Job overview

The Rainforest Ward cares for Children and Young People aged 0-16 years. We are a team of Paediatric 
and Adult Registered Nurses, Hospital Play Specialists and AHCAs caring for Children and Young People
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with acute and chronic medical illness and needing emergency or elective surgery. We work in 
collaboration with the paediatric doctors and other specialties providing care 24/7 to Children and 
Young People in North East Lincolnshire, Northern Lincolnshire and the Lincolnshire Coast. You will be 
expected to support the registered nurses and medical/surgical teams on the ward to provide care to a 
small group of Children and Young People, escalating any concerns and undertaking any delegated 
duties.
Duties include: contributing to maintaining the safety of children on ward, monitoring and recording 
observations, assisting with feeding and hygiene needs for Children and Young People, simple 
diagnostic procedures and ward cleanliness and safety.

Main duties of the job

To, under supervision, support the ward coordinator by providing high quality individual care 
to a small number of Children and Young People, maintain privacy and dignity at all times. 
Escalating any concerns you have.
o To participate in care planning for Children and Young People using the partnership model of 
Family Centred Care.
o To assist Children and Young People and their parents/carers to meet personal care and 
hygiene needs on the ward, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
o To assist Children and Young People and their parents/carers with their nutritional needs, 
including feeding, supporting new mothers with breastfeeding; giving bottle feeds and 
administering other bolus enteral feeds.
o To assist in the assessment of breastfeeding, providing advice and education to breastfeeding 
mothers to ensure their wishes for feeding are listened to and respected. Always acting in the 
best interests of the infant.
o To assist a registered nurse with completion of strict input/output on the fluid balance chart for 
Children and Young People, as appropriate.
o To participate in pressure area risk assessments for Children and Young People. Take 
appropriate action as indicated.
o To encourage safe mobilisation of Children and Young People, promoting independence.
o To utilise safe moving and handling, to reduce the risk of injury to themselves and the Children 
and Young People

Working for our organisation

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.