Paediatric Nurse - Paediatric Outpatients Department - Hinchingbrooke

Job description

Job summary

You will be working as part of the Children's Unit Nursing team - this role focuses on the provision of direct care to children and their families in an outpatient and clinic environment. The post holder will work with children and young people with varying health and social care needs.

The post holder will be an advocate for children and their families, promoting child focussed, family-centred care and facilitate effective liaison with the multi-disciplinary team and other professional colleagues and agencies involved within the child's care.

The post holder will act as a role model in the delivery of patient care, support and teach staff contributing to the development of the service.

Please note that we can only consider applications from individuals with a live NMC registration or UK nursing students awaiting their PIN, as we are currently unable to support OSCE.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the band 5 job description and person specification for a detailed overview of the role.

Primarily, the role of the children's nurse in Outpatients is to be part of the nurse-led clinic team and support the HCAs on shift. The nurse led clinic is an independently run nurse clinic as part of a wide MDT. Referrals are taken from both in-house speciality teams and teams from the wide range of tertiary centres that we share patient care with. We provide a range of care for our children and young people including: blood tests, renal reviews, prolonged jaundice screens, endocrine testing and injections.

About us

Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust's redeployment process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the band 5 job description and person specification for a detailed overview of the role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please refer to the band 5 job description and person specification for a detailed overview of the role.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• RSCN/ RN Child
• Mentoring qualification (or willingness to work towards)

Desirable

• BSc Nursing (or willingness to work towards)

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 1 year in acute Paediatric setting
• Evidence of safeguarding experience
• Mentoring of students
• Sound evidence of clinical ability
• Awareness of professional responsibilities
• Articulates understanding of prioritising clinical issues
• Experience of working with children with complex health care needs
• Demonstrates awareness of current legislation relating to children in primary and secondary care

Desirable

• Experience of children's nursing in outpatient setting
• Articulates understanding of primary care

Key Skills

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Good communication skills
• Good organisational skills
• Basic Computer skills
• Willingness to learn how to cannulate and take bloods if not already competent
• Critical analysis skills
• Organisational skills applied to self: time management, prioritising own caseload, initiative.

Desirable

• Venepuncture and cannulation
• ECG skills

Person Specification
Education

Essential

• RSCN/ RN Child
• Mentoring qualification (or willingness to work towards)

Desirable

• BSc Nursing (or willingness to work towards)

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 1 year in acute Paediatric setting
• Evidence of safeguarding experience
• Mentoring of students
• Sound evidence of clinical ability
• Awareness of professional responsibilities
• Articulates understanding of prioritising clinical issues
• Experience of working with children with complex health care needs
• Demonstrates awareness of current legislation relating to children in primary and secondary care

Desirable

• Experience of children's nursing in outpatient setting
• Articulates understanding of primary care

Key Skills

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Good communication skills
• Good organisational skills
• Basic Computer skills
• Willingness to learn how to cannulate and take bloods if not already competent
• Critical analysis skills
• Organisational skills applied to self: time management, prioritising own caseload, initiative.

Desirable

• Venepuncture and cannulation
• ECG skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Hinchingbrooke Hospital

Hinchingbrooke Park Road

Huntingdon

PE29 6NT

United Kingdom

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