Senior Charge Nurse - Paediatric Emergency

Job description

Job summary

Join Our Team as a Senior Charge Nurse / Sister - Band 7 in the Paediatric Emergency Department!

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated and hardworking individual to join our Paediatric Emergency Department (ED) team as Band 7 Clinical Senior Charge Nurse/Sister part-time 26 hrs per week. This is a fantastic opportunity to support and develop a collaborative and highly motivated team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is the largest Trust in the UK and an Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC). Our mission is to provide world-class healthcare to all through excellence in research, education, and training. The Paediatric ED team delivers high-quality care to over 28,000 children and their families each year, working closely with the Adult ED, Urgent Care Centre, PATCH team, and inpatient paediatric services.

St. Mary's Hospital is a major trauma centre and the hub for the north-west London trauma network, playing a vital role in the London-wide trauma system.

Active Research Strategy: Our department is recognised as a pilot site for numerous national studies, with over fifty articles and posters accepted for publication or presentation at national and international conferences by our nursing and medical staff.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 7 Clinical Senior Charge Nurse/Sister, you will provide high-quality care in our busy and fast-paced department. This full-time position offers the opportunity to work and support staff in all areas of the Paediatric Emergency Department including:o Triageo Resuscitation, including Major Traumao ED Majorso Clinical Decisions Unito Patient Flow

You will be supported by a team leader, Modern Matron, and Nurse Consultant in Emergency Care. The role includes developing clinical skills through nurse-led discharge from the ED, providing medications via Patient Group Directives, plastering and suturing, requesting x-rays from triage, and cannulation of paediatric patients. Your personal development will be supported through clinical supervision with the Paediatric ED Matron and Lead Nurse.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainabilityClimate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Child)
• Post-registration emergency nursing education (A&E Course, Acutely unwell Child, Emergency Practice or Equivalent Experience)
• Practice Supervisor / Assessor
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support Course
• Advanced Trauma Nursing Course / Trauma Nursing Core Course or Equivalent Level 2 Trauma course

Desirable

• Relevant Masters Degree
• Leadership Training

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience in Paediatric emergency medicine including Trauma care at band 6 level

Desirable

• Experience of Audit or Research
• Experience in critical care setting

Skills

Essential

• Organisation, administrative and management skills

Desirable

• Teaching Skills

Person Specification
Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Child)
• Post-registration emergency nursing education (A&E Course, Acutely unwell Child, Emergency Practice or Equivalent Experience)
• Practice Supervisor / Assessor
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support Course
• Advanced Trauma Nursing Course / Trauma Nursing Core Course or Equivalent Level 2 Trauma course

Desirable

• Relevant Masters Degree
• Leadership Training

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience in Paediatric emergency medicine including Trauma care at band 6 level

Desirable

• Experience of Audit or Research
• Experience in critical care setting

Skills

Essential

• Organisation, administrative and management skills

Desirable

• Teaching 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Employer details

Employer name

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address

St Mary's Hospital

London

W2 1NY

United Kingdom

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