Paediatric Senior Staff Nurse - Penguin Ward

Are you an experienced staff nurse ready to take the next step in your career? Are you a staff nurse looking for a new challenge in a supportive environment? Are you caring, compassionate and motivated?

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC) is one of the most established and cutting-edge Children's Hospitals in the UK.

We are located in the centre of the beautiful city of Bristol, which has been voted best place to live. It is bursting with character and provides the perfect work-life balance.

We currently have a rare opportunity for a 12 month secondment as a full time Senior Staff Nurse.

Penguin is our inpatient surgery ward. Here we predominately care for children aged 0 - 10 years old with various surgical conditions. As the regional centre we accept referrals from the south west of England and Wales into our 22 beds. We are renowned for our capabilities in both emergency and elective surgical cases.

Penguin ward is a busy, friendly ward with a good team spirit.

The ward hosts a variety of opportunities to progress your nursing career and skills in paediatric surgery, from neonates to teenagers.

You will gain experience in specialties including

To work according to the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines to provide a high standard of patient care using a flexible patient centred care approach.

To provide an expert level of professional practice within nursing (speciality), and to be responsible for the management of a nursing team, providing advice, information and support. To actively support the sister/charge nurse, assisting in the safe, effective and efficient management of the ward/department and deputising in their absence.

To assume responsibility for undertaking tasks delegated by the sister/charge nurse including mentoring roles, auditing and clinical governance. To promote a ward/department environment that is conducive to learning, supporting and participating in the supervision/teaching of the more junior and/or new staff, both nursing and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

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Knowledge & Experience

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Skills & Abilities

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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