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Job summary

Main area
Tropical Lagoon
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
Part time - 28.45 hours per week
Job ref
162-3829-NA-X
Employer
Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Tropical Lagoon
Town
Romford
Salary
£30,878 - £36,456 Per annum inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/07/2024 23:59

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Band 6 Registered Children's Nurse - Tropical Lagoon

Band 6

 

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Job overview

Our Children’s team provide acute care across a range of clinical specialties including but not limited to: oncology, haematology, respiratory, diabetes, endocrine, neurology and day surgery. We also provide a children’s community nursing team. 
At QH we have 30 acute inpatient beds on Tropical Lagoon which includes 4 HDU level 2 beds. We have a children’s complex discharge co-ordinator to support the most effective flow across our children’s and neonatal areas and community services, also working with our tertiary hospitals to facilitate repatriating children back to QH and therefore closer to home. We have practice educators across all of children’s services to provide education to all our staff in the clinical and classroom setting. 
Our Children’s and Young People’s Assessment Unit (CYPAU) at QH is located next to Children’s Emergency Department. It is a 9 bedded 24hr facility used for the assessment and treatment of children who require urgent medical care..
Tropical Bay is our day unit where we provide our oncology and Haematology services alongside our elective day care procedures. 
We have a 32-cot level 2 NICU, with a transitional care team working closely with our maternity colleagues enabling mums and babies to stay together and we have our community neonatal team who facilitate discharge home and continue to support at home. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as a role model and provide leadership in the clinical area and will be responsible for overseeing assessment of care needs of patients, planning programmes of care, implementation and evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision. Responsible in education and supervision of staff as coordinated with the Children’s PDN. To demonstrate advanced clinical specialist skills in order to provide the highest standard of individualised evidence based patient centred care while supervising the work of others. To expect to take charge on each shift and to supervise and co-ordinate other staffs as appropriate develops self and others professionally.

Working for our organisation

We provide care for the residents of three diverse London boroughs. Most of our 7,800 permanent staff live in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. We also provide healthcare services to people in south west Essex, and specialist neurosciences services to the whole of the county.

Our services include all the major specialties of large acute hospitals and we operate from two main sites - King George Hospital in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023. We also provide outpatient services at Brentwood Community Hospital, Barking Community Hospital, Loxford Polyclinic, and Harold Wood Polyclinic. 

We’re pleased to be leading the way in reducing the time our patients wait to get the treatment they need. The Elective Surgical Hub at King George Hospital is one of eight to be accredited as part of a national scheme; the Care Quality Commission has raised the ratings for urgent and emergency care at Queen’s and King George hospitals; and data released by NHS England showed that the Trust was the most improved in 2023 for reducing waits for emergency care. 

We are particularly proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre; Radiotherapy Centre; Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; and dedicated breast care service at King George Hospital. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role.  Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Nadeem Arif, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5938. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person specification

EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria
  • RSCN, RN (Child Branch)
  • Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor.
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership/Quality Improvement
  • Evidence of professional development - e.g HDU course.

SKILLS/ ABILITIES

Desirable criteria
  • EPALS certified.

EXPERIENCE/ KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria
  • Experienced as Senior Band 5 Nurse – has experienced of taking charge on shift of the ward.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Wendy Gillham
Job title
Ward Manager Tropical Lagoon
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01708435000
Additional information

ext 6557

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