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Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
About
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.
Source - Trust Website
Paediatric Staff Nurse - Children's Emergency Department
Closed for applications on: 2-Mar-2023 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 2-Mar-2023 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- St Helier
- Town
- Epsom
- Postcode
- KT18 7EG
- Major / Minor Region
- Surrey
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Salary
- Salary
- £31,163 - £37,875 p.a pro rata incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 5)
Specialty
- Main area
- Paediatric Nursing
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
We have an exciting opportunity for Band 5 Paediatric Nurses to join our Children's Emergency Departments at St Helier .
Our team provide 24 hour paediatric emergency care in our dedicated Paediatric Emergency Department. We provide care for children with acute and urgent physical and mental health needs, as well as complex and long term conditions.
The teams include dedicated paediatric advanced care practitioners, and are supported by the Trust Paediatric Nursing and Medical Teams, as well as our Emergency Department colleagues. There are opportunities for professional development which includes access to our Trust wide paediatric simulation courses.
Paediatric services at Epsom General Hospital include our acute paediatric ward, medical day units and children’s outpatients. We also host a Level 1 Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Service at Epsom and have a dedicated paediatric psychiatric liaison service. We also have over 25 paediatric specialist nurses, two community children’s nurses and a specialist children’s safeguarding teams. Therefore there are opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills in a range of areas, to complement your emergency nursing skills.
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The post holder will;
- provide evidenced based, high quality assessment and care to children and their families attending the Emergency Department
- supervise, support and educate other team members, including nursing and medical students
- develop and maintain advanced Emergency Nursing skills
- advise on health promotion and prevention of illness/injury
- advocate for children and families
- ensure safe and effective clinical practice and enhance patient experience.
- ensure the promotion and implementation of trust policies and the effective delivery of organisational objectives
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 job description and person specification for more details about this exciting role
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]. 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN Child with NMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Degree in relevant health subject
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Prioritising and organising work load, delegating and supervising tasks appropriately • analysing, resolving issues and making sound judgements on clinical issues, using initiative, whilst demonstrating an awareness of own limits • working collaboratively with multiple members of the internal and external multidisciplinary team • ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care
Desirable criteria
- • mentorship, teaching and assessing
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Acute, chronic and emergency paediatric care • Safeguarding children and Young People within the Emergency Department
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal • Caring and compassionate towards patients, families and colleagues • Able to remain calm, focused and work under pressure • Committed to personal and professional development • Evidence of self awareness and reflective practice
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Sebaduka
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
SEBADUKA, Rebecca : [email protected]
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