Paediatric Junior Sister

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Advanced competency in nursing skills, e.g. triage and assessment, plastering, IV competency, central line management
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

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APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

• will be professionally accountable for their standards of professional practice as set by the NMC Code of Professional Standards of practice and behaviour and relevant professional guidelines
• will undertake the nurse in charge role for the department
• will supervise, support and educate other team members, including nursing and medical students
• will ensure safe and effective clinical practice and enhance patient experience.
• will ensure the promotion and implementation of trust policies and the effective delivery of organisational objectives.
• will promote the Trusts’ visions, values and divisional objectives

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure high quality clinical practice is undertaken, based on the current nursing/medical evidence base
• Promote the effective and safe flow of patients through the department
• Advise on the promotion of health and prevention of illness
• To advocate for children and families as required using professional expertise, knowledge and judgement
• Observe changes in patient’s attitude, behaviour and emotional state, physiological observations and report/escalate findings other the relevant health care professionals
• To achieve and maintain clinical skills and competencies specific to the post / department / role, including triage, venepunture, intravenous cannulation, ECG monitoring, NG tube insertion and administration of IV fluids, medications and blood components.
• Recognise and acts to avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of patients, escalating to Paediatric ED Nursing Manager (Band 7), HoN/ADoN as required.
• Have responsibility for the correct administration and custody of medicines according to the Trust Policy to include the safe administration of intravenous drugs, transfusion of blood and blood products where this is a requirement of the clinical area.
• Ensure effective and efficient patient’s journey by supervising the planning and coordination of the admissions / discharges, episode of care including the smooth transition to other settings, promoting safe and effective discharge and optimising communication with multi-professional and interagency teams as required.
• Ensure patient feedback is encouraged and utilised to improve patient experience
• Safely administer medication under patient group directives
• Safely triage and escalate care for children and young people attending the department, with continuing assessment and evaluation during their stay.
• Undertake pain assessments and evaluation of interventions.
• Works in collaboration with clinical colleagues, safeguarding teams and external partners to safeguard children and young people
• Follows current infection control advice and guidance, seeking specialist support as required