Senior Charge Nurse - Paediatric Hospital

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Senior Charge Nurse – Paediatric Hospital at Home is responsible for the day-to-day coordination and operational leadership of the Paediatric Hospital at Home service. The post holder ensures safe, effective and person-centred care is delivered to children and young people within their own homes, supporting admission avoidance, early supported discharge and integrated care pathways as an alternative to inpatient admission.

Please note this is a fixed term post for 12 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

• Continuous 24-hour responsibility for a 40 bedded unit.
• To manage and support the nursing staff within the unit ensuring patient needs are assessed, care planned, complemented and evaluated with consultation / involvement of the patient, parents, carers.
• Ensure that the process of care planning, including discharge planning, begins prior to (for emergency patients) or (for emergency patients) at the point of admission.
• Responsible for risk management process and instigates the necessary action

• Registered Childrens Nurse with valid NMC Registration
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level.
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.
• Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality / area of practice.

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience
* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.