Senior Staff Nurse - Tiger Safari Ward

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the United Kingdom seeks Band 6 nurses for a 12-month fixed term maternity cover role in the Children and Young People Division. The role involves assessing and delivering care to paediatric patients, alongside mentoring junior staff. Candidates should hold relevant qualifications and possess strong interpersonal skills. The position offers a salary ranging from £38,682 to £46,580 annually, plus HCAS.

Qualifications

• Must possess RSCN or RN Child qualification.
• Willingness to develop advanced assessment skills.
• Practice experience in ED or HDU environments.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate nursing care.
• Provide safe care to general paediatric patients.
• Mentor and supervise junior staff.

Skills

Competent IV drug administration

Excellent interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Ability to mentor others

Education

RSCN or RN Child

Diploma level qualification

PILS provider

EPLS/APLS

Job description

FIXED TERM - MATERNITY COVER - 12 MONTHS

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our established team in the Children and Young People Division at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich.

As we are passionate about the care we deliver to children and young people and their families, we are seeking an enthusiastic, committed and highly motivated individual dedicated to making a difference within our inpatient setting. We are looking to recruit 2.0 wte Band 6 nurses to join our amazing team for 12 months.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating nursing care with opportunities to increase your skills, knowledge and experience and must possess excellent interpersonal and organisational skills. We aim for our new team members to develop and take an active role in helping to make improvements on the unit and most importantly, to the care given to patients.

You will be expected to provide safe, competent care to general paediatric patients, as well as oncology and HDU.

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

To utilise and develop specialist skills in order to provide the highest standardof assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualisedpatient care.To promote a friendly and supportive atmosphere for parents and relatives inwhich they can learn to care for their children.To utilise a variety of strategies to communicate effectively with the childsfamily/carers, the multidisciplinary team, other departments with the trust andpertinent agencies outside the organisation.To actively participate in and contribute to the management of the clinical area.To act as a mentor, teaching and supervising junior staff including studentnurses and health care support workers.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RSCN or RN Child
• PILS provider
• Functioning at minimum diploma level.
• EPLS/APLS
• Willingness to develop advanced assessment skills.
• Ability to support and mentors others.

Experience

• Ability to document legibly and Precisely
• Practice Assessor
• Previous experience of working with children and family in the ED or HDU environment.
• Competent in IV drug administration

Knowledge

• Family centred focus
• Evidence of recent continuing professional development
• Able to interact well with multidisciplinary team and Patents/relatives
• Audit Experience

Personal Qualities

• Motivated with a mature attitude
• Demonstrates dynamic personal and professional attributes.
• Flexible to change

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