Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Leave cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Includes nights and weekends)
- Job ref
- 409-6903787
- Employer
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ormskirk Hospital
- Town
- Ormskirk
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/03/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 02/04/2025
Employer heading
Sister/Charge Nurse - Paediatric Emergency Department
NHS AfC: Band 6
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Children's nurse to work in our Paediatric Accident & Emergency department in Ormskirk Hospital.
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Children’s nurse, who is an excellent role model, self-motivated and committed to the delivery of high standards of quality care. A commitment to staff development and training is essential.
If you are an experienced Children’s nurse with a background in acute Paediatric nursing, committed to providing high quality care and would like to further develop your existing clinical and management skills whilst supporting both senior and junior colleagues in a supportive team, this position could be for you.
You must have post registration clinical experience within a Children’s Accident & Emergency Department environment or transferable skills and evidence of proven leadership in that area. The post is shift work, rotational to night duty and the ability to work as part of a team is essential. This post will be subject to an Enhanced DBS (with barred list for children disclosure)
Main duties of the job
- Provide leadership, management and team development as delegated by the Department/Ward Manager to the team, allocating workloads.
- Contribute to setting goals and benchmarking standards of care. Develop tools to improve the quality of the service and co-ordinate clinical services across the ward.
- To co-ordinate and manage patient flow within the unit including timely admission and discharge, ensuring national targets are met where possible.
- To promote the unit and the Trust as a whole in the most positive manner to patients, relatives and the local population.
- To have knowledge of relevant national and local health policies and their impact on the service.
- To inform/escalate to Department/Ward Manager / Matron if acceptable levels of care, standards, practice and patient safety is compromised and develop appropriate actions
- To assist and or lead in the development/implementation of local and trust policies and protocols relevant to the specialty, ensuring effective implementation in local area.
- To manage control and quality of levels of stock and equipment within the clinical and non-clinical areas and promote and ensure economic use of all resources.
Working for our organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- To attend corporate groups as a representative of the directorate and team.
- To represent the clinical area on working groups as appropriate and at relevant conferences at regional and national level and on working groups as appropriate.
- To promote and deliver effective communication with all members of the multidisciplinary team and other wards and departments in the Trust and externally.
- To participate in the business planning process, helping to identify areas for service development and improvement.
- In the absence or as delegated by the Department/Ward Manager. Initiate and coordinate investigations of incidents, accidents, complaints involving staff, patients and visitors in accordance with the trust policies and lead in any investigations where required to do so.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
· Provide senior nursing advice and support to facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/ carers in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
· Manage and coordinate complex clinical situations, taking appropriate action in emergency or unforeseen situations.
· To be clinically competent and confident in the use of specialised equipment in varied clinical settings.
· Act as a clinical role model and leader for all members of staff providing daily unit management, continuity of care and a high standard of excellent nursing care.
· To assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care, actively seeking evidence based practice which will improve the quality of care and meet the needs of the patient. A holistic approach to caring should be planned which will include the appropriate level of physiological, psychological, spiritual, socio - economic and cultural aspects which influence the care of patients within the unit.
· To contribute to setting and monitor standards of nursing care within the ward.
· To liaise with medical staff and other disciplines on the management of high quality patient care.
· To ensure that patient care is delivered within the Nursing and Midwifery Scope of Professional Practice and Code of Professional Conduct.
· To promote the involvement of patients and their relatives in the management and evaluation of care.
· To have shared responsibility for the delivery of patient care by all members of the nursing team on the unit.
· To maintain safe custody of drugs, ensuring that checking, witnessing and administration procedures are compatible with statutory and trust requirements.
· To undertake appropriate training to expand relevant clinical skills.
· To regularly take charge of the clinical area, utilising resources effectively and to ensure that safe staffing levels are maintained for their shifts.
· Identify clinical risks and ensure that appropriate action is implemented in accordance with the Trust risk management policy.
· Ensure the nurse documentation is maintained to the Trust standard.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
· To promote an environment conducive to learning.
· To participate in staff education and development, including orientation and supervision and act as a mentor and resource for learners and the nursing team and the multi-professional teams.
· Contribute to the development and maintenance of a positive learning environment for colleagues, patients and visitors.
· To assess learning & developmental needs of members of the ward nursing team.
· To assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of programmes of specialty based teaching ensuring learning objectives are achieved.
· To ensure that own personal development is maintained and recorded to ensure compliance for revalidation.
· To be responsible for the continuing professional development and overall performance of a particular group of staff delegated by the Charge Nurse or Senior Sister.
· Supervise and support the nursing care of the other junior nurses, students and HCAs to maintain a high standard of excellent nursing care.
· To share highly specialist knowledge and skills around the Trust with active involvement in ward patient care if the unit allows.
· Provide support mechanisms for sharing good practice within the ward and trust wide.
LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
· To assess and develop action plans to meet individual development needs.
· To participate in orientation programmes for all newly appointed nursing staff.
· To monitor staff performance, conduct or participate in Individual Performance Appraisal, including supporting revalidation process.
· To encourage & motivate staff within the ward on personal & professional development at all levels.
· To deploy and utilise staffing resources effectively and efficiently.
· To support members of the team and refer to appropriate services.
· To assist in the selection, appointment & induction of new staff.
· Ensure staffing levels and skill mix is scheduled to reflect the workload and meet the needs of the patient.
· To assist in the co-ordination and monitoring of off duty, annual leave, sickness and absence occurring in the unit.
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
· Ensure the effective and efficient use of resources including stock management and care and maintenance of equipment.
· Handles patients valuables, ensuring safe storage and transportation.
· Authorise timesheets for temporary nursing and support staff as appropriate.
RESEARCH & AUDIT
- To develop and implement methods of auditing nursing practice within the unit.
- To promote awareness of current nursing research in members of the unit.
- To introduce and apply research findings to the unit relating to nursing practice where relevant.
- To promote and disseminate local/national/international research findings to the ward.
- Identify areas where local audit is needed, conduct the audit and analyse the data with support.
- Arranges for the collection and analysis of audit and research data as required.
- Participate in the collection of audit and research data as required.
- Use data which will contribute to the improvement of patient care
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Diploma / degree level or equivalent experience
- Current NMC Registration
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Leadership training or qualification (minimum Level 3 ILM or equivalent) or working towards.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code
- Experience of leading a team in a clinical environment.
- Research awareness and commitment to evidence-based practice.
- Experience of clinical risk assessment & management of identified risk
- Understanding key features of Clinical governance
- Knowledge of audit & audit procedures
Skills
Essential criteria
- Up to date clinical skills in order to ensure quality of services being provided by ward.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisational skills – prioritise and coordinate own workload.
- Able to act as a leader, effectively managing staff in the department.
- Ability to co-ordinate & liaise with MDT members.
- Computer literacy eg experience of electronic patient record.
Other
Essential criteria
- Frequent sitting or standing in a restricted position; occasional moderate effort for several short period.
- Frequent concentration, work pattern unpredictable Concentration for patient clinical work
- Frequent concentration, work pattern unpredictable Concentration for patient clinical work
- Working in ward environment providing direct clinical care.
- Potential blood or body fluids exposure.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Claire Taylor
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01695 656783
- Additional information
Shirley Coward Paediatric / Neonatal Matron
on 01695 656783
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