Job summary
The Royal Free Emergency Department is passionate about getting it right for patients and their families.
Are you looking for a challenge?
We are looking to recruit experienced Band 5 Paediatric Nurses to work in our growing team. Candidates would ideally have at least 6 months experience in a critical care setting.
The Royal Free Emergency Department sees around 32000 Paediatric patients per year. Within the department we have a dedicated paediatric area along with a dedicated resus space. The Urgent Care centre within the ED has ENPs working with GPs to deliver an efficient and responsive service.
We are committed to developing and supporting a modern career framework for our nurses in the Emergency Department and you will be supported through every step of your Emergency career by our Clinical Practice Education and senior team. Through in-house training and external courses you will be able to learn many ED specific skills.
Main duties of the job
CLINICAL :
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care through appropriate frameworks, including safe effective arrangements for discharge, underpinned by trust values.
Assist members of the team in the co-ordination of clinical activities
Use clinical standards to participate in the process of monitoring the quality of the care delivered. Act to ensure that nursing practice is the highest quality in line with trust and CQC standards
Supply and/or administer medication safely in line with Trust medicine policy
Assess and support patients with adherence and understanding of their medication, advise on health promotion and illness prevention.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills in patient and family education.
Assist with the evaluation of care and initiate any action required, for example liaising with the multi-disciplinary team as appropriate.
Review the effectiveness of the nursing care provided and initiate any action that may be required.
Undertake and reasonable and relevant clinical or non clinical functions appropriate to the banding.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UKs biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in ED , deliver over 8000 babies and carry out more than 1.7 million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward thinking approach to working that fits around your lifestyle. From flexible working to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Degree / Diploma
- Registered Nurse on the NMC register. Holds appropriate level for the area of speciality.
- Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development
Desirable
- Mentorship/Teaching/assessing course
- Post qualification in relevant speciality
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting
- Proven clinical experience in relevant area
- Experience working with acutely ill patients
- Evidence of teaching and assessing
- Ability to utilise pre registration experience to demonstrate an understanding of the relevant settings.
Desirable
- General management skills
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- Proven clinical skills in relevant area
- Demonstrates a genuine interest and has awareness of issues in specialty
- Evidence of self development within speciality
- Knowledge of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Awareness of current nursing and NHS issues
- Evidence of commitment to customer care initiatives
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- 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
- Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality
Desirable
- Awareness of NHS reforms and professional issues relating to specialty
- Specialist knowledge in area of specialit
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential
- Maintain professional image / attitude at all times
- Patient centred in all aspects, acts as an advocate for patient
- Flexible / adaptable
- Non-judgemental attitude
- Ability to accept criticism constructively/aware of limitations
- Ability to cope with highly pressurised environment within area of speciality
Others
Essential
- Ability to work full shift pattern including rotation, nights, twilight shifts, weekends & bank holidays as relevant to area
- Health clearance from Health and Work Centre for relevant position
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Degree / Diploma
- Registered Nurse on the NMC register. Holds appropriate level for the area of speciality.
- Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development
Desirable
- Mentorship/Teaching/assessing course
- Post qualification in relevant speciality
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting
- Proven clinical experience in relevant area
- Experience working with acutely ill patients
- Evidence of teaching and assessing
- Ability to utilise pre registration experience to demonstrate an understanding of the relevant settings.
Desirable
- General management skills
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- Proven clinical skills in relevant area
- Demonstrates a genuine interest and has awareness of issues in specialty
- Evidence of self development within speciality
- Knowledge of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Awareness of current nursing and NHS issues
- Evidence of commitment to customer care initiatives
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- 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
- Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality
Desirable
- Awareness of NHS reforms and professional issues relating to specialty
- Specialist knowledge in area of specialit
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential
- Maintain professional image / attitude at all times
- Patient centred in all aspects, acts as an advocate for patient
- Flexible / adaptable
- Non-judgemental attitude
- Ability to accept criticism constructively/aware of limitations
- Ability to cope with highly pressurised environment within area of speciality
Others
Essential
- Ability to work full shift pattern including rotation, nights, twilight shifts, weekends & bank holidays as relevant to area
- Health clearance from Health and Work Centre for relevant position
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).
