Deputy Sister​/Charge Nurse - Paediatric ED

Overview

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated and hardworking nurse who thrives in a busy environment where no two days are the same? If so this post is for you! We are seeking experienced dynamic, energetic and committed children trained nurses to become our next Band 6 Deputy Sisters. At St Peters we have a dedicated Paediatric Emergency department which is situated alongside the general A&E Department.

It is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and is staffed by an amazing team of paediatricians and paediatric nurses who work together delivering high quality care.

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond. Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing.

We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

Please see the supporting links which you can find on the right-hand side of this job advert. There is guidance on how to make an application on NHS Jobs as well as more information about joining the ASPH Team. Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

• To be clinically able to undertake and direct high quality research based clinical nursing care, sharing expertise with the nursing team.
• Develop and maintain own competence in agreed basic and advanced clinical skills.
• Demonstrate clinical knowledge/expertise at the level of advance practice in field relevant to clinical speciality.
• To have excellent verbal and written communication skills so that professional advice or care guidance and instructions are well understood by patients, their relatives and/or carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.
• To manage clinical situations that may be challenging and distressing for junior staff, ensuring the needs of the child and family are paramount.
• To ensure effective patient flow through the department ensuring pathways and processes in place for safe discharge, transfer or admission.
• Regularly check patient care documentation to see that all aspects of care have been considered, individual patients needs identified and that an appropriate plan made in relation to meeting the identified needs.
• Function as an effective role model in the clinical setting in demonstrating the application of breadth and depth of nursing knowledge and skills, and in advising and supporting members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Facilitate the professional development of other nurses working closely with the Clinical Practice Educators. Supports and mentors junior colleagues.
• To work collaboratively with infection control to monitor the ward environment in raising infection control and cleanliness standards.
• To work collaboratively with the senior medical and nursing teams to ensure that clinical governance processes at department level encompass measures to ensure the quality of the fundamental and essential aspects of care are met.

• To effectively manage the patient pathway within Paediatric ED including admission to the ward.
• To ensure appropriate patient allocation taking into consideration skill mix and patient acuity.
• To promote staff wellbeing by ensuring breaks are managed in a timely way that ensures the nursing service is clinically safe at all times.
• Provide positive effective leadership and act a role model. Delegates appropriately , and empowers staff to problem solve effectively with their daily clinical workloads.
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