Senior Staff Nurse - Cicu

Caring. Compassionate. Skilled. Meticulous. Enthusiastic.

These are just some of the words that we’d used to describe the world-class nurses at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

Flamingo Ward is a busy 21 bedded Cardiac intensive care unit caring for children and young people with complex heart and lung problems. Common things you will see within the unit are pre and post operative patients with congenital heart disease, tracheal patients and patients in heart failure. We are a national heart and lung transplant centre and also care for patient’s ‘bridging to transplant’ on berlin hearts.

We are currently looking for Band 6 Senior Staff Nurses to join our Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU).

We offer a fantastic world class education programme which will help you develop your specialist knowledge and skills.

What we can offer you:

• Opportunity to develop skills involving the management of deteriorating patients, ventilation, chest drains, post-operative care, complex discharges, child development and inotropes.
• Procedures, pre and post-transplant care (heart and lung)
• 1:1 meeting with ward manager every 3 months, with structured feedback
• Ward level educational support on shift
• Completion of competency documents
• Career progression including education and specialist nursing roles
• Self-rostering
• Staff accommodation
• Interest Free season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme

No paediatric practice, no problem! We welcome everyone with an interest in joining this exciting field of clinical practice.

If you want the opportunity to make a special connection with patients and their families, come see what we can do for you.

Please note: the working pattern for this role is a mix of long days, nights and weekends. You must have also completed an intensive care course (adult or paediatric) to be considered for an interview.

• To be a clinical expert within the specialty.

• To ensure the provision of excellent, evidence-based nursing care for the children, young people and their families at all times
• Ensure that each child or young person is assessed, and that their care is planned, implemented and evaluated in negotiation with the family, and that this is accurately documente
• Ensure the provision of appropriate supervision and support to members of the ward team.
• Support the provision of effective communication between all members of the multidisciplinary team, other hospital departments, relatives and visitors
• Ensure quality care is given, by being familiar with agreed ward and Trust standards of care and to inform seniors, if the required standard cannot be reached
• Ensure that key performance indicators are met in relation to getting the basics right and implementation of ‘Saving Lives
• To actively assist in the education and practical training of learners, junior staff and multidisciplinary team members at every opportunity, through formal and informal teaching.
• Ensure the provision of and access to appropriate mentors for student nurses and provide a supportive and challenging environment for students in training
• To maintain confidentiality surrounding the child’s admission and treatment at all times.
• To ensure that all patient care is documented, and that all relevant documentation is completed accurately and within agreed timescales using Trust approved documentation, in line with NMC, CQC and Trust standards

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare. GOSH is an acute specialist paediatric hospital with a mission to provide world-class care to children and young people with rare, complex and difficult-to-treat conditions.
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