Staff Nurse - Children's Unit

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust; Taunton; In loco; GBP 28.000 - 36.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Registered Children's Nurse to provide safe, compassionate care for children and young people with acute or chronic health conditions. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver holistic care throughout the hospital journey.

Responsibilities include clinical assessments, treatments, medications, and monitoring outcomes while contributing to audits, quality improvement and evidence-based practice.

Competenze

• Must be a Registered Children's Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Demonstrates sound clinical judgement.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information clearly and compassionately.
• Engages with audits, quality improvement projects and evidence-based practice.

Mansioni

• Undertake clinical assessments and plan patient care.
• Deliver treatments and interventions, administer medications, monitor progress and evaluate outcomes.
• Participate in audits, QI projects and research activities.
• Contribute to development of nursing services through guideline and policy implementation.
• Act as a role model, providing supervision and mentorship to colleagues and students.

Conoscenze

Clinical assessments

Medication administration

Pediatric care

Family communication

Mentorship & supervision

Formazione

Registered Children's Nurse (NMC)

Descrizione del lavoro

The Children's Unit provides assessment, care and treatment for children and young people with acute or chronic physical and mental health conditions. As a Registered Children's Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering safe, compassionate and effective care while maintaining professional standards in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code.

You will develop strong therapeutic relationships with children, young people and their families, communicating sensitive and complex information in a clear and supportive manner. Working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues, you will ensure patients receive coordinated, holistic care throughout their hospital journey.

The successful candidate will demonstrate sound clinical judgement and be able to recognise and respond to changing patient needs. Responsibilities will include undertaking clinical assessments, delivering treatments and interventions, administering medications, monitoring patient progress and evaluating outcomes to ensure the highest standard of care.

You will contribute to maintaining and improving clinical standards by participating in audits, quality improvement projects, research activity and the implementation of evidence-based practice. The role also includes supporting the development of nursing services through engagement with clinical guidelines, service developments and policy implementation.

As an experienced and professional practitioner, you will act as a role model for colleagues and students, providing supervision, mentorship and constructive feedback to support learning and development within the team.