Senior Staff Nurse - Children's Emergency Department

LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST; London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is looking for a registered children's nurse to join their emergency department. The role includes providing high-quality care, leading a team, and requiring skills in triage and emergency procedures. Ideal candidates should have significant ED experience and relevant post-registration qualifications. This position offers opportunities for professional growth in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Must have substantial appropriate post registration experience.
• Significant experience working in an Emergency department environment.
• Experience in audits.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Triage

Plaster of Paris

Venepuncture and Cannulation

EPLS/APLS

Practice Supervisor

ED/HDU course

Education

RN Child branch/ RSCN

Diploma/Degree

Job description

Job overview

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.

Working for our organisation

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:

1. 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
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main 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 person's 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

Essential criteria

• RN Child branch/ RSCN

Desirable criteria

• Diploma/Degree

Experience / Education

Essential criteria

• Substantial appropriate post registration experience
• Significant experience of working in an Emergency department environment
• Experience in audits

Desirable criteria

• Link nurse role

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

• Practice Assessor
• Roster management experience

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Candidate Info Pack (PDF, 270.6KB)
• Job Description (PDF, 488.6KB)
• Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)
• Visa and Certificate of Sponsorship Information for Applicants (PDF, 3.8MB)
• Candidate Guidance on the use of AI (PDF, 3.8MB)