Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 151-SF75
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £31,469 - £38,308 per annum pro rata incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Staff Nurse - Ward 24 Paediatrics & PAU WPH
Band 5
Job overview
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge? Do you want to have a positive influence on patient care and experience? Do you want to be a part of a friendly, supportive and experienced team?
If your answer is yes then our Paediatric Ward at Wexham Park Hospital is the ideal place for you!
We are searching for motivated and enthusiastic Registered Children’s Nurses who are passionate about delivering safe, high quality care to patients and their families with a progressive and innovative mindset for continuous service improvements.
Main duties of the job
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 East Berkshire and South Bucks.
Our department has a 5 bedded High Dependency Unit and 19 inpatient beds alongside a 6 bedded Day Surgery Unit. 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 Oxford. We promote strong interdepartmental and cross-site working relationships with both Heatherwood and Frimley Park Hospitals.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Current paediatric experience
Desirable criteria
- Monitors and contributes to protecting children and young people at risk, providing children who have been abused with support from others. 2
- Participation in audit activity
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered sick children's nurse(NMC Sub Part 1(Children)/RN Child
Desirable criteria
- Medication competency
Knowledge and Skill
Essential criteria
- Aware of key principles of paediatric care and implications for practice
- Aware of research and evidence and implications for practice
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
- Angela Tedman
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006154624
- Additional information
For further details or to arrange an information visit, you are more than welcome to contact us.
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