Are you an experienced Paediatric nurse looking to increase your high dependency and intensive care skills? Would you like the opportunity to work within the acute paediatric wards and rotate to the critical care areas? Would you like to join a team of committed, supportive and dedicated nurses, caring for some of London's most unwell children? Then join our team; we will encourage and support you to develop the acute care skills you need to be the best you can be. You will need a willingness and commitment to develop the knowledge and skills required to manage the care of critically ill children. Main duties of the job
As a Band 5, you will be caring for critically ill children with the support of senior staff, allowing you to enhance your skills. You will need to be adaptable to the changing pace of clinical care and enjoy learning and participating in teamwork. This is an exciting time to become part of a developing Service and shape the vision of Children's services within the top teaching hospital in England. We look forward to welcoming you to our team. About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. This means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, where our WeCare values and behaviours guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate, and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. Job responsibilities
To provide effective family-centred nursing care to patients and their families. To ensure that evidence-based practice is performed at all times, taking responsibility for updating your knowledge and skills in line with Trust policies and procedures and the NMC code of professional conduct. For newly qualified Band 5 nurses, it will be an important step in consolidating practice and completing all relevant clinical competencies, receiving adequate support from colleagues. Person Specification
Qualifications
NMC Registration BSc or working towards HDU course or relevant acute skills course Knowledge and Experience
Experience in a relevant unit (NICU, HDU, PICU, Theatres, A&E, tertiary unit, surgery/medicine) Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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