Paediatric ED Senior Staff Nurse / Junior Sister Band 6

Are you an experienced, motivated and enthusiastic children's emergency nurse? If so then we would love to meet you. We are looking for someone who will bring a positive attitude to the Trust and can demonstrate a kind and compassionate attitude.
We will support you in developing your clinical skills and competencies with the support of our paediatric senior nurses in the form of APLS, HDU course, leadership courses, and a variety of inspiring in house courses such as Mental health, Plastering and UCC skills and triage study day among others. Staff wellbeing is high on the agenda as we have run a series of fun and inspiring team days over the summer.
We take great pride in being part of a top performing Trust and top performing Emergency Department. We are committed to ensuring quality patient care whilst achieving the national emergency department care quality indicators and targets., Clinical Responsibilities
+ Assess children on arrival in the treatment area and prioritise need for clinical intervention. Plan, implement and evaluate care regimes for individual children providing quick and effective flow through the department
+ Supervise junior staff and students in all aspects of care, ensuring they have the knowledge, skills and resources to carry out care delegated to them.
+ Maintain effective communication with nursing, ancillary, medical and paramedical colleagues
+ To ensure the safe administration of medicines in accordance with local policy and NMC guidelines, including Patient Group Directions
+ To ensure high standards of patient care at all times and to assist in monitoring and maintaining quality care initiatives
+ To maintain the privacy and dignity of children/young people throughout their time in the Emergency Department
+ To develop an area of clinical interest and provide nursing expertise to improve the care & services offered to children and their families
+ Ensure an appropriate, welcoming and safe environment is provided for children and their families. As much as possible, this should be audio-visually separate from adults and in line with National Service Framework recommendations
+ To develop and keep clinical knowledge and skills updated, including developing and maintaining extended clinical role skills, following appropriate training
+ Maintain safe and effective discharge procedures, liaising with other relevant healthcare/support professionals including primary care staff according to the individual child's needs.
+ Provide support for children/young people and their families. Direct them to relevant services if appropriate
+ Assist in the identification of any child protection issues and make referrals to appropriate multidisciplinary team members including social services
Managerial Responsibilities
+ Organise his/her own work and assist junior staff in managing their workload.
+ Act as an effective role model, mentor and preceptor to junior staff and students.
+ Ensure that nursing procedures and policies are followed. Ensure prescribed medical treatments are carried out, reporting any changes in a child's clinical condition.
+ Regularly take charge of a group of children.
+ Inform the Shift leader / Lead Nurse of any activity in the department which affects patient care and department flow.
+ Maintain an awareness of clinical and professional developments in nursing and contribute to and participate in audits, clinical risk and quality initiatives.
+ Participate in the development and implementation of new initiatives and contribute to the development of nursing practice within the department.
+ Report accidents/incidents and complaints to the paediatric lead nurse or in his/her absence, the shift leader. Complete relevant documentation.
+ Actively assist in the investigation of complaints if required.
+ Assist in the management of resources in an effective and efficient manner, awareness of budgets and financial implications affecting the department.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
+ Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
+ Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
+ Participate in required training and supervision.
+ Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form -
1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
Our processes -
1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
Other important information -
+ Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
+ Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
+ In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation