Senior Staff Nurse - Cicu

Job overview

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.

Main duties of the job

• 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

Working for our organisation

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.
Together with our research partner, the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, we form the UK’s only academic Biomedical Research Centre specialising in paediatrics.
Most of the children we care for are referred from other hospitals throughout the UK and overseas. There are 60 nationally recognised clinical specialities at GOSH; the UK's widest range of specialist health services for children on one site. We believe our people are the head, the heart, the hands and the face of GOSH. Being part of our team is incredibly rewarding and you will be doing something extraordinary to the lives of the children and young people we care for. GOSH is a challenging, complex and inspiring place to work. Each and every day our people come together to support each other to deliver excellent patient care, often working to help our patients and their families navigate through demanding processes and difficult decisions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

GOSH Culture and Values

Essential criteria

• Collaboration - We work together to deliver safe, consistent, patient-centred care. Respect - We treat everyone with respect, kindness and equity. Curiosity - We stay curious to drive innovation that delivers exceptional patient outcomes

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential criteria

• NMC Registered Nurse (Child or Adult trained with experience in ICU)
• University accredited Intensive Care course or equivalent ( Master’s in Critical Care)
• Evidence of ongoing professional development relating to clinical speciality

Desirable criteria

• Assessor or practice supervisor qualification/experience

Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to plan and prioritise care for patients
• Committed to family centred care
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent numeracy skills
• Good time management and teaching skills
• Ability to work well both in a team and on own initiativeAbility to delegate tasks as appropriate
• Demonstrates Compassion in practice
• Administration of IV drugs

Desirable criteria

• Central venous access management

Experience/Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Experience of having worked with acute/chronically sick children in an ITU setting
• Understanding of professional and current issues in children’s nursing
• Understanding of the importance of research and evidence‑based practice
• Basic knowledge of computer skills
• Understating or evidence of fulfilling requirements for Revalidation
• Understanding of safeguarding issues according to Trust policies and procedures
• Understanding of principles of clinical governance ( risk management, audit, quality)

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of clinical incidents and complaints and reporting
• Previous experience in the relevant specialty of post (preferably in an NHS setting)
• Understanding of nursing practice and innovation outside of GOSH

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