Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Staff Nurse

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Job summary

Band 5 Registered Nurses

We welcome newly qualified childrens nurses and adult nurses, with experience, to apply for a role within paediatric nursing.

Are you ready to launch your career in an exciting and vibrant Childrens Hospital? Are you seeking a new opportunity and adventure? Then look no further than the Leeds Childrens Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Leeds Childrens Hospital is one of the UKs largest childrens hospitals with state-of-the-art treatments and facilities. We provide one of the most comprehensive ranges of specialist childrens services in the country and are recruiting across the following specialities:

Paediatric Critical Care

Neonatal Services

Oncology and Haematology

Medicine

Surgery

We also offer a rotational programme to work in 3 areas over 18 months. This opportunity is designed to provide you with experiences throughout the children's hospital in areas of interest and offers the opportunity to gain a high dependency qualification during the final 6 months of the programme.

Please do state your preference for specialty and/or rotational programme in the supporting information section on your application form.

If you are a newly qualified nurse, we will support you during your first 12 months with our Preceptorship programme. This offers structured personal and professional development as you transition to registered practice and includes a supernumerary period.

Main duties of the job

The role is to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation & evaluation of individualised family centred, infant, child or young person focused programmes of care. You will deliver care without supervision and take responsibility as the prime care provider for a group of patients and at all times promote confidence in our commitment to provide excellent compassionate family centred, infant, child or young person focused patient care. The role will involve taking charge of the ward or department as necessary in the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse. You will participate in the in-service training, preceptorship & mentorship of junior staff and students, as well as maintaining your personal development. The jobholder will work within an environment caring for infants/neonates, children and or young people in providing child or young person focused care.

About us

Working at LTHT has many benefits including:

1. Flexible working patterns to fit you & your lifestyle

2. Supernumerary orientation periods

3. Structured induction programmes

4. Personalised Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes, regardless of experience

We are very interested in hearing from you, including those of you who are students expecting to graduate in the next six months. Come and join our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing our vision & values.

Leeds Childrens hospital is rated as GOOD & the Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great care & rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.

For all new starters to the Trust we have a structured Introduction to Professional Practice (IPP) Induction programme to prepare you for working at LTHT. We also have a 12 month preceptorship framework to support you in your new role, which incorporates further education sessions.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Details

Date posted

24 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9298-NUR-591

Job locations

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX


Job description

Job responsibilities

The role is to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised family centred, infant, child or young person focused programmes of care. You will deliver care without supervision and take responsibility as the prime care provider for a group of patients and at all times promote confidence in our commitment to provide excellent compassionate family centred, infant, child or young person focused patient care.

The role will involve taking charge of the ward or department as necessary in the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse.

You will participate in the in-service training, preceptorship and mentorship of junior staff and learners, as well as maintaining your personal development.

Leeds Childrens Hospital is a large secondary and tertiary hospital providing a wide range of specialities to the population of Leeds as well as the wider North Region. The jobholder will work within an environment caring for infants/neonates, children and or young people in providing child or young person focused care.

You will be an accountable professional, demonstrating the Leeds Ways Values and Behaviours in every aspect of your work. You will provide evidence based, high quality care to patients and their families. You will demonstrate standards of proficiencies of the registered nurse, be able to escalate any concerns and work in line with the Leeds Childrens Hospital Standards of Practice.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role is to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised family centred, infant, child or young person focused programmes of care. You will deliver care without supervision and take responsibility as the prime care provider for a group of patients and at all times promote confidence in our commitment to provide excellent compassionate family centred, infant, child or young person focused patient care.

The role will involve taking charge of the ward or department as necessary in the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse.

You will participate in the in-service training, preceptorship and mentorship of junior staff and learners, as well as maintaining your personal development.

Leeds Childrens Hospital is a large secondary and tertiary hospital providing a wide range of specialities to the population of Leeds as well as the wider North Region. The jobholder will work within an environment caring for infants/neonates, children and or young people in providing child or young person focused care.

You will be an accountable professional, demonstrating the Leeds Ways Values and Behaviours in every aspect of your work. You will provide evidence based, high quality care to patients and their families. You will demonstrate standards of proficiencies of the registered nurse, be able to escalate any concerns and work in line with the Leeds Childrens Hospital Standards of Practice.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Awareness of current issues in health and social care for children and young people

Desirable

  • Learner or qualified experience in Children's Nursing

Additional Requirements

Essential

  • Able to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care
  • Understanding of skills and knowledge required to develop team members
  • Understand scope of practice, roles and responsibilities of your team members as well as yourself
  • Communication skills through handover, IT Systems and telephone

Skills & behaviours

Essential

  • Compassionate
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Accountable
  • Effective numeracy skills
  • Team Player
  • Organisational and Time Management Skills

Desirable

  • Lateral Thinking
  • Able to escalate challenges
  • Able to manage conflict at appropriate level

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse (Adult or Child)
  • NMC registration or working towards within next six months

Desirable

  • Practice Supervisor
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Awareness of current issues in health and social care for children and young people

Desirable

  • Learner or qualified experience in Children's Nursing

Additional Requirements

Essential

  • Able to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care
  • Understanding of skills and knowledge required to develop team members
  • Understand scope of practice, roles and responsibilities of your team members as well as yourself
  • Communication skills through handover, IT Systems and telephone

Skills & behaviours

Essential

  • Compassionate
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Accountable
  • Effective numeracy skills
  • Team Player
  • Organisational and Time Management Skills

Desirable

  • Lateral Thinking
  • Able to escalate challenges
  • Able to manage conflict at appropriate level

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse (Adult or Child)
  • NMC registration or working towards within next six months

Desirable

  • Practice Supervisor

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX


Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX


Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Children's Professional Development Lead

Hannah Williams

hannah.williams134@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

24 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9298-NUR-591

Job locations

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX


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