Paediatric Staff Nurse - Children's Emergency Department

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for Band 5 Paediatric Nurses to join our Children's Emergency Departments at Epsom .

Our team provide 24 hour paediatric emergency care in our dedicated Paediatric Emergency Department. We provide care for children with acute and urgent physical and mental health needs, as well as complex and long term conditions.

The teams include dedicated paediatric advanced care practitioners, and are supported by the Trust Paediatric Nursing and Medical Teams, as well as our Emergency Department colleagues. There are opportunities for professional development which includes access to our Trust wide paediatric simulation courses.

Paediatric services at Epsom General Hospital include our acute paediatric ward, medical day units and children's outpatients. We also host a Level 1 Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Service at Epsom and have a dedicated paediatric psychiatric liaison service. We also have over 25 paediatric specialist nurses, two community children's nurses and a specialist children's safeguarding teams. Therefore there are opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills in a range of areas, to complement your emergency nursing skills.

Paed ED now has its own new dedicated Practice Educator for Paediatric ED alone. This will support existing and new nurses in the department and help with learning new skills necessary in Paed ED

Main duties of the job

The post holder will;

• provide evidenced based, high quality assessment and care to children and their families attending the Emergency Department
• supervise, support and educate other team members, including nursing and medical students
• develop and maintain advanced Emergency Nursing skills
• advise on health promotion and prevention of illness/injury
• advocate for children and families
• ensure safe and effective clinical practice and enhance patient experience.
• ensure the promotion and implementation of trust policies and the effective delivery of organisational objectives

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce