Paediatric Nurse - Children's Emergency Department at Equans Working with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

30 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

01 Apr, 26

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Communication Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Teaching Skills, Mentoring Skills, Team Building Skills, Organizational Skills, Customer Service Skills, Advocacy Skills, Health Promotion Skills

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

Company Description Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff. Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. Job Description Are you a Paediatric or a General trained Nurse with experience looking after children and are committed to providing excellent care? Do you have a desire to develop as a professional with a friendly, kind and supportive team to guide you on your journey? If this is you, come and join our team. We care for children from 0 through to their 18th birthday, with a variety of needs which will increase your knowledge and skills and keep you challenged. We have practice educators, nurse specialists, play specialists who are all part of our team along with physiotherapists, dieticians, pharmacists and of course the medical team. Together we make an amazing award-winning team which is reflected in our high staff retention. For newly qualified staff we offer the Wessex preceptorship programme, which is an ideal opportunity to consolidate skills and progress over the first year of your career. Key Responsibilities Promote and set high standards of nursing care and maintain the delivery of quality care within the trust policies, protocols and guidelines. Provide and deliver a high standard of evidence-based nursing care through the assessment, planning, and evaluating of individual patients needs based on evidence. Initiate and co-ordinate care in the clinical area for a specified group of patients. Recognise and respond to a change in patient status undertaking first line interventions within scope of practice and refer on to the appropriate clinician as required. Actively promote safe and effective working practices to prevent harm to the patients within your care and take part in safety audits to maintain high quality standards. Communicating and working with the multidisciplinary team to improve quality of care, and informed clinical decisions. Promote innovation and share any new ideas to improve patient care. Participate in the allocation of workload and ensure efficient bed management and effective patient flow Please refer to the Job description for further details: Qualifications Qualifications and Experience Essential Current RN registration with NMC (dual field adult/child) and any other relevant post registration qualifications BSc Degree in relevant field Evidence of recent CPD Managing resources and contributing to departmental budget Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources An awareness of research and evidence-based practice relevant to clinical area Desirable Computer literate, knowledge of patient administration system Skills and Knowledge Essential Clinically competent at Band 5. Good communication and interpersonal skills Teaching and mentoring skills Team building skills Ability to prioritise workload, instruct and direct others Organisational skills and able to work as part of a team Able to support development of others Articulate and knowledgeable of current professional nursing issues Health promotion Advocacy skills Strong customer service skills Desirable Ability to adapt to change within working situation Intravenous Therapy Skills Mentors Course Having working within Children's Emergency Department Additional Information The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. Weekly Hours / Programmed Activities: 37.5 Salary Band: Band 5 Staff Group: Nursing and Midwifery Registered Contract Type: Permanent Job Area: Nursing

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Responsibilities

The Paediatric Nurse will promote high standards of nursing care and deliver quality care based on evidence. They will coordinate care for a specified group of patients and work with the multidisciplinary team to improve care quality.