Nurse Associate, Outpatients

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust for an enthusiastic, motivated and highly dynamic qualified Nursing Associate to join the Outpatient Department., The post holder is responsible for the implementation of care needs and the implementation of programmes of care.

The outpatients staff work collaboratively with wider multi disciplinary teams to deliver outstanding care to our patients and their families, therefore experience of working collaboratively in a team within a healthcare environment is essential for this post. Outpatients is often the first impression of our hospital and therefore excellent communication skills are also required for this position to ensure patients and their families / carers are welcomed and reassured.

Experience of working with children or in an Outpatient setting is desirable, but not essential and applicants must be keen to expand their skills and willing to undertake paediatric phlebotomy. The successful applicant will be given full training and mentoring within the department.

As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.