Band 6 - Junior Sister/Charge Nurse, Children\'s Emergency Department in Watford

The Children’s Emergency Department provides high quality evidence-based nursing care and support to children and young people aged 0-15 years within a dedicated, child friendly environment 24 hours a day. The Department has its own 2 bedded dedicated paediatric resuscitation area within the unit and is co-located to Adult Emergency Department encouraging collaborative and joint working within the unit and as part of the London Major Trauma Network. We are a friendly dedicated team staffed by highly motivated and skilled Paediatric Nurses, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Paediatric consultants. With our own Paediatric Development Nurse, we are fully supportive in developing and upskilling our nursing team offering a variety of exciting opportunities such as APLS.

We are currently looking to recruit a motivated, enthusiastic, experienced paediatric nurse with experience in the Emergency Department or acute environment. The post holder will have experience with shift management, staff development and provide high standards of care to critically unwell or injured children.

Main duties of the job:

• The successful candidate will stay up to date with current developments in healthcare, acting as a role model and expert clinical practitioner.
• They will deliver high quality evidence-based, and holistic care to children and their families, working collaboratively within a supportive multi-disciplinary team to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients.
• With their previous experience they will be expected to take on leadership and liaison roles, support the senior leadership team with responsibilities such as managing clinical area shifts, overseeing staffing levels, participating in recruitment and training, and supporting other team members.

Working for our organisation:

With a new hospital planned for Watford, work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital and plans for a neighbourhood healthcare centre in Hemel Hempstead, this is an exciting time to join us. We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare. Staff wellbeing and development are a priority, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience. Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

In addition to supporting the daily operations of the department, successful candidates will be responsible for clinically assessing and prioritising care, while maintaining effective working relationships with all members of the Children’s Services team. The role requires a friendly, flexible approach to provide nursing cover across the paediatric services as needed, ensuring the delivery of a safe, efficient and high-quality service for all service users.

Person specification:

• Education: RSCN/RN CHILD Leadership course or willingness to undertake.
• Knowledge: Have undertaken APLS or willingness to undertake within 3 months; Knowledge of Child protection issues; Level 3 safeguarding training; Knowledge of handling complaints and clinical incidents.
• Experience: Significant experience at Band 5 within a paediatric clinical acute environment; Previous experience in emergency nursing; Broad experience of Children’s nursing.

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute healthcare services to a core catchment population of approximately half a million people living in west Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. The Trust also provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of North London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and East Hertfordshire. As an employer of nearly 6,000 people the Trust is one of the biggest employers in the area and sees nearly a million patients each year.

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.