Paediatric Senior Staff Nurse

Do you want a further your career in Paediatric Emergency Care; learning the skills and knowledge to help you look after some of London's sickest children? Are you enthusiastic, self-motivated and looking to work within a friendly and dynamic team? If so then this is the post for you! UCLH has an international reputation for research, innovation and patient-focused care. The posts are based within a highly motivated team who are committed to achieving high quality clinical outcomes for a diverse patient population. The team is supported by Clinical Practice Facilitators, two departmental Play Specialists and has strong links with the Paediatric and Adolescent Division. UCLH Emergency Department strives on team work. You will need to have strong communication and be adaptive to working in emergency situations and an eagerness to advance in Emergency Nursing practice. This is a responsible role and we will endeavour to encourage you to play an important part in strengthening our status as one London's leading Emergency Departments. The shift pattern is internal rotation and will include working within the resuscitation room. Working within a leading academic trust you can look forward to proactive managerial support for personal and professional development including opportunities for degree and masters pathways via Southbank or City University and internal teaching opportunitiesMain duties of the job To work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse (or key worker) for a defined group of patients and take responsibility for: protecting and supporting the health of individual patients and clients the assessment of care and health education needs the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient To be designated to take charge of the ward/department regularly in the absence of the person holding continuing responsibility To work in accordance with UCLH Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and Core Standards and contribute towards achieving the Trust's "Top 10" Objectives To maintain effective communication To provide a high standard of holistic patient-centred care To act as a facilitator/mentor/preceptor to student nurses and others and participate in clinical supervision programmes as appropriate

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research. We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.