CYP Sister / Charge Nurse

The Emergency Department at Yeovil District Hospital are looking for motivated enthusiastic Band 6 staff to join their busy CYP (children and Young Persons) team. This is a friendly department with a positive team ethos and strong nursing leadership (part- time or full- time considered).

Applicants need to have a sound knowledge of clinical, leadership and managerial skills. ED clinical skills required.

Be able to provide, demonstrate and maintain a high standard of professional nursing care to our young patients.

Demonstrate the ability to lead as well as work within a team; to supervise, nurture, counsel and develop the knowledge and skills of staff.

Provide immediate assessment, and care of paediatric patients

Initiate and participate in developments with the Ward Manager/Matron to include all aspects of the Unit, Trust Policies and Procedures.

The Yeovil Emergency department is an area of continuous development and is part of Somerset Foundation Trust.

We strive to provide high quality emergency care and are committed to facilitating the professional development of our team members.

This post will involve shift work., To demonstrate proactive and complex communication strategies to meet the needs of patients, relatives, and colleagues where there could be barriers to understanding.
Liaise with nursing and non-nursing colleagues and offer advice, guidance, motivation, and counsel as appropriate.
Anticipate patient's reaction and plans appropriate style in view of patient problems and lifestyle.
Assist the Department Manager to investigate any complaints, quality monitoring, risk assessment, staff performance and communicates information to relevant forums, Clinical Governance.
Use knowledge and underpinning skills to interpret measurements and act on observations in clinical situations in collaboration with nursing staff and medical staff with the urgency that the individual situation requires and follows through to a satisfactory conclusion.
Maintain proactive liaison links with other wards and departments throughout the hospital, negotiating when appropriate and providing training and reassurance to multi-professional team members to meet organisation and departmental goals.
Participate in senior leadership group, clinical governance, and any other Trust wide meetings.
About us
We are a pioneering research active organisation and we are proud to be doing things differently; whether that is redefining the shape of the local health and care system through our innovative plans for integrated care.
As well as creating the future, we also know the importance of providing really good, safe, and caring services for our patients. Our patients tell us we're getting this right, with our Friends and Family Test results consistently above 95 per cent (patients 'extremely likely' or 'likely' to recommend us to their friends and family). We see a high level of trauma and our TARN data evidences that our performance in regard to trauma is of a high standard.
There is a dedicated training programme in place which all staff are able to access.