Staff Nurse - Children's Outpatients

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Halifax; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Children's Nurse to join a dynamic Outpatient Nursing Team. This role involves assessing and delivering individualized patient care for children aged 0-16, working collaboratively within a supportive multidisciplinary environment. The candidate will enjoy various staff benefits focused on health and wellbeing.

Benefits

Counselling support

Financial benefits

Health and wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• Responsible for assessment, planning, and evaluation of nursing care.
• Able to supervise junior staff and deliver evidence-based care.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing evidence-based care for a group of patients.
• Supervise junior staff and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Carry out a variety of clinical procedures competently.

Skills

Clinical procedures competence

Team collaboration

Quality patient care delivery

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

The Children’s Outpatient Service is delivered across 2 hospital sites and one community clinic. We support children and young people aged 0-16 years with a variety of conditions. We run general paediatric clinics as well as specialist clinics such as Diabetes, Asthma and Coeliac. We also have visiting Consultants from regional centres who attend our clinics to offer joint specialised clinics, these include cardiology, genetics and surgery.

We deliver a dedicated Paediatric Phlebotomy and allergy testing services. We offer a wide range of development opportunities including, leadership and management training, skills training, service development opportunities.

We are focused on improving our patients and families experience and ensuring they receive the best, compassionate, individualised care throughout their health care journey. We go the ‘extra mile’ for all patients and their family, and appreciate our responsibility for being the ‘window’ to the NHS for some children.

To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based individualised plan of care. The post holder will also assist in the management and organisation of nursing work in the department

• To be responsible for providing the appropriate nursing evidence based care of an allocated group of patients.
• To work as part of a multidisciplinary team using resources efficiently.
• To deliver quality care to patients and to supervise the working of junior staff during the span of duty.
• To be competent in carrying out a variety of clinical procedures.
  
  

The Children's Outpatients Nursing Team is a relatively small team consisting of Children's Nurses, Health Care Assistants and Administrative support. We work closely with extended members of the multidisciplinary team.

Our team belongs to the Children's Directorate within the Family and Specialist Services Division at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is an extremely supportive organisation which offers many staff benefits including counselling support, financial benefits and a high priority is given to staff health and wellbeing.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ruth Finlay Job title: Clinical Nurse Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07825696651