Paediatric Staff Nurse

This person must like a challenge, respond well to the demands of a busy ward and enjoy working at a fast pace in a multidisciplinary team including consultants, Nurses, Play workers, Practice Development Nurses, Ward Sister and Matron.

The department encourages and supports professional development including extended nursing skills, study modules at university and in-house study days such as the long term ventilation, Venepuncture & Cannulation and the high dependency course

We offer an accredited preceptorship programme for newly qualfiied staff and have 2 practice development nurses on hand to support you.

The post holder will play a key role in supporting the nurse managers in providing high quality care. He / she will be prepared to work within the divisions as a Named Nurse, within a Team taking responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care.

You will be expected to take a patient caseload of 4-5 patient's depending on acuity and to time manage and prioritise tasks accordingly

The post holder will be a clinically credible practitioner who can provide effective patient care in a range of clinical settings, having regard for relevant policies and the evidence base nursing

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

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