Job summary
Band 5 - Paediatric Staff Nurse
Children's Outpatients and Ambulatory Care
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Paediatric Staff nurse to join our Children's outpatients and Ambulatory Care department at Chelsea & Westminster Foundation Trust.
Children's Outpatients and Ambulatory care department is a fast paced and dynamic clinical environment providing high standards of care to all our patients and their families. You will enjoy a challenging varied pace and an exciting working environment, caring for a varied paediatric workload. We can offer opportunities to gain knowledge and experience working within a diverse range of specialties.
The role will be to provide high quality care to patients, ensuring patient safety and supporting the patients and their carers throughout their outpatient journey.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 5 to work in Children's Outpatients and Ambulatory Care department. Applicants need to have excellent communication skills, positive personality and a professional approach to their work. You must be able to deal with the public in a sensitive and polite manner, be flexible in their approach to duties of work, act as part of a team, and promote good teamwork.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will require paediatric clinical experience, provide sound clinical expertise, and coordinate and deliver high quality care. They will role model the identified Trust values at all times.
In general settings, they will be carrying out clinical duties, working as part of a wider Multidisciplinary team, being a role model for team members, sharing knowledge and experience and guiding students, whilst delivering and overseeing high standards of care.
About us
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.
The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Lead on assessing planning and implementing high quality care, and evaluating care options for patients in the clinical area, in line with the Trust values and objectives.
- Lead on complex clinical care for patients within their area.
- Ensure the safe custody, maintenance and administration of medication, in accordance with established Trust policy.
- Promote and maintain a safe therapeutic environment for patients, their families and staff, according to national and local Infection Control guidelines, Health & Safety legislation and Trust policies and objectives.
- Coordinate discharges and transfers, promoting timely and safe processes for them.
- Provide sound evidence based clinical advice as required to staff and patients.
- Maintain a good understanding and implementation of clinical escalation procedures as required.
Professional
- Maintain professional behaviour at all times and promote a positive image of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at all times, in line with Trust values.
- Contribute to a high quality safe working environment in which patients receive a high standard of care.
- Participate in the setting of standards for nursing practice and for care involving the multi-disciplinary team.
- Practice in accordance with, and aware of his/her responsibilities under, the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and other appropriate NMC guidelines.
- Understand and practice in accordance with Trust and Unit policies and procedures, and ensure they are understood and practiced by staff.
- Maintain a safe working environment recognising the health and safety requirements of patients, visitors and staff.
- Ensure all strategies, policies and protocols relating to infection control are implemented and monitored and that appropriate and timely action is taken in response to ensuring the prevention of control of infection.
Education and Development
- Participate in the education of all learners within their area.
- Actively support and assist in preceptorship and in pre-registration student support, supervision and guidance including mentorship where appropriate.
- Identify and respond to learning needs for area.
- Develop and deliver or organise local training sessions, mindful of the Trust values.
- Facilitate others in the development of informal teaching skills.
- Participate in the annual training needs analysis for their area.
- Participate in any local or related research projects, clinical trials etc.
- Apply and encourage others to utilise evidence based practice and relevant research findings in practice.
Management and leadership
- Manage the day to day staffing arrangements and rotas, to ensure safe levels of practice.
- Be a shift coordinator where appropriate.
- Ensure staff adhere to Trust protocols of care, eg Infection Control.
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Lead on assessing planning and implementing high quality care, and evaluating care options for patients in the clinical area, in line with the Trust values and objectives.
- Lead on complex clinical care for patients within their area.
- Ensure the safe custody, maintenance and administration of medication, in accordance with established Trust policy.
- Promote and maintain a safe therapeutic environment for patients, their families and staff, according to national and local Infection Control guidelines, Health & Safety legislation and Trust policies and objectives.
- Coordinate discharges and transfers, promoting timely and safe processes for them.
- Provide sound evidence based clinical advice as required to staff and patients.
- Maintain a good understanding and implementation of clinical escalation procedures as required.
Professional
- Maintain professional behaviour at all times and promote a positive image of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at all times, in line with Trust values.
- Contribute to a high quality safe working environment in which patients receive a high standard of care.
- Participate in the setting of standards for nursing practice and for care involving the multi-disciplinary team.
- Practice in accordance with, and aware of his/her responsibilities under, the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and other appropriate NMC guidelines.
- Understand and practice in accordance with Trust and Unit policies and procedures, and ensure they are understood and practiced by staff.
- Maintain a safe working environment recognising the health and safety requirements of patients, visitors and staff.
- Ensure all strategies, policies and protocols relating to infection control are implemented and monitored and that appropriate and timely action is taken in response to ensuring the prevention of control of infection.
Education and Development
- Participate in the education of all learners within their area.
- Actively support and assist in preceptorship and in pre-registration student support, supervision and guidance including mentorship where appropriate.
- Identify and respond to learning needs for area.
- Develop and deliver or organise local training sessions, mindful of the Trust values.
- Facilitate others in the development of informal teaching skills.
- Participate in the annual training needs analysis for their area.
- Participate in any local or related research projects, clinical trials etc.
- Apply and encourage others to utilise evidence based practice and relevant research findings in practice.
Management and leadership
- Manage the day to day staffing arrangements and rotas, to ensure safe levels of practice.
- Be a shift coordinator where appropriate.
- Ensure staff adhere to Trust protocols of care, eg Infection Control.
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree / Diploma
- Registered Nurse on NMC registers. Hold appropriate level for the area of speciality (RSCN/RN Child)
- Evidence of recent and on-going professional development
- Mentorship/Teaching/assessing course
Desirable
- Post qualification in relevant specialty
Experience
Essential
- Proven clinical experience in relevant area
- Experience with acutely ill patients
- Ability to utilise pre-registration experience to demonstrate an understanding of the relevant settings.
Desirable
- Evidence of teaching and assessing
- Recent experience caring for children with elevated dependency needs
- General management skills
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Proven clinical skills in relevant area
- Demonstrates a genuine interest and has awareness of issues in specialty
- Knowledge of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Knowledge of child development
- Awareness of current nursing and NHS issues
- Awareness of current professional issues within children and young people's nursing
- Awareness of child protection issues and pathways
- Awareness of health and safety issues relating to children
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- The ability to communicate with children of all ages and their parents
- Evidence of working cooperatively in a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to form excellent interpersonal relationships
- Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Ability and interest in supporting junior colleagues / students
- Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality
- Ability to work shift to meet the needs of the service
Desirable
- Awareness of NHS reforms and professional issues relating to specialty
- Specialist knowledge in area of specialty
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree / Diploma
- Registered Nurse on NMC registers. Hold appropriate level for the area of speciality (RSCN/RN Child)
- Evidence of recent and on-going professional development
- Mentorship/Teaching/assessing course
Desirable
- Post qualification in relevant specialty
Experience
Essential
- Proven clinical experience in relevant area
- Experience with acutely ill patients
- Ability to utilise pre-registration experience to demonstrate an understanding of the relevant settings.
Desirable
- Evidence of teaching and assessing
- Recent experience caring for children with elevated dependency needs
- General management skills
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Proven clinical skills in relevant area
- Demonstrates a genuine interest and has awareness of issues in specialty
- Knowledge of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Knowledge of child development
- Awareness of current nursing and NHS issues
- Awareness of current professional issues within children and young people's nursing
- Awareness of child protection issues and pathways
- Awareness of health and safety issues relating to children
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- The ability to communicate with children of all ages and their parents
- Evidence of working cooperatively in a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to form excellent interpersonal relationships
- Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Ability and interest in supporting junior colleagues / students
- Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality
- Ability to work shift to meet the needs of the service
Desirable
- Awareness of NHS reforms and professional issues relating to specialty
- Specialist knowledge in area of specialty
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).