Senior Staff Nurse

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated nurse to join their busy ambulatory unit. In this role, you will complete assessments for young patients, provide direct nursing care, and advocate for children and their families. You will lead shifts, support junior staff, and ensure a sensitive approach to patient care. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a major teaching hospital, contributing to the health and well-being of children in the community while advancing your professional skills in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in assessment, planning, and evaluating care.
• Knowledge of child safeguarding issues and normal child development.

Responsibilities

• Completing nurse-led assessments for babies with jaundice.
• Managing the department in the absence of the Lead nurse.
• Escalating concerns if a child is unwell.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Prioritization

Venepuncture

Cannulation

Knowledge of Ambulatory Care

Education

Degree

Job description

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are a busy ambulatory unit seeing children from 0-18 years.

• You will be completing nurse led assessments for babies with jaundice.
• Providing direct nursing care and acting as an advocate for children and their families.
• To keep up to date with training and attending related courses to help you in your practice.
• Shift leading as well as supporting the ward manager.

Main duties of the job

• Assessing patients and being confident in venepuncture and cannulation.
• Supporting junior staff and students.
• Manage the department in the absence of the Lead nurse.
• Support and deal with patients, parents, relatives and care givers, being sensitive to their needs for dignity, privacy and ensuring a friendly environment.
• Keeping accurate documentation.
• Escalating concerns if a child is unwell.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Degree

Experience

• Experience in assessment, planning and evaluating care
• Experience in emergency care
• Evidence in participating in the appraisal / IPR process

Skills

• Demonstrate leadership skills in support
• Ability to prioritise own workload and workload of junior staff
• Venepuncture and cannulation
• Knowledge of ambulatory care

Knowledge

• Demonstrate an understanding of normal child development and the sick child
• Demonstrate effective working relationships with colleagues and the young people and their families in your care
• Demonstrate an understanding of child safeguarding issues
• Clinical assessment course

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.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£44,806 to £53,134 a year per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)