Band 5 Staff Nurse - Paediatrics

As a band 5 Nurse working for the Paediatric High Dependency service across Heartlands & Good Hope Hospital, you will join a highly skilled, established team caring for critically ill children at UHB.

As a staff nurse you will practice autonomously and be responsible and accountable for delivering safe, compassionate, person-centred care.

You are required to demonstrate evidence-based nursing care that respects and maintains dignity and human rights.

You will be skilled in the assessment of patient care needs, recognising deterioration, escalating safely and appropriately.

You will plan and implement programmes of care, delivering treatment and evaluating care without direct supervision.

You must be able to communicate effectively and maintain high quality records.

You will work in accordance with Trust Policies, Procedures and Guidelines and adhere to the NMC Code.

We promote a family centred care approach to nursing and collaborate closely with parents, carers and their children when planning and delivering care.

The post holder will practice in a holistic, non-judgmental, caring and compassionate manner that avoids assumptions, supports social inclusion and recognises and respects individual choice and acknowledges diversity. They will work in partnership with other health and social care professionals, students and trainees and agencies, service users, their carers and families.

We expect all our nurses to promote a positive attitude and be a professional role model.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Qualifications

Essential: - * Registered Child Branch Nurse on the NMC Register; - * Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC

Desirable: - * Paediatric Critical Care Course; - * Paediatric Life Support Course

Experience

Desirable: - * Experience of working in a paediatric Critical Care environment