Registered Nurse - Dolphin ward

Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust; Harlow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a paediatric nurse to provide high-quality clinical and holistic family-centred care during inpatient admission. The role emphasizes updating knowledge in line with Trust policies and participating in service development with the multidisciplinary team.

The post involves caring for children from birth to 16 years, supervising junior staff, and contributing to safe, evidence-based nursing practices within a supportive,

Responsibilities

• Provide and maintain high standard of clinical nursing care for paediatric patients.
• Plan, implement and evaluate holistic family-centred care.
• Ensure assessments and care plans are completed and reviewed in a timely manner with contemporaneous records.
• Proactively plan discharges by liaising with the multidisciplinary team, other departments and community services.
• Act as an advocate for the child and family, representing the best interests of the child.
• Develop and maintain evidence-based paediatric nursing skills and administer commonly used drugs in paediatrics.
• Use the Trust’s Electronic Patient Record System to ensure accurate data entry in line with policy.

Job description

Job Overview

To provide effective clinical and holistic individualised family centred care to the patients and families during their in-patient admission, ensuring delivery is to the highest standard. Maintaining evidenced based practice is performed at all times, being responsible for updating own knowledge and skills in line with the Trust polices, multidisciplinary team and the NMC Code. Developing leadership skills, actively participating in service development.

Job Overview

To provide effective clinical and holistic individualised family centred care to the patients and families during their in-patient admission, ensuring delivery is to the highest standard. Maintaining evidenced based practice is performed at all times, being responsible for updating own knowledge and skills in line with the Trust polices, multidisciplinary team and the NMC Code. Developing leadership skills, actively participating in service development.

Carry out all relevant forms of nursing care and patient management for children aged from birth to 16 years (this may be extended for children with chronic/complex conditions)

Participate in the supervision and teaching of new members of staff including nursing students and paramedics.

Main duties of the job

• Provide and maintain high standard of clinical effective nursing cares at all times
• To plan, implement and evaluate holistic family-centred nursing care
• To ensure all assessments and care plans are completed and reviewed in a timely manner along with contemporaneous record keeping
• To proactively start planning discharges from admission, liaising with the multidisciplinary team, other departments and community services as necessary.
• To act as an advocate for the child and family representing best interest of the child, young person.
• To develop and maintain evidence-based nursing skills to support a range of clinical conditions
• To have a knowledge of the commonly used drugs in paediatrics and to undertake the relevant drug administration competencies
• To use the Trust’s Electronic Patient Record System- Alex Health to ensure data is entered in an accurate and timely fashion, in accordance with Trust policy and procedure.
  

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is proud to care for the communities of West Essex, delivering safe, compassionate, and high-quality services. We are part of the Neighbourhood Wavea national programme that’s changing how care is delivered by focusing on prevention, early support, and more joined-up services across health, social care, and the voluntary sector.

This means we’re working more closely with local partners to bring care closer to home and support people to live healthier, more independent lives.

We’re a supportive and inclusive organisation that values its people. We offer development opportunities, flexible working, and a strong focus on wellbeing. As a Disability Confident and equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.

Join us and help shape the future of care in West Essex.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• To support other members of the ward team to ensure that all patients receive appropriate care.
• To ensure that treatments prescribed by the medical staff are carried out and that multidisciplinary team members are informed of changes in the patient’s condition.
• To ensure quality care is given by being familiar with agreed ward and Trust standards of care and to inform senior nursing staff if the required standard could not be reached.
• To assist in ensuring that allocated resources are managed effectively and efficiently. This includes effective utilisation of time and equipment.
• To assist in ensuring the safety of the ward, actively participating in clinical audit, clinical risk and quality issues, including reporting of critical / clinical incidents.
• To demonstrate a professional approach to work and act in accordance the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
• To have knowledge of and adhere to ward and Trust policies and professional standards
• To participate in staff appraisal, staff development and in-service training activities.
• To work in co-operation with the Trust’s linked universities in order to provide uniformity and promotion of professional standards.
• Reporting and recording accidents and untoward incidents according to Trust Policy and Guidelines
• Identifies own learning needs and receives appropriate supervision in line with trust policy.
• To have knowledge of Safeguarding Policies and Procedures in accordance to trust policy
• Take account of own behaviours and its effect on others
• Identifies and will act if other’s behaviours undermine equality and diversity
• Aware of Trusts equal opportunity policy