Paediatric Sister / Charge Nurse - Paediatric Emergency Department

We are seeking an experienced Registered Children's Nurse to join our Paediatric ED team at West Suffolk Hospital .

We have a paediatric area within our emergency department which is staffed with a dedicated team of paediatric nurses. We work to ensure that children presenting to the emergency department are treated in an appropriate area with suitably trained staff.

We work closely with our paediatric in-patient area to ensure that children are cared for by paediatric trained staff and their transition to in-patient care (if required) is seamless.

The unit is staffed with at least 2 registered nurses 24 hours a day and has its own full-time unit manager. In addition, we have support from a full time play specialist, a part time Children's Advanced Nurse Practitioner as well as ED the ENP team and medical teams., The successful candidate will be working with the paediatric ED lead nurse and other Paediatric sisters to ensure the day to day running of the department. They will be responsible for ensuring the unit is staffed and the junior staff members are supported, meeting the urgent and emergency care KPIs and standards, liaising with the inpatient unit and the main emergency department as well as delivering direct patient care. They will also be responsible for supporting patient care needs as well as escalating staffing, estates and equipment issues to the lead nurse and other appropriate pathways. The role will also include supervising and assessing both junior staff and student nurses.

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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

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