Job summary
The Paediatric Critical Care Unit is an indispensable part of the Childrens service and strategy, ensuring that local children can be treated and cared for in their local hospital. It is also a tertiary referral centre accepting admissions from north east London and further afield to support the increasing demand for Paediatric critical care.
It is our aim to increase our outstanding, dynamic team by recruiting experienced, highly motivated children's nurses with intensive care skills, who have experience of caring for critically ill children.As a Band 6, you will need to have previous experience of working within Paediatric Intensive Care and to have completed your intensive care training. Your main responsibility will be the clinical care of critically ill children; whilst allowing you the opportunity to share your knowledge, experience and skills. This position will also give you the chance to develop your managerial skills.
You will need to thrive on working in a dynamic environment; willing to teach junior staff; demonstrate self-motivation and work well in a team. You should demonstrate a commitment to your own professional practice, as well as delivering high quality holistic care, with an emphasis on working in partnership with the children and their families
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical leadership to a designated nursing team ensuring the delivery of the highest standard of individualised family centred care to children and their families in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job 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.
Job description
Job 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
Qualifications
Essential
- o RSCN/RN Child with current registration
- o Paediatric Intensive Care Course or equivalent
- o Preparation for mentorship course or equivalent
- o Intravenous accreditation
Desirable
- o Leadership course/ development programme o Educated to degree level or working towards it
Experience
Essential
- o Experience of working at Band 5 level with experience working in a critical care setting
- o Experience following completion of the Paediatric Intensive Care Course
Knowledge
Essential
- o Evidence of continued professional development
- o IT skills
Skills
Essential
- o Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- o Effective interpersonal skills
- o Excellent communication skills with people on complex matters/issues
- o Ability to deal with difficult situations
- o Excellent organisational skills
- o Displays professional integrity and credibility
- o Adaptable and able to deal with changing workloads
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- o RSCN/RN Child with current registration
- o Paediatric Intensive Care Course or equivalent
- o Preparation for mentorship course or equivalent
- o Intravenous accreditation
Desirable
- o Leadership course/ development programme o Educated to degree level or working towards it
Experience
Essential
- o Experience of working at Band 5 level with experience working in a critical care setting
- o Experience following completion of the Paediatric Intensive Care Course
Knowledge
Essential
- o Evidence of continued professional development
- o IT skills
Skills
Essential
- o Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- o Effective interpersonal skills
- o Excellent communication skills with people on complex matters/issues
- o Ability to deal with difficult situations
- o Excellent organisational skills
- o Displays professional integrity and credibility
- o Adaptable and able to deal with changing workloads
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).
