Staff Nurse Paediatric A&E

NHS; Slough; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking enthusiastic paediatric staff nurses for the new Paediatric Emergency Department. You will care for children with injuries and illnesses, participate in training, and maintain high standards of patient safety. The role emphasizes continuous professional development, flexible working hours, and a commitment to patient care.

Benefits

First class development opportunities

Flexible working patterns

Comprehensive training programs

Qualifications

• Registered with the RSCN/Child branch.
• Recent continuous professional development evident.
• Completed Child Protection Training.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard of care in the Children's Emergency Department.
• Supervise junior staff and maintain a learning environment.
• Act as a resource for child protection issues.

Skills

Basic Nursing Skills

Sound clinical knowledge

Child protection

IV drug administration

Competence in Triage

Awareness of current paediatric pathways

Good time management

Education

RSCN/Child branch

Evidence of recent continuous professional development

Child Protection Training

PILS

EPLS

Job description

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting new ED that opened its doors in Spring 2019, which includes a new Paediatric Emergency Department (PED) with our own resus bay.

At Wexham Park PED, patient safety and effective patient care is our priority. Presently our PED see approximately one third of the patients that present to ED. We are looking to recruit paediatric staff nurses who are enthusiastic and motivated about emergency medicine. You will work with patients and their families; caring for children with minor injuries and illness, as well as paediatric traumas, and the critically unwell child in resus. Our nurses have the opportunities to attend in-house training programmes, these include, safeguarding training, domestic abuse, plastering/suturing, venepuncture/cannulation and IV training. Other courses available are the High Dependency module, Mentorship course, PILS and EPLS/APLS.

Main duties of the job

Establishes a good working environment in which all children and their families receive ahigh standard of care.

• In conjunction with the team leader be responsible for an identified area of clinical practice within the Children's Emergency Department.
• Assess formulate and evaluate practice based programmes for children and young people in conjunction with their families and supervise the junior members of staff with their programmes of care.
• Maintain a learning environment enabling learner nurses to achieve learner objectives.
• Act as a role model to junior staff in Children's Emergency Department.
• Act as a resource for the Emergency Department for Child protection Issues.
• Participate in the induction of all new staff.
• Maintain own continuous professional development.
• Any other duties, which may be requested by the manager, to facilitate the smooth running of the department.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RSCN/Child branch
• Evidence of recent continuous professional development
• Child Protection Training
• PILS
• EPLS

Experience

• Experience of working in an acute or clinical environment
• Ability to prioritise patient care
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work independently

Skills

• Basic Nursing Skills
• A good level of clinical knowledge.
• Sound clinical knowledge.
• Awareness of current paediatric pathways in the emergency setting
• Child protection
• IV drug administration
• Competence in Triage and Plastering
• Awareness to current NHS issues

Special Requirements

• Ability to work under pressure
• Flexible to the demands of the service
• Able to rotate to night duty
• Good time management

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.

£31,469 to £38,307 a yearPer Annum, incl. HCAS