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Job summary

Main area
Paediatrics
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
20 hours per week (Various hours available (Shifts are Monday to Friday))
Job ref
302-24-6418834S
Employer
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Thomas Linacre Centre
Town
Wigan
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Staff Nurse - Paediatric Outpatients Department

NHS AfC: Band 5

Choose Well - Choose WWL


 

Job overview

Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Trust would like to offer you the opportunity to join our Paediatric Outpatients Department. We are seeking  a proactive, enthusiastic  NMC Registered Children's Nurse to join the WWL family on our friendly Paediatric Outpatients Department.

To undertake this post, you must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle. Should you not meet this requirement due to a disability, you are of course able to apply and a discussion regarding whether reasonable adjustments could be made to the role would take place before any offer is confirmed.

Please note NMC Registration is a mandatory requirement for this post.

Main duties of the job

The role involves being an active member of the multi-disciplinary team supporting in the delivery of all aspects of Child and Family Centred Care and accept responsibility and accountability for the performance outcomes. To deliver individualised high-quality care. Development of self to meet the evolving needs of the service, ensuring efficient and effective use of all resources.

 

Will require Full UK driving licence, due to flexible role over 6 WWL sites.

Working for our organisation

Choose Well – Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values..

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

On-Call

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Identifying what is required of self and others in delivering individualised family centred care in partnership with the child & family.
  • Developing competencies in self which safeguard practice and effectiveness in role. Ensuring compliance with NMC Code of Conduct.
  • Participation in the effective use of allocated resources/funding.
  • Demonstrating awareness of and participation in development to meet demands and adapt to the changing needs of the service.
  • Empowering self and colleagues to creatively meet professional and organisational objectives.
  • Promoting safe systems, which assure all aspects of risk reduction, complaint with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the agenda for Clinical Governance.
  • Deputise for the ward/departmental manager.
  • Actively participate as bleep holder for Child Health as delegated by Matron or her deputy.

Person specification

Additional

Essential criteria
  • Flexibility and adaptability
  • Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
  • To undertake this post, you must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle. Should you not meet this requirement due to a disability, you are of course able to apply and a discussion regarding whether reasonable adjustments could be made to the role would take place before any offer is confirmed.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of up to date underpinning theoretical knowledge
  • Demonstrate specialist knowledge within chosen clinical field

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Specialist clinical skills within paediatric field
  • Particiapation in research/audit
Desirable criteria
  • Proven record of change management
  • Evidence of undertaken research/audit

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate ability as professional role model.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in field of paediatrics

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RSCN / RN Child
  • Current NMC registered Children’s Nurse
Desirable criteria
  • TDLB D32/33
  • ENB 998/CG7307
  • Degree or studying towards one

Employer certification / accreditation badges

National Interim Quality MarkVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dawn Wilkinson
Job title
Unit Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01942 822472
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