Junior Sister / Charge Nurse - Paediatric A&E

Band 6

Are you an experienced Paediatric Nurse with a passion for delivering excellent care?

We have an opportunity for Senior Staff Nurses/ Junior Charge Nurses to join our dynamic and rapidly developing team at the North Middlesex University Hospital.

We can offer you the opportunity to further develop your emergency care skills and achieve nationally recognized competencies in -line with emergency care standards.

We have our own Paediatric A&E Practice Development Nurse and a robust and comprehensive continuing professional development plan for all our staff.

We are committed to providing safe, evidence based care to our patients and we ensure this by maintaining our staff members educational needs.

We offer APLS, EPLS, ATLS and TILS in-house, and most of our senior team are instructors for these courses. We offer a wealth of senior knowledge and experience.

We have strong links with three leading London universities; Middlesex University, London South Bank University and City University and believe that in developing our staff we ensure the continued development of our department.

We are looking for outstanding individuals who embody our Trust Values of being caring, fair and open to join our wonderful team.

Please note this vacancy is capped and may close early if the maximum application limit is reached! Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Responsibilities

• To take responsibility for managing and coordinating the department in the absence of more senior staff and escalate where appropriate.
• To participate in the teaching and supervision of junior staff and student nurses as required, helping to lead and manage them and their development.
• To be a safe and effective practitioner able to provide patients and relatives with high quality nursing care.
• To act as a positive role model to junior staff members.
• To provide competent clinical skills to patients within your scope of practice being aware of personal limitations and scope of competence.
• To work within both the nursing and multi-disciplinary teams to provide evidence based, holistic care to a wide group of patients.
• To uphold the rules, policies, procedures and standards of North Middlesex Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.
• The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and well-being and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.
• To observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
• To be responsible, with management support, for their own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.