Staff Nurse - Paediatric Critical Care/Renal and Urology

Job summary

We are currently looking to recruit into vacancy in our children's Paediatric Critical Care Unit (PCCU) and children's Renal and Urology department.

Within Nottingham Childrens Hospital (NCH) we house a 14 bedded PCCU with both intensive care and high dependency beds. We care for children under a wide range of specialities , working closely alongside the Children's Medical Emergency Transport service for the East Midlands region.

PCCU provides an essential service for Neurology/Neurosurgical; Spinal/Orthopaedic; Oncology/Haematology; Respiratory; General Surgery and Rheumatology as well as paediatric renal services for the region. Thisallows staff on the unit to be actively involved with kidney transplants and hemofiltration.

We are supported by the PCCU Education Team and have a well-established foundation programme for those nurses who want to join us as newly qualified nurses.

The NCH Renal and Urology Unit is also looking for registered nurses to join our team. Our busy, progressive unit is one of only 12 children's renal centres in the country, caring for children and young people problems across the East Midlands and beyond.

The Renal and Urology unit has a 10 bedded ward, 7 station haemodialysis unit, and a specialist nurse team. You will have the opportunity to expand your knowledge and skills in this highly specialist area with the support of a dedicated renal nurse educator and our multi-professional team.

Main duties of the job

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We are happy to accept applications from both experienced and newly qualified children's nurses as well as experienced adult registered nurses that can demonstrate experience in paediatric settings. To be considered you must be willing to undertake further children's specific training and development packages.

*Pre-Pin Nurses must be qualified by Winter 2024, to be eligible to apply

This is a really exciting time to join NCH as we became the first Children's Hospital in Europe to achieve ANCC pathway to excellence accreditation in 2020.

This makes NCH a really special place to work, not only does this show that we provide excellent care to patients and family's it is also recognition that we have fantastic teams, leadership at all levels and a huge array of development opportunity's.

As a registered nurse at Nottingham Childrens Hospital you will be expected to maintain a high standard of clinical work when carrying out nursing procedures.

You will motivate colleagues, champion children's and family's safety and dignity and drive continuous improvement.

Nottingham Children's Hospital will support you in your role and provide the relevant education, training and support for you to deliver high quality care.

About us

Nottingham Childrens Hospital is proud of our investment in our nursing staff and you will have an opportunity to witness this first hand when you meet our practice development team.

For those staff that are always looking for the next challenge there is the option of using our internal transfer window system to move to another area at a later date to gain further skills and experience.

If you are seeking a position elsewhere at NCH then please do still enquire as our vacancy's may not be limited to this pathway.

Nottingham Children's Hospital is set within the vibrant city of Nottingham known for its many historical sites and lively music scene. The children's hospital is housed within the Queens medical centre campus and has 116 inpatient beds across 8 inpatient wards covering all specialitys, with many of our specialitys being regional centres as well as two neonatal intensive care units one based at our City hospital campus.

We have an innovative Preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff during their crucial transition period from student nurse to registered nurse as well bespoke support for those joining our teams.

Our staff are proud to work at Nottingham Children's Hospital and all embrace the TEAM NUH ethos which we would love you to be part of.