Job overview

We are looking for committed  and experienced Children’s Emergency nurses with excellent leadership skills, assessment skills, and enthusiasm to join our paediatric emergency team. We are a busy district general hospital who see on average over 25,000 children per year. We cover a vast area of West Essex and East and North Hertfordshire. 

Are you able to lead a team, do you have mentorship skills, can you remain calm under pressure? If so our friendly and  dynamic nursing team need you, in return we will offer you support in your development and future career.

We have a supportive Practice Development programme, HDU facilitators, APCP and team of nurse specialists as well as a committed and supportive Medical team. 

Main duties of the job

To lead the team in assessing patient’s needs, developing and implementing care plans and evaluating effectiveness on an ongoing basis.

To work in close liaison with other members of the multi disciplinary team, including leading multi disciplinary team meetings and ward rounds. Share knowledge and expertise with other staff including supervision of new  junior and support staff.

To ensure  professional standards are maintained in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct.

To work closely with parents, carers and relatives to ensure indivdualised patient centred care is provided.

To obtain patient and relative feedback by undertaking clinical rounds with the aim of providing excellent standards of care.

To ensure that nursing documentation is maintained to a high standard.

Be a competent user of and participate in the ongoing development of our new  Electronic Patient Record.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation  

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping. 

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. 

Our Values 

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences: 

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts 

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both 

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care 

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.