Job summary
William Harvey Hospital - Paediatric ED Matron
Speciality: Emergency Medicine
Our Emergency Departments are recruiting now!
Our vibrant Emergency Departments at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate, offer an exciting and supportive environment for ambitious professionals who are passionate about emergency care and want to work at the top of their game!
As a result a new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualifiedLead Paediatric ED Nurseto join our team! Working across our acute sites you will have the opportunity to be a part of a successful team of professionals that are passionate about'making a difference'every day.
Main duties of the job
We firmly believe that developing our staff is key to success; we have a dynamic and progressive training and development ethos, providing excellent opportunities to enhance your knowledge and competencies,nurturing your personal and professional development by encouraging and supporting you to reach your full potential!
We are proud that our dedicated and passionate employees from across East Kent Hospitals are featured in the biggest NHS recruitment drive in its 70 year history!
We are a leading Trust for use of technology. We are introducing electronic bed management and benefit from real-time reporting of up-to-date information for every patient, plus point of care testing. The Trust has 24/7 access to CT and stroke thrombolysis, and benefits from interventional radiology services in our sister hospital at Canterbury. William Harvey Hospital is the primary PCI hospital for Kent, and has trauma unit status. We are part of the top-performing South East London, Kent and Medway Trauma Network, with the local major trauma centre being King's College Hospital. We are just about to start a rebuild project to enhance our Emergency
Our mission is to provide'Great healthcare from great people', and our Trust Values form the foundation of the trusts organisational culture and how we deliver our services.
About us
We are seeking applicants who embrace our Trust values and care so that:
- People feelcaredfor as individuals
- People feelsafe,reassured and involved
- People feel teamwork, trust andrespectsit at the heart of everything we do
- People feel confident we aremaking a difference.
At EKHUFT, we are not just'making a difference'locally we also run The Healthcare Ethiopia Partnership (HEP) project to support healthcare workers to reduce maternal deaths and deaths in children under five years old in the region of Tigray in northern Ethiopia. The project has been running for eleven years, and HEP members visit twice each year to deliver training programmes to people across rural areas.
We really are committed to ensuring our Trust is aGreat Place to work!
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a senior role
- Experience of working in partnership with multi- disciplinary team.
- Demonstrable experience of managing change within a clinical environment.
- Knowledge of current developments in emergency nursing
- Ability to both influence and work across professional boundaries.
- Experience of developing nursing staff.
- Experience of managing a clinical team including human resources management.
Desirable
- experience in Emergency Care of children and young people
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to and expertise in emergency and paediatric nursing
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including presentations
- Influencing skills.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Evidence of managerial skills.
- Experience of developing policies and procedures Able to command respect of multi-disciplinary team
- Level 3 Safeguarding
Qualifications
Essential
- RN Child or Adult
- Evidence of post registration education at degree level
- IT training at intermediate level eg EDLC or equivalent experience
- Leadership or management qualification
- EPALS/APLS
Desirable
- Commitment to achieve Masters level in a relevant subject
- ATNC/ALS qualification
Other
Essential
- Flexible to meet service needs
- Work under pressure to meet deadlines
- Able to work collaboratively across organisational and professional boundaries, recognising changes in circumstances and to incorporate them into practice.
- Demonstrates awareness of priorities, deals with workload, adapts to changing requirements, and uses initiative
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a senior role
- Experience of working in partnership with multi- disciplinary team.
- Demonstrable experience of managing change within a clinical environment.
- Knowledge of current developments in emergency nursing
- Ability to both influence and work across professional boundaries.
- Experience of developing nursing staff.
- Experience of managing a clinical team including human resources management.
Desirable
- experience in Emergency Care of children and young people
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to and expertise in emergency and paediatric nursing
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including presentations
- Influencing skills.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Evidence of managerial skills.
- Experience of developing policies and procedures Able to command respect of multi-disciplinary team
- Level 3 Safeguarding
Qualifications
Essential
- RN Child or Adult
- Evidence of post registration education at degree level
- IT training at intermediate level eg EDLC or equivalent experience
- Leadership or management qualification
- EPALS/APLS
Desirable
- Commitment to achieve Masters level in a relevant subject
- ATNC/ALS qualification
Other
Essential
- Flexible to meet service needs
- Work under pressure to meet deadlines
- Able to work collaboratively across organisational and professional boundaries, recognising changes in circumstances and to incorporate them into practice.
- Demonstrates awareness of priorities, deals with workload, adapts to changing requirements, and uses initiative
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
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).
