Sister / Charge Nurse - Louisa Cary Ward

Your role will be to support a team of nurses in the provision of high standards of nursing care to children/young people and their families and carers within Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust in the acute services. Enabling the child or young person and their family to lead as free as possible life from clinical and psychological complications, and to promote good practice in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and care of children and young people. To act as a resource for other professions striving towards improved evidence based management in health, social care and educational settings. To ensure family centred care is promoted on the ward and children and young people are treated with respect and dignity and act with professionalism and integrity, being a role model to the team providing direction and motivation to provide holistic care to children /young people and their families ensuring everyone has equal opportunity.,

• To provide a service that is tailored to meet the needs of the individual and to understand what our Children and young people need and be adaptable and responsive.
• To provide a high quality customer service which complies with relevant legislation and NHS Employment check standards.
• To be honest and learn from mistakes, and help to create a "no-blame" culture were people feel able to share and learn from experiences together.
• To work as part of a team demonstrating effective communication, and working collaboratively with colleagues inside and out of the department.
• Acknowledge that you need to continually deliver greater value to customers.
• Be honest about your biggest challenges and create a culture of curiosity and openness.
• Make a deliberate effort to connect with strangers from different walks of life and invite them to share their ideas.
• Be curious and creative about new possibilities, whilst identifying what works well and to do more of it.
• Help to develop and foster a learning environment where feedback is welcomed and valued., The post will require close liaison with all areas where children are cared for within the trust, such as ED, day surgery, SCBU, children's community team and outpatients. We are a very supportive team which encourages personal development.
  
  Louisa Cary is an acute children's ward at Torbay hospital which cares for children and young people 0 - 18yrs on our 19 bedded ward which consists of 2 HDU beds, 11 cubicles and a separate 6 bedded young people's area. We also have a Short Stay Paediatric Assessment area (SSPAU) which is open Monday to Friday. Where family centred care is promoted.