Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (nights/days 7 days a week)
- Job ref
- 426-335-24TAM
- Employer
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Town
- King's Lynn
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Junior Sister/Charge Nurse Paediatric Ward
Band 6
Job overview
Your role will be to work as part of the multidisciplinary team, to provide child focused, family centred care for children/young people requiring admission to Paediatric services.
You will coordinate and deliver evidence based care while being responsible for liaising with other members of the multidisciplinary team when the patient does not fulfil the admission criteria for care delivery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
You will participate in the provision of a high standard of patient centred evidence-based nursing care and assist in the delivery of a family-centred, clinically effective and dynamic service; from a babies/child’s/young person’s admission assessment to discharge.
You will act as a role model to deliver a high standard of care to the children and young people whilst supporting learners within the environment to develop their knowledge and skills. Contribute to the development of action plans, protocols and pathways to ensure
continuous quality improvement of the paediatric/neonatal service.
Use appraisal reviews to progress personal and professional knowledge and skills. Undertake the mentorship role in support of learners.
Main duties of the job
Ensure nursing practice is in accordance with the NMC/HCPC Code of
Professional Conduct and any specific competencies for the role are completed.
Maintain a high standard of nursing care applying evidence-based practice.
Maintain accurate patient documentation to comply with Nursing and
Midwifery Council Standards for Records and Record Keeping, legal aspects, confidentiality and management information requirements.
Communicate effectively with children and young people, their relatives/carers, significant others, the multi-disciplinary team and support services.
Communicate with children and young people and their relatives/carers on
emotional and sensitive issues.
Working for our organisation
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about this post, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Qualifications/training & professional development
Essential criteria
- Registered Paediatric Nurse
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and Assessing experience and qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of having worked with acute /chronically sick children
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to plan and prioritise care for patients
- Committed to family centred care
- Good time management
- Ability to work well both in a team and on own initiative
Desirable criteria
- Administration of IV drugs including central line care
- Excellent verbal and written
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Rebecca Jackson
- Job title
- Rudham Ward, Interim Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01553 6133289
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