The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Charge Nurse - Paediatric Emergency Department
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About the Role
An exciting opportunity to join our friendly, dynamic, and talented team for a years fixed term contract. We require an experienced nurse to join us in providing excellent leadership and developing the expertise of our dynamic workforce in the Paediatric Emergency Department.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide quality care for patients from a diverse urban population.
- Work alongside the matron and senior sisters to ensure excellent clinical standards and care are maintained.
- Assist in the development of individual staff through the appraisal process in alignment with the Trusts core CARES values.
- Act as a role model for the nursing team in the department.
- Provide professional leadership, motivation, direction, and inspiration to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Requirements
- Demonstrable post registration experience in an Emergency Department setting at Band 6 or above.
- Proven leadership and communication skills.
- Ability to initiate and effect change for service improvement.
Key Duties
- Provide clinical nursing and managerial expertise in all aspects of the paediatric emergency specialty.
- Ensure the highest possible standards of nursing care and use of technical support equipment.
- Work independently with patients and relatives as a paediatric expert assessing, treating, and liaising with the medical teams regarding admission or discharge following their episode of unscheduled care.
- Provide teaching and educational support for nursing and medical colleagues in the practice of paediatric care within the emergency department.
- Create a dynamic environment which supports the continuing education of staff and students.
- Provide the link between clinical practice and higher education for student nurse placement.
- Promote clinical governance and risk management within the paediatric emergency department.
- In conjunction with the Matron for ED, have 24-hour continuing responsibility for the delivery of high-quality patient-centered care.
- Be responsible for the implementation and monitoring of government policies and targets associated with paediatric services, such as the four-hour wait and children’s NSF.
- Ensure that the trusts core values: ‘CARES’ is embedded in your behaviour and that of your colleagues.
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About Us
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services, including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics, and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit, and outpatient clinics.
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The safety and well-being of our patients and staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress by working in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals, and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are focused on ensuring that our hospitals provide high-quality, safe, and compassionate care, while we drive forward with the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Aldrin Vaghela
- Job title: Matron
- Email address: aldrin.vaghela@nhs.net
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