Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 1 year (Fixed Term, 1 year, maternity cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (rostered 12.5 hours shifts -days and nights)
- Job ref
- 343-6980957-UB-RB-Y-B
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Paediatric ED, Epsom Hospital
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 pro rata pa incl outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Junior Sister
Band 6
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
Paediatric Junior Sister - Band 6 - Full time opportunities
(37.5 hours / 22.5 hours)
There is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 to join our friendly team for a one year fixed contract to cover maternity leave at Epsom Paediatric ED with requirement to work across any other Trust site as required. We have in house Paediatric Crisis SIM courses and opportunities to attend APLS and other relevant SDs with the support from a Paediatric PDN specific for ED.
Main duties of the job
• will be professionally accountable for their standards of professional practice as set by the NMC Code of Professional Standards of practice and behaviour and relevant professional guidelines
• will undertake the nurse in charge role for the department
• will supervise, support and educate other team members, including nursing and medical students
• will ensure safe and effective clinical practice and enhance patient experience.
• will ensure the promotion and implementation of trust policies and the effective delivery of organisational objectives.
• will promote the Trusts’ visions, values and divisional objectives
Working for our organisation
The Trust’s mission is ‘to put the patient first and deliver great care to every patient, every day’. Our priorities are to create a “one team, one trust” culture and focus on the delivery of the following five objectives to ensure we provide high quality, compassionate care to all of our patients:
- Delivering safe and effective care across our sites
- Creating a positive experience that meets the expectations of our patients, their families and carers
- Providing responsive care that delivers the right treatment, in the right place at the right time
- Being financially sustainable
- Working in partnership with our patients, commissioners, other health and care providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, the NHS TDA, NHS England and Monitor in the interests of our patients and a sustainable local health and social care economy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Ensure high quality clinical practice is undertaken, based on the current nursing/medical evidence base
- Promote the effective and safe flow of patients through the department
- Advise on the promotion of health and prevention of illness
- To advocate for children and families as required using professional expertise, knowledge and judgement
- Observe changes in patient’s attitude, behaviour and emotional state, physiological observations and report/escalate findings other the relevant health care professionals
- To achieve and maintain clinical skills and competencies specific to the post / department / role, including triage, venepunture, intravenous cannulation, ECG monitoring, NG tube insertion and administration of IV fluids, medications and blood components.
- Recognise and acts to avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of patients, escalating to Paediatric ED Nursing Manager (Band 7), HoN/ADoN as required.
- Have responsibility for the correct administration and custody of medicines according to the Trust Policy to include the safe administration of intravenous drugs, transfusion of blood and blood products where this is a requirement of the clinical area.
- Ensure effective and efficient patient’s journey by supervising the planning and coordination of the admissions / discharges, episode of care including the smooth transition to other settings, promoting safe and effective discharge and optimising communication with multi-professional and interagency teams as required.
- Ensure patient feedback is encouraged and utilised to improve patient experience
- Safely administer medication under patient group directives
- Safely triage and escalate care for children and young people attending the department, with continuing assessment and evaluation during their stay.
- Undertake pain assessments and evaluation of interventions.
- Works in collaboration with clinical colleagues, safeguarding teams and external partners to safeguard children and young people
- Follows current infection control advice and guidance, seeking specialist support as required
Person specification
core skills
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse – Child (RSCN/RNC) with current NMC registration
- Be able to demonstrate experience within an acute or emergency Paediatric setting
- • Within an acute or emergency Paediatric setting Experience of effective shift coordination, management of patient care, staffing + resources
Desirable criteria
- Module in relevant specialist area e.g. children’s emergency nursing module and Degree (or working towards) in relevant health subject
- Experience of Paediatric emergency nursing at a Band 5
core skills
Essential criteria
- mentorship, teaching and assessing
Desirable criteria
- Advanced competency in nursing skills, e.g. triage and assessment, plastering, IV/ Capital Nurse, central line management
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
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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
- Laura Donnelly
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07721816682
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