Paediatric Staff Nurse
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Staff nurses with experience in paediatrics to join our Nightingale ward and the new Paediatric assessment units dedicated children’s nursing team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
You will need to be able to work within the acute hospital environment on Nightingale Children’s ward and be responsible for allocated children ‘s care. You will liaise with the multidisciplinary team to ensure excellent care delivery for your children.
You will be a qualified Staff Nurse with either RSCN/RN Child or RN with experience of working with children and young people and families in an acute health setting, and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team are essential. Excellent communication skills and team work are essential to this post.
Main duties of the job
Nightingale ward is a general paediatric ward. You will care for children aged from 6hrs to 16years, working closely within the multi disciplinary team.
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
Working for our organisation
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts.With a workforce of around 3,800 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated “Good” by the CQC .
We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria- RSCN Qualification or RN with acute health experience of working with children.
- 998 Teaching qualification (or equivalent)
- RSCN/RN Child (or equivalent)
- Post registration experience in Paediatric health environment
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience working with children in a healthcare setting
- Understanding of principles of Safeguarding Children
- Experience with children with additional / complex / chronic health care needs.
- Experience of Safeguarding children work
- Health and Safety Knowledge
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Clinical Skills
- Team worker
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Infection Control knowledge in acute care
- Ability to use initiative, to take charge in the absence of the sister/Deputy ward leader
- Ability to prioritise workload
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria- Communication skills
- Professional appearance & approach
- Completed preceptorship package.
Trust Values
Essential criteria- Proud to CARE
- CRH Behaviours- Leading with care, Engaging the team, holding to account , developing capability
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
COVID19 Vaccination
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.
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