Staff Nurse

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust in London is seeking a registered nurse to join the Cardiac Nursing team. You will contribute to care for children with complex cardiac conditions, supported by a dedicated multidisciplinary team.

The role focuses on delivering compassionate paediatric nursing, participating in an evolving cardiac service, and ensuring high standards of patient and family-centred care in a dynamic, world-leading paediatric hospital.

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the NMC as a nurse.
• Experience in paediatric care desirable.
• Excellent communication and clinical skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide the highest standard of nursing care for children and families at all times.
• Plan, assess, implement and evaluate care for individual children and supervise other staff.
• Maintain a welcoming, caring and safe environment for children, young people and their families.
• Act as an advocate for the patient and families, directing them to appropriate support services.

Skills

Empathy

Patient advocacy

Team collaboration

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Job description

Are you looking to join a friendly and highly skilled team that is dedicated to providing the highest levels of care for children and young people? Do you wish to advance in a rewarding specialism that offers cutting-edge technologies? We are looking for NMC-registered nurses to join Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to work in their well-established team within the Heart and Lung Directorate.

This is an exciting time at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Cardiac Nursing. We are expanding our service and need your help. Cardiac services are embarking on an exciting programme of change in order to meet the challenges of providing a world leading cardiac programme.

Over the next 2 years we are expanding the service to open a 16 bedded high dependency Unit. This will help children needing cardiac surgery to be nursed in the right place at the right time allowing for timely discharges. You can help be part of this change.

Bear and Alligator ward are two areas consisting of 24 beds (inclusive of 8 HDU beds) that specialises in Cardiothoracic patients involving the heart, lungs and tracheal. Great Ormond Street Hospital is the UK centre for Paediatric Pulmonary Hypertension, providing specialist care for patients up to 18 years old. The typical cases that present on the ward are those patients who require CPAP, optiflow, chest drains, inotropes, TPN, blood transfusions and pacemakers. We also manage patients pre and post heart/lung transplant.

• To provide the highest standard of nursing care for the children, young people and their families at all times
• To plan, assess, implement and evaluate programmes of care for individual children and to supervise other staff in this activity
• To ensure an ongoing welcoming, caring and safe environment is provided for the children, young people and their families
• To act as an advocate for the child, young person and family, providing them with information and support and directing them to the relevant support services where appropriate.
• To supervise and support members of the ward team as required, ensuring that all patients receive appropriate care
• To ensure that treatments prescribed by the medical staff are carried out, and that multidisciplinary team members are informed of changes in the patient’s condition
• To actively assist in the education and practical training of learners and junior staff at every opportunity. To work in co-operation with their university in order to provide uniformity and promotion of professional standards
• To maintain confidentiality surrounding the child’s or young person’s admission and treatment at all times,
• To ensure that all patient care is documented, and that all relevant documentation is completed accurately and within agreed timescales using Trust approved documentation, in line with NMC, CQC and Trust standards

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.