Job summary
Employer heading
Bank B5 Paeds Staff Nurse
Band 5
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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).
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Job overview
- Nursing degree and a valid NMC Pin
- Applicants should have nursing degree
- Effective communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
- Flexibility to work variable hours.
Main duties of the job
Ensure that nursing care within the ward is of a high standard and in accordance with Hospital policies and procedures.
Maintain individual patient care systems, evaluating and updating them as necessary to ensure that the patients’ physical, social and psychological needs are met
Assist with the introduction and implementation of new ideas and methods of nursing care, including research methods.
Communicate with relatives as required and ensure a good public image at all times.
Ensure that ordering, storage administration and documentation of drugs are in accordance with Trust policy
Ensure that research based nursing care within the ward is of a high standard and in accordance with Hospital policies and procedures. By monitoring patient care, supervising juniors, and evaluating the care that is delivered.
Maintain individual patient care plans, evaluating and updating them as necessary to ensure that the patient’s physical, social and psychological needs are met.
Ensure that all patients nutritional and personal hygiene needs are met.
Have knowledge of and diagnose cardiac/respiratory arrest and initiate basic life support, if necessary. Escalate to appropriate senior nursing staff or medical personnel concerns regarding individual patients should their condition deteriorate.
Working for our organisation
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides acute and specialist services from two sites to a local population of 350,000. Our services include; accident and emergency services, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. Hillingdon is situated in North West London close to Heathrow airport and is the second largest London borough.
Our vision is to be the best general hospital in the country. We are clear that our Vision can only be achieved by our staff, our most valuable asset. We are committed to making improvements for both our patients and our staff which we will deliver through living our core values: Communication, Attitude, Responsibility, Equity and Safety - cares. More information about our Vision and values and how we build theses into our recruitment process can be found at thh website.
We value our staff and wherever possible we offer flexible hours, a full range of benefits, on-site nursery facilities and restaurant as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities. We are proud to say that our staff survey results show that our staff look forward to coming to work here.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Upholding the Trust CARES values and under the supervision of senior colleagues be responsible for the assessment, care planning, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care for a group of paediatric patients.
Once assessed as competent administer oral and intravenous medication in accordance with Trust policy.
Promote continuing education and professional development by attending training as necessary and act as a Practice Supervisor or Assessor to student nurses in training.
Work collaboratively as part of the paediatric nursing workforce to support other areas of paediatric practice as necessary such as paediatric day care, neonatal unit, or paediatric ED.
Person specification
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Essential criteria
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Temporary Staffing
- Job title
- TSB Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01895279874
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