Trainee Senior Staff Nurse - Children's Emergency Department

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT) is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. Our trust vision is to be exceptional in the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

The Trust is rated as 'good' or 'outstanding' in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission. Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities.

Job overview

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for a band 5 nurse who is a dynamic individual with excellent clinical skills and ED experience that would like to enhance their skills and progress to Band 6. You will start on band 5 until your competencies have been completed where you will progress to band 6.

Main duties of the job

• The successful candidate would take charge in the busy ED on a shift by shift basis under direct supervision of a band 6 and 7 nurse.
• You will be provided with a trainee band 6 competency document which will need to be completed before officially being employed as a band 6 nurse.
• As a Trainee Band 6 nurse under supervision, you will be responsible for the day-to-day flow of the department by ensuring the standards of care are met for children and their family/carers whilst in the emergency department, including delegation and deployment of the nursing team in the absence of a band 7.

Within this role, you will be employed and paid as a band 5 nurse until you have completed all band 6 competencies.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to improve representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a registered children's nurse, the post holder will provide leadership in care to children, young people and their families in the emergency department. The post holder will be accountable and responsible for providing a high standard of child and family focused care. To carry out care without direct supervision as part of the Emergency Department team and supervise juniors delivering care. To communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team and contribute towards the effective running of the department including patient safe and timely care.

Person specification

• Educational & Training: RN Child branch/ RSCN Diploma/Degree
• Experience / Education: Significant experience of working in an Emergency department environment PILS EPLS APLS

As a local employer and anchor institution, we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+.

Please note: Information provided during recruitment and pre-employment checks must be accurate. Misrepresentation may be investigated as fraud and could lead to withdrawal from the process, professional sanctions, or criminal action.

Please note: that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.

Use of AI in recruitment: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support the initial review of applications against the essential criteria for this role. Where AI is used, it will support rather than replace human decision-making, and applications will remain subject to appropriate human review.

Employer certification / accreditation badges: You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.