South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Children's registered nurse to join Children's Services at the Friarage Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to work within the well-established Children's Hub team. The Children's Hub is an integrated paediatric service providing care for children admitted to inpatient day case services, children's out-patient services and children within a community setting. There is an expectation, at times of service need, that you may be required to work in other children's services across the Trust that are based at James Cook hospital in Middlesborough. The successful candidate must be able to work flexibly between the hours of 8am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative, dynamic and enthusiastic Registered Sick Children's Nurse (RSCN) or Registered Nurse Child (RN Child), who is looking to expand their knowledge and experience working with children and young people across acute and community services. Main duties of the job
As a member of the Children's Hub nursing team, you will be part of a forward-thinking, friendly team and will be supported to develop professionally. The successful candidate will need to be motivated, have strong communication and organisational skills, be able to work as part of a team as well as having the skills to work autonomously and effectively prioritise their workload. As a member of the Children's Hub team you will provide high quality, evidence-based holistic care to children with acute and chronic health needs, within their own homes or a community setting such as a respite care centre or an educational setting. Care for children will also be provided across the acute inpatient and outpatient setting. In this post you will provide highly skilled, quality clinical and non-clinical care, which is outcome-focused, to support children and young people and their families, to enable them to live, participate and achieve in all aspects of life, e.g. at home and within their community. The workload is varied and interesting with an opportunity to develop further knowledge and skills. A variety of skills including wound care, venepuncture, complex airway management, central line care, administration of IV, I/M, S/C treatment, skin prick testing, palliative care, health promotion and much more. Candidates will be supported with an induction period. About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions. Leading Your Team to Success Service Improvement for Beginners Developing your Service Improvement Skills The leadership and improvement programme aims to: Explore leadership within the NHS Promote Trust values and behaviours Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role. After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team. Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role. Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Ability to work within the boundaries of the NMC professional Code of Conduct. An understanding of government and Trust documents/policies in relation to Children's Nursing. A team player able to work well with others and demonstrate commitment to team objectives. Ability to use initiative to decide within sphere of work and/or knowledge recognising where assistance is required. Awareness of quality and audit indicators. QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Current NMC registration (child subpart). Experience
Experience of utilising evidence-based practice. Experience of working within an acute or community setting. Evidence of multi-disciplinary working. Personal Attributes
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and interpersonal skills. IT and numeracy skills. Demonstrates a positive image of the nursing profession. Commitment to the needs of the service including a flexible and adaptable approach in the work environment/work practices. Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work. Courage to raise concerns and challenge practices. High level of motivation. Caring and compassionate attitude to patients and colleagues. Commitment to the development of self and others. Willingness to undertake further training and development. Flexible approach to working hours, to meet the needs of the service. Access to transport, as required for this nursing role. 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. South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £29,970 to £36,483 a year (pro rata)
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We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Children's registered nurse to join Children's Services at the Friarage Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to work within the well-established Children's Hub team. The Children's Hub is an integrated paediatric service providing care for children admitted to inpatient day case services, children's out-patient services and children within a community setting. There is an expectation, at times of service need, that you may be required to work in other children's services across the Trust that are based at James Cook hospital in Middlesborough. The successful candidate must be able to work flexibly between the hours of 8am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative, dynamic and enthusiastic Registered Sick Children's Nurse (RSCN) or Registered Nurse Child (RN Child), who is looking to expand their knowledge and experience working with children and young people across acute and community services. Main duties of the job
As a member of the Children's Hub nursing team, you will be part of a forward-thinking, friendly team and will be supported to develop professionally. The successful candidate will need to be motivated, have strong communication and organisational skills, be able to work as part of a team as well as having the skills to work autonomously and effectively prioritise their workload. As a member of the Children's Hub team you will provide high quality, evidence-based holistic care to children with acute and chronic health needs, within their own homes or a community setting such as a respite care centre or an educational setting. Care for children will also be provided across the acute inpatient and outpatient setting. In this post you will provide highly skilled, quality clinical and non-clinical care, which is outcome-focused, to support children and young people and their families, to enable them to live, participate and achieve in all aspects of life, e.g. at home and within their community. The workload is varied and interesting with an opportunity to develop further knowledge and skills. A variety of skills including wound care, venepuncture, complex airway management, central line care, administration of IV, I/M, S/C treatment, skin prick testing, palliative care, health promotion and much more. Candidates will be supported with an induction period. About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions. Leading Your Team to Success Service Improvement for Beginners Developing your Service Improvement Skills The leadership and improvement programme aims to: Explore leadership within the NHS Promote Trust values and behaviours Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role. After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team. Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role. Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Ability to work within the boundaries of the NMC professional Code of Conduct. An understanding of government and Trust documents/policies in relation to Children's Nursing. A team player able to work well with others and demonstrate commitment to team objectives. Ability to use initiative to decide within sphere of work and/or knowledge recognising where assistance is required. Awareness of quality and audit indicators. QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Current NMC registration (child subpart). Experience
Experience of utilising evidence-based practice. Experience of working within an acute or community setting. Evidence of multi-disciplinary working. Personal Attributes
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and interpersonal skills. IT and numeracy skills. Demonstrates a positive image of the nursing profession. Commitment to the needs of the service including a flexible and adaptable approach in the work environment/work practices. Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work. Courage to raise concerns and challenge practices. High level of motivation. Caring and compassionate attitude to patients and colleagues. Commitment to the development of self and others. Willingness to undertake further training and development. Flexible approach to working hours, to meet the needs of the service. Access to transport, as required for this nursing role. 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. South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £29,970 to £36,483 a year (pro rata)
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