Job summary
- Main area
- Pediatrics
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7.30am-20.00pm 19.30pm-08.00am, nights , days, weekends)
- Job ref
- 200-6829629-GO-SMB
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Georges University Hospital
- Town
- LONDON
- Salary
- £35,964 - £43,780 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse
Band 5
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
Job overview
Provide excellent nursing care, supervise and mentor Student Nurses and Health Care Assistants, act as an advocate for child and family and participate and contribute to the management of ward.
Main duties of the job
- Ensuring that nursing procedures are carried out in accordance with St George’s Healthcare Policy taking appropriate action in emergency situations.
- Setting, monitoring and maintaining excellent standards of nursing care in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.
- Maintaining personal contact with patients, relatives and carers being sensitive to their need for courtesy, dignity and privacy ensuring a friendly environment at all times, including documentation of discussion around single sex accommodation and nutritional status.
- As skills develop, managing the ward or department in the absence of the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse or Deputy, maintaining safe staffing levels, ensuring that policies are followed up and that the Senior Nurse is informed of any problems or incidents that might arise.
- Maintaining timely and accurate nursing records and ensuring that confidentiality is respected.
- Storing, checking and administering drugs including the intravenous route in accordance with Trust Policy and NMC Standards.
- To work with minimal supervision in all areas of the speciality including wards, and outpatient departments as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Person specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate sound written, numeric and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate an understanding of child safeguarding issues.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of caring for young people with mental health needs
- Adaptable and responsive to changing needs.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding of normal child development and the sick child
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role of advocate for the child.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding of the effects of an admission to hospital on the child and family.
- Experience of undertaking small research or audit projects
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carole Bettley
- Job title
- WARD MANAGER
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087252081
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