Staff Nurse - PICU

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Self-rostering

Job summary

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a paediatric intensive care nurse to join the PCIU team in London. You will care for critically ill children from birth to 18 years, supported by a large multidisciplinary team and a dedicated foundation programme focused on respiratory, cardiac and neurological topics.

We offer structured induction, exposure to complex medical and surgical conditions and opportunities to develop advanced critical care skills, with a

Qualifications

• NMC registered nurse with current practising certificate in the UK.
• Experience in paediatric care or critical care preferred.
• Commitment to high standards of patient care and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard nursing care for children and young people and families.
• Plan, assess, implement and evaluate programmes of care and supervise staff.
• Maintain a welcoming, safe environment and advocate for patients and families.
• Supervise ward team and communicate changes in patient condition to the MDT.
• Support education and practical training of learners and collaboration with university.
• Document all patient care accurately within agreed timescales.

Job description

The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit is a 17-bedded acute unit providing care for critically ill children from birth up to 18 years. As a tertiary centre, we care for a wide range of Level 3 and HDU patients across multiple specialties, including neurology, metabolic medicine, oncology, respiratory, genetics, and post-surgical cases. Patients are admitted via specialist paediatric transport services, internal ward collapses, and following surgical interventions.

Working on PICU provides you with a unique and rewarding opportunity to gain experience across a broad spectrum of clinical presentations and develop advanced critical care skills. You will be supported through a dedicated foundation programme which includes nine structured study days covering key topics such as respiratory, cardiac, and neurological.

You will also be part of a large, sociable, and supportive team of over 120 staff, all committed to delivering excellent patient care while supporting each other’s development and wellbeing. This is an excellent opportunity for nurses who are passionate about paediatric critical care and looking to build a strong foundation within a world-leading children’s hospital.

What can we offer you?

• Structured induction and ongoing clinical training and competency development
• Exposure to complex medical and surgical conditions and advance life support therapies
• Opportunity to develop new skills involving the management of deteriorating patients, advanced airway management, chest drains, and inotropes.
• Support and shared learning from experienced colleagues and a dedicated education team
• Career progression into senior nursing, leadership, education, and specialist clinical roles
• Self-rostering

If you have applied to this role within the last 3 months, we kindly ask that you do not reapply at this time.

• 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 participate in informal and formal teaching.
• 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

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare. GOSH is an acute specialist paediatric hospital with a mission to provide world-class care to children and young people with rare, complex and difficult-to-treat conditions.

Together with our research partner, the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, we form the UK’s only academic Biomedical Research Centre specialising in paediatrics.

Most of the children we care for are referred from other hospitals throughout the UK and overseas. There are 60 nationally recognised clinical specialities at GOSH; the UK's widest range of specialist health services for children on one site.

We believe our people are the head, the heart, the hands and the face of GOSH. Being part of our team is incredibly rewarding and you will be doing something extraordinary to the lives of the children and young people we care for. GOSH is a challenging, complex and inspiring place to work. Each and every day our people come together to support each other to deliver excellent patient care, often working to help our patients and their families navigate through demanding processes and difficult decisions.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachel England Job title: Practice Educator Email address: [e-mail]