At the heart of Kings is the Variety Children’s Hospital (VCH) offering a wide range of services and specialities for children and young people at local, regional, and international level. Within the VCH is a 16 bedded Children’s Critical Care Centre providing care to both high dependency and intensive care patients.
Working in Children’s Critical Care will provide you with the opportunity to care for for families wo have children admitted under a variety of specialties:
Neurosurgery , trauma, general medicine and surgery, liver disease and transplantation, small bowel transplantation, neonatal surgery, intensive care and high dependency care.
Support and development opportunities are vital in our philosophy of providing the best care to our patients and in valuing our staff. Development opportunities are actively encouraged, and you will be supported in gaining relevant competencies and qualifications by both the PDN and clinical facilitation team.
We are looking for a nursing associate to provide high quality nursing care to patients and their families requiring treatment in the Children’s critical Care Unit. This person will be responsible for their own patient workload. They will require excellent communication skills and a caring and compassionate attitude. You will be working collaboratively with the nursing and medical team the allied health professionals and the clerical team.

Clinical and Patient Care

• Ensure excellent standards of care for the patient are maintained at all times.
• Provide compassionate, safe and effective evidence-based care and support to people in a range of care settings.
• Monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with MDT, families, and carers, recognising when it is necessary to refer or escalate to others for reassessment.
• Develop understanding of caring for individuals with particular conditions aligning with the unit specialities, including liver, neurosurgical and trauma.
• Support patients and their families to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and wellbeing through health education.
• Assist in the implementation of appropriate action to meet the specific physical, emotional and psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs of patients, families and carers.
• Be actively involved in the prevention of and protection against disease and ill health.
• Perform and record clinical observations including blood pressure, temperature, respirations, and pulse.
• Accurately record nutritional and fluid intake.
• Recognise and report any situations, behaviours or errors that could result in poor care outcomes.
• Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible
Main Duties & Responsibilities

Delivering high quality, evidence-based and patient focused clinical care through:

• Delivering a high standard of evidence-based care to patients.
• Ensuring good standards of care for the patient are maintained at all times.
• Adhering to NMC Code of Professional conduct at all times.
• Involving and supporting patients, relatives, carers and friends in the care process.
• Promoting well-being and involving patients and relatives in health education.
• Ensuring clear and accurate written and verbal information is given at all times.
• Ensuring contemporaneous record keeping at all times.
• Seeking advice from more senior/experienced members of staff where appropriate.

Working effectively as part of the immediate team and wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) through:

• Liaising effectively with all members of the MDT to ensure patients’ needs are met.
• Exercising leadership and taking the initiative where appropriate.
• Providing support and advice to ward/unit staff (especially junior staff) on clinical and administrative issues.
• Liaising with discharge coordinator / bed manager to ensure effective admission/discharge of patients.
• Keeping the ward/unit sister / charge nurse informed of significant changes and/or anticipated problems.

AT KING’S WE ARE A KIND, RESPECTFUL TEAM:

Kind . We show compassion and understanding and bring a positive attitude to our work
Respectful . We promote equality, are inclusive and honest, speaking up when needed
Team . We support each other, communicate openly, and are reassuringly professional
To observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
To be responsible, with management support, for their own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder.
All employees must hold an ’nhs.net’ email account which will be the Trust’s formal route for email communication

Please refer the Job description for details