Senior Staff Nurse

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a paediatric nurse to join their team at a renowned hospital in London. The ideal candidate will provide high-quality nursing care to children and adolescents, engaging in patient assessments, care planning, and working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams. This role offers exceptional professional development opportunities and support in a dynamic and caring environment.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Staff recognition scheme

Optional benefits including Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience of supervision of junior staff.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience of change management - positive change agent.

Responsibilities

• Providing high quality, effective and individualised nursing care.
• Assessing care needs and developing care plans without supervision.
• Helping to lead and monitor the performance of the nursing team.

Skills

Excellent level of English language

Ability to manage difficult situations

Specialist knowledge of patient group

Knowledge of research and audit

Education

RSCN/RN (child)

APLS

Job description

Fast forward your paediatric nursing career at Imperial. With five world-renowned hospitals, we are full of opportunities for nurses looking for progression within their paediatric nursing career. Get involved in quality improvement and collaborate with leading paediatric teams at St Mary's; the major acute hospital for North West London.

Join our dynamic and friendly nursing team on our 22 bedded inpatient unit: Great Western ward. You'll utilise your experience caring for patients that range from neonates to adulthood. Great western ward looks after a wide range of patients being admitted from the emergency department as well as paediatric intensive care and neonatal intensive care units at St Mary's and Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea hospitals. You'll be able to use your clinical skills to look after these acute admissions ranging from the complex needs patient to the acute trauma admission.

Our teams have excellent inter-professional working relationships with services for children including critical care, emergency department, community nursing teams and the ambulatory care unit.

Your skills will be further enhanced, nursing a diverse range of patients in need of paediatric medical and surgical services, including:

o High dependency careo Haematologyo Acute traumao Respiratoryo Allergy/immunologyo Diabeteso Epilepsyo Infectious Diseaseso Mental Health crisis

Main duties of the job

o Providing high quality, effective and individualised nursing care to a variety of patients in a compassionate and caring way.o Assessing care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating care plans without supervision.o Helping to lead and monitor the performance of the nursing team.o Deputising for the Senior Nurse as required.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• RSCN/RN (child)
• Experience of supervision of junior staff, Mentorship in practice or equivalent
• Excellent level of English language demonstrated through effective written and verbal communication skills
• APLS

Experience

• Minimum of 12 months at pay band 5 within the relevant speciality.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience of change management - positive change agent

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• For specialist areas able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of patient group
• Knowledge of research and audit
• Ability to demonstrate application of the NHS Plan to own
• Able to manage difficult situations.
• Ability to take charge of a ward or part of a ward, delegate and supervise junior staff

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.