Senior Staff Nurse - Children's Emergency Department

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in London is seeking a Senior Staff Nurse for the Children's Emergency Department. The ideal candidate will provide high-quality care, supervise junior staff, and lead patient care in a busy environment. Candidates should be registered children's nurses with significant ED experience. The role offers a salary between £38,682 and £46,580 plus HCAS, with shifts including long days and nights.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of working in an Emergency department environment.
• Experience in audits.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert nursing care for children and their families.
• Delegate duties to ensure effective patient care.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.

Skills

Triage

Plaster of Paris

Venepuncture and Cannulation

EPLS/APLS

ED/HDU course

Practice Assessor

Education

RN Child branch/ RSCN

Diploma/Degree

Job description

Senior Staff Nurse - Children's Emergency Department

Are you a registered childrens nurse with experience working in a paediatric emergency department?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated individual with ED experience to enhance their skills as a band 6 at LGT. You will have experience in triage, plaster of paris, Venepuncture and Cannulation, EPLS/APLS, ED/HDU course or equivalent.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate would take charge in the busy Paediatric Emergency Department on a shift working long days and nights.

As a registered children's nurse, the post holder will provide leadership in the delivery of care to children, young people and their families in the emergency department setting. The post holder will be accountable and responsible for providing a high standard of child and family focused care. They will need to be able to carry out care without direct supervision as part of the Emergency Department team and supervise juniors and communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team contributing towards the effective running of the department.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Job responsibilities

Clinical duties include:

Provision of expert specialist, high quality nursing care and support for children, young people and their relatives/carers. Appropriate delegation of duties to other members of staff for effective delivery of patient care. To provide timely nurse led interventions for the benefit of the child/ young persons care. To assess, plan implement and evaluate care of patients from admission to discharge to supervise juniors in the assessment and deliver of care. To be part of the effective admission / transfer / discharge of a patient involving the family, carers, significant other, multidisciplinary team and community teams when appropriate. To maintain effective channels of communication with patients, relatives and all staff involved in providing care. To provide and receive nursing handover reports in the role of team member, co-ordinator. To act as paediatric nurse in charge, coordinating care delivery to children and young people ensuring high quality care for every patient, every day. To be part of the process in implementing clinical governance and the impact this has on patient care, i.e., audit and evidenced based practice. Ensure that written documentation is maintained in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for Records and Record Keeping and Trust policy. To ensure that the storage and administration of Medicines is carried out according to statutory and Trust regulations. To act as a resource for adult trained nurses when they are involved in the care of children.

Person Specification

Educational & Training

• RN Child branch/ RSCN
• Diploma/Degree

Experience / Education

• Significant experience of working in an Emergency department environment
• Experience in audits

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Triage
• Plaster of Paris
• Venepuncture and Cannulation
• EPLS/APLS
• ED/HDU course
• Practice Assessor

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum plus HCAS (pro rata for part time)