Edmunds; Presencial; GBP 32.000 - 39.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a passionate paediatric nurse to join our team in Bury St Edmunds. You will deliver high quality evidence-based care to children and young people across a broad age range in a supportive environment.

The post offers opportunities to develop clinical decision making and leadership skills, with duties across ward care, and the chance to work within a caring team committed to patient dignity, safety and compassionate practice.

Formación

• NMC Registered Nurse (Child Branch) or Newly Qualified Nurse Awaiting Registration.
• Relevant teaching qualification.
• Basic Life Support.

Responsabilidades

• For full details of the Job role and Person specification, please see attached Job Description.

Conocimientos

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Calm under pressure

Organisation

Team player

Initiative

Confidentiality

Attention to detail

Empathy

Patient dignity

Wound care

Plaster casts

Flexible hours

Educación

NMC Registered Nurse (Child Branch) or Newly Qualified Nurse Awaiting Registration

Relevant teaching qualification

Basic Life Support

Descripción del empleo

We are looking for a passionate nurse to join our team. We aim to deliver high quality evidence-based care within our Paediatric Departments. This post offers the opportunity to develop clinical, decision making and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive and encouraging environment whilst providing care to Children and Young people across the age range with a variety of illnesses and conditions including mental health, trauma, minor injuries and critically unwell children.

Main duties of the job

For full details of the Job role and Person specification, please see attached Job Description.

About us

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyone's voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Job responsibilities

For full details of the Job role and Person specification, please see attached Job Description.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse (Child Branch) or Newly Qualified Nurse Awaiting Registration
• Relevant teaching qualification
• Basic Life Support

Experience and Knowledge

• Evidence of continuous professional development linked to demonstrable competencies
• Willingness to undertake EPALS
• Experience in acute paediatric setting
• EPALS
• ILS
• Experience of mentorship / preceptorship

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work calmly in a busy environment
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Team player, able to problem solve and meet team objectives
• Confident to work under own initiative
• Understands the importance of patient confidentiality and Data Protection
• Accurate with attention to detail
• Ability to provide patients with an environment which supports privacy and dignity
• Ability to show empathy and compassion to patients and their relatives
• Identify and escalation to senior staff member if a patient is deteriorating.
• Wound closure
• Plaster cast application
• Flexible approach to working hours/duties to meet the needs of the service
• Willing to undertake further education and training to benefit the department
• Motivated to deliver a high-quality service

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.

£32,073 to £39,043 a yearPer annum Pro rata