Staff Nurse - Paediatrics

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Knowsley; Vor Ort; GBP 28.000 - 36.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking paediatric ward staff to provide comprehensive patient care, from admission to discharge, within a dedicated paediatric department across our sites.

The role supports five-star patient care across acute and community pathways, including ward 3F and the CHOBS unit, with emphasis on collaboration, safety, and continuous improvement in clinical standards.

Aufgaben

• Formulate and implement individual patient care plans with the team leader.
• Participate in holistic patient assessments and act as named nurse for a group from admission to discharge.
• Lead or assist in research or special projects as directed by the ward manager.
• Contribute to setting, maintaining and monitoring ward standards of care.
• Ensure equipment is safe in conjunction with the department equipment controller.
• Assist in internal night and twilight rotations and promote effective ward communication.

Jobbeschreibung

Job Responsibilities

• To be responsible in association with the team leader for the formulation and implementation of individual patient care plans.
• To participate in the holistic assessment of patients, and to formulate and review individual patient care plans and to act as 'named nurse' or associate for a group of patients from admission to discharge as determined by the Ward Manager.
• To commenceand participate in research/special projects as directed by the ward manager.
• To contribute to the setting, maintaining and monitoring of standards of care within the ward.
• Help to ensure that all equipment is in safe working order in conjunction with the department equipment controller.
• Internal rotations onto night duty and twilight shifts are required.
• To assist in the promotion of effective communication with all ward staff and other departments as required.
• Promote the safeguarding of vulnerable patients in line with national and local policy. Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme. Permanent and 12 month Fixed Term Contracts available across both Ward 3F and Children's Assessment Unit (CHOBS).

The Paediatric Department consists of a team of experienced and dedicated Nursing and Medical staff providing care to approximately 6000 children per year, in addition approximately 800 children are admitted for surgical procedures.

Ward 3F provides 25 in-patient beds including our 2 bed state of the art dedicated high dependency (HDU) facility.

An 8 bedded Children's Assessment Unit (CHOBS), is co-located alongside the Paediatric Emergency Department along with a dedicated Paediatric Phlebotomy service and Children's Dressing Clinic.

An Enhanced DBS Certificate, with the checking of the Children's Barred Lists is required for this position.