Sister / Charge Nurse - Emergency Department Paediatrics

You will have a strong interest in developing and supporting new staff, and a proactive approach to delivering a high standard of evidence based care is essential. You must be able to demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of current issues in emergency care and be able to translate this into quality nursing.

We value experience and skills learnt elsewhere and will work with you to enable those skills to be utilised and developed further. However, you must have paediatric emergency department experience to apply for this post.

As a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse you will assist in promoting change and developing the area.

You will be responsible for leading the team, and the co-ordination and flow of the Paediatric Emergency Department, SDEC pathways and management of Paediatric standbys in Resus.

You will be supported by a team of Matrons, Senior Sisters, and Practice Educators. You will be at times, where appropriate, asked to flex to support your colleagues around the main department.

There will be the opportunity for further study including Leadership courses, /APLS/ILS/Trauma course., Co-ordination and flow of the Paediatric Emergency Department, SDEC pathways and management of Paediatric standbys in Resus.

Minor injuries - Wound Care, Dressings, Suturing, Plastering etc.

Knowledge and experience of each speciality - Resusitation/Paediatric Intensive Care, Medical, Surgical, Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Minor Injury and Illness, Major Trauma, ENT, Max Fax, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities.

Advanced Paediatric Life Support.

Major Incident and Decontamination.

Managing Patient Flow.

Streaming of patients to the most appropriate pathway eg. COAU/ELCAS .

Escalation.

Supporting Junior Staff.

Supporting the Nurse in Charge.

Staff Training.

Appraisals.

Audits.

We are looking for self-motivated nurses to help take the department forward - you must be committed, flexible and approachable with substantial ED nursing experience. The role includes unsocial hours including weekends and rotation onto nights.,

• 1st Level Registered Paediatric Nurse


• Paediatric Advanced Life Support Skills


• Teaching / assessing Qualification


• Manchester Triage Skill/inital and secondary assessment experience


• Significant Emergency Dept paediatric experience.


Desirable criteria


• Diploma in Emergency Nursing or equivalent, Essential criteria



• Significant experience within an ED setting/or equivalent


• Proven development of own skills and clinical knowledge, Excellent written and verbal communication skills, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Our Emergency Department at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital provides care for both adults and children who attend with serious illness or injury. Due to our large catchment area, we currently provide for approximately 154,000 attendees per year. The department has an 8 bedded resuscitation and 43 major cubicles.


The department is classified as a trauma unit and we have a purpose built helipad onsite that will bring our most serious patients to the department via North West Air Ambulance.

We have a new, state of the art staff facility for staff changing with access to a shower as well as a new staff room, education room and wellbeing retreat for all staff.