Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: 37.5
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Long days and nights)
- Job ref
- 343-6787117-UB-RB-Y
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £32,720 - £39,769 pro rata oa incl HCAS
- Closing
- 06/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Nurse
Band 5
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
This job is a fantastic opportunity to care for children within our acute 16 bedded ward. The ward cares for children and young people up to the age of 18 years. Within the general acute ward we care for medical, surgical and orthopaedic patients,whilst also offering experience with complex paediatric patients, diabetes, respiratory and other complex medical conditions.
The post will involve working across the general ward and our 5 bedded assessment unit, as well the opportunity to work in our emergency department
Education is supported by nursing team, practice development team, medical team and clinical nurse specialists
Main duties of the job
- To provide child centred, evidence based, high quality care to children and their families in the acute paediatric ward setting.
- To implement and evaluate family centred care and to be responsible for the delivery of care and assessment, development and evaluations of individual programmes of care
- Safeguard all children
- To take delegated responsibility for children working as part of a team to ensure care delivered is to a high standard
- To be responsible for mentoring pre-registration students
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting Job description/Person Specification documents which contains more information about the role
Person specification
Registered Childrens Nurse
Essential criteria
- Registered Childrens nurse
Desirable criteria
- PILS
Drug calculations
Essential criteria
- Drug calculations
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship course
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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
- Victoria Oades
- Job title
- Ward Manager Childrens Ward
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 296 3033
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