Paediatric Staff Nurse

Are you looking to join the Paediatric Team within the Emergency Department at Darlington Memorial Hospital? This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an expanding team of dedicated Paediatric nurses. The department is a busy working environment looking after children with acute illness and injuries. A bespoke training package and ongoing educational development is available. You will be part of a team who are dedicated to enhancing and delivering a high standard of care.

Main duties of the job:

• Assessment and care of paediatric patients of all ages attending the Emergency Department.
• Planning and delivery of nursing care that reflects current patient care needs.
• Evaluation of care in collaboration with patient/carers and multidisciplinary team.
• Involved in the care of trauma patients and resuscitation of critically unwell patients.
• Be a safe practitioner aware of own limitations and reporting any areas of concern to a more senior nurse.
• Work effectively as part of a team.
• Aware of and co-operating in maintaining Accident and Emergency health care targets in the best interest of the patient.
• Participate in teaching/training of more junior staff.
• Follow policy and procedure accurately for Safeguarding.
• Ongoing development of skills and knowledge to become a competent Emergency Department nurse.

Job responsibilities:

• Carry out duties in keeping with NMC Code of Conduct and ensure other members of nursing staff practice within said code.
• Sets and monitors standards of quality nursing care over a 24 hour period by co-coordinating the care given by nurses, medical staff and social workers, alongside any other professionals directly involved in patient care on the department.
• Supervises the delivery of quality nursing care. Praises and corrects team members as appropriate, and is involved in personal development of the workforce using KSF/performance review.
• Ensure that resources are appropriately utilised to maximum effectiveness against workload and activity of the Accident & Emergency Department.
• Actively contributes to the attainment of national targets in relation to paediatric emergency care; which include the four hour standard and ambulance handover standard.
• Utilise all of the available resources to ensure patient flow through the Emergency Department.
• Responsible for the health, safety and welfare of the staff, patients and visitors under his/her control, as far as is reasonably practicable and in compliance with statutory duty, e.g., COSHH and Manual Handling of Loads.
• Reports on levels of nursing care quality to nurse management.
• Ensures that sufficient information is available for relatives and patients, both written and verbal and provides access to further information as required.
• Promote and maintain a culture of patient & staff incident reporting in accordance with trust guidelines.
• Work within the multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective team working in the provision of care to ED patients.
• Identify and safeguarding concerns and act on them.

Person Specification:

• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for patients in the Emergency Department.
• Maintain accurate nursing records.
• Experience as a band 5 staff nurse.
• Mental Health Training Statutory Registration Registered Children's Nurse.
• Ability to work Long Days, Nights and weekends.
• Team player / Collaborative working.
• Prioritise workload / organisational skills.
• Adjust pace according to workload.
• Work under pressure.
• Evidence of professional development.
• Willingness to expand role.
• Knowledge of Emergency Department performance targets.
• Knowledge of ED KPIs.

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.