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Are you interested in general paediatrics covering a range of specialities? Are you looking for an environment that encourages training and will enable you to learn and develop in a variety of ways? Then look no further. 

We have a unique, caring and inclusive team who are delighted to be responsible for the care of Children and Young People from 5 days to 18 years old, across Hampshire. Our department has a 4 bedded High Dependency Unit and 22 inpatient beds. We have close links with our Paediatric Assessment Unit,  Neonatal Unit, Children’s Outpatient Department, Paediatric A&E and our Children’s Community Nursing Teams as well as our regional Children’s Hospital in Southampton. We promote strong interdepartmental and cross-site working relationships with both Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospital. 

You will be keen to promote clinical excellence as part of a highly motivated team.

Open to newly qualified applicants.

Main duties of the job

With minimal supervision, be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, recognising individual patient needs.

• To ensure religious, emotional and psychological support for patients/Families
• To give and receive adequate and appropriate handover reports in matters relating to patient care, ensuring that staff have an up-to-date knowledge of the patient’s condition so that appropriate nursing care can be given.
• To participate in setting and maintaining standards of patient care based on

Sound research findings.

• In consultation with the team leader, be adaptable in terms of patient allocation to meet the changing needs of patients and other staff members.
• Provide legible and comprehensive patient records to agreed Trust and NMC standards and guidelines.
• To liaise with Team Leader on untoward incidents, complaints and Team/Staff issues.
• To act in accordance with trust policies and nursing procedure

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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