Job summary
Our busy Children's Department operates across two sites: Queen's Hospital, Romford and King George's Hospital, Ilford. We provide a full range of general medical and surgical services for children and young people. Facilities include two inpatient wards (one with a co-located 4-bedded HDU), two Children and Young People's Assessment Units (CYPAU at QH and Dahlia at KGH), a day unit with POSCU and hematology services, outpatient departments with a GP hot clinic, Clinical Nurse Specialists and a Children's Community Nursing team.
We also have a well-established 32-cot Level 2 NICU with community and outreach teams supporting babies on discharge. Children's Emergency Departments are based on both sites, with combined attendances exceeding 62,000 per year, making us one of the busiest services nationally.
Our expanding Children's Nursing team is led by the Director of Nursing for Child Health. Staff are supported by Clinical Nurse Educators, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, Quality Managers and a strong multidisciplinary team. We offer excellent learning and development opportunities, including in-house leadership programmes and academic pathways in partnership with universities.
We are proud to invest in our staff and live our PRIDE values: Passion, Responsibility, Innovation, Drive and Empowerment. The Trust is also at the forefront of NHS transformation as part of the Virginia Mason Institute Programme and a national Vanguard site
Main duties of the job
To be a safe and effective practitioner able to provide high quality care to patients and support to relatives. To work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide continuing care to a group of patients from admission to discharge in the department.
To participate in the teaching and supervision of junior staff and student learners as required. To maintain own personal development with support.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record(we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated goodby the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen'sand get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance
We run a Women's Health Hubin Ilford; an Ageing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospitaland at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wageemployer.
Some of the positive changes we've made are captured in this film.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Rachna Srivastava, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Rachna Srivastava, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- RSCN, RN (Child Branch) qualification and registration with NMC
Desirable
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Able to work well under pressure, demonstrating a calm and resilient approach
Desirable
- Member of external national forums e.g. RCN children's forums.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent collaborative team leader and player. Excellent role model and ambassador both within and outside the Trust for Children's Nursing
Experience/Knoweldge
Desirable
- Experience working in a paediatric unit
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- RSCN, RN (Child Branch) qualification and registration with NMC
Desirable
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Able to work well under pressure, demonstrating a calm and resilient approach
Desirable
- Member of external national forums e.g. RCN children's forums.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent collaborative team leader and player. Excellent role model and ambassador both within and outside the Trust for Children's Nursing
Experience/Knoweldge
Desirable
- Experience working in a paediatric unit
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
