Paediatric Staff Nurse

We endeavour to do the following:

• Ensure family-centred care is promoted on our ward and children and young people are treated with dignity and respect,
• Act with professionalism and integrity at all time; being a role-model, providing direction and motivation to colleagues and students.
• Provide holistic care to children, young people and their families, ensuring everyone has equal opportunities.
• Provide high quality clinical care to children and young people,
• Demonstrate honesty and learn from errors to support the creation of a no-blame culture where people feel able to share and learn from experiences together.
• To work as part of a team demonstrating effective communication and working collaboratively with colleagues within and external to the department.
• To participate in the teaching and supervision of junior staff and student nurses
• To be a safe and effective practitioner, able to provide patients and families with a high standard of nursing care., Delivering high quality, evidence-based and patient focused clinical care through:
• Delivering a high standard of evidence-based care to patients.
• Ensuring good standards of care for the patient are maintained at all times.
• Adhering to NMC Code of Professional conduct at all times.
• Involving and supporting patients, relatives, carers and friends in the care process.
• Promoting well-being and involving patients and relatives in health education.
• Ensuring clear and accurate written and verbal information is given at all times.
• Ensuring contemporaneous record keeping at all times.
• Seeking advice from more senior/experienced members of staff where appropriate.
• Working effectively as part of the immediate team and wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) through:
• Liaising effectively with all members of the MDT to ensure patients needs are met.
• Exercising leadership and taking the initiative where appropriate.
• Providing support and advice to ward/unit staff (especially junior staff) on clinical and administrative issues.
• Liaising with discharge coordinator / bed manager to ensure effective admission/discharge of patients.
• Keeping the ward/unit sister / charge nurse informed of significant changes and/or anticipated problems.
• Upholding a duty of care and clinical governance through:
• Observing a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital.
• Ensuring the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Foundation together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations are adhered to at all times.
• Maintaining patient confidentiality, dignity and privacy at all times.
• Adhering to the Trusts policy on valuing equality and diversity and showing due regard for each patients cultural and religious beliefs, gender, ethnicity, age and sexuality.
• Strictly adhering to the National Code of Practice on Infection Control. Staff Nurse (Band
  5) Job Description Date of Origin:
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• Taking responsibility for your own personal development and keeping up to date with nursing and medical knowledge.
• Being aware of current research and the implications for the ward/unit speciality.
• Acting as a role model at all times and for all staff.
• Acting as practice supervisor and/or preceptor/mentor for junior and newly qualified staff.
• Working with appropriate members of the teaching staff to ensure effective staff development (own and others).
• Participating in Trust and Divisional initiatives to develop nursing practice and support change.
• You must be a Registered Children's Nurse with excellent clinical skills, be self-motivated, enthusiastic and committed to providing high standards of care for all our paediatric patients, their families and carers.
• Care and compassion in managing our paediatric patients and families is important to us. Therefore, we expect successful candidates to demonstrate these qualities on a daily basis, and have the resilience to meet the challenges of our busy and stimulating work environment.,
• Acute experience within a paediatric setting, Ability to work collaboratively with other staff members
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal)
• Ability to manage and prioritise conflicting workloads
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing situations
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