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Job overview

**PLEASE NOTE, THIS ROLE IS FOR THE PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ONLY** 

We have a great opportunity for an experienced staff nurse or newly qualified nurse to join our fantastic Paediatric Emergency Department team.  We have exciting times ahead with our planned move to the new Midland Metropolitan Hospital, and we are looking forward to being able to push our paediatric service forward.

You will be expected to look after patients between 0-18yrs old, having a good understanding around quality and safety. You will be expected to provide emergency care in a resuscitation situation, escalating concerns in order to provide a high standard of patient care.

You will work alongside the senior nurse supporting with timely treatments and patient transfers adhering to trust policies and guidelines.

From November 2024, our Paediatric Emergency Department will be based at our brand new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital. 

We Welcome the following : 

Experienced  senior or junior Paediatric nurses

Newly qualified Nurses

Qualified Nurses

RN with evidence of Paediatric competencies or excessive acute Paediatric experience

Main duties of the job

As a member of our team you will be  joining a culture where great importance is placed on the Fundamentals of care and where Multi-Disciplinary team working and communication is at the heart of our focused care.  As a children’s nurse you are the best person to improve outcomes for children and families through ambition, respect and compassion. 

Your job will entail:

• putting learnt models of care into practice, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care.
• Managing  a defined group of patients- participating in all aspects of care from initial contact/admission through to discharge, including transferring from one environment to another and administering medication
• Compliance with the NMC code of conduct  and practice. 
• Keeping up to date with  new developments in nursing and speciality specific information.  

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality. 

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities. 

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

1. Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives