Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Staff Nurse in Respiratory
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Why Join Us?
At Great Ormond Street, we believe our children and young people are at the heart of everything we do. You’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation committed to delivering outstanding patient care while supporting staff development and wellbeing.
Role Overview
As a Band 5 Staff Nurse, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, safe, and compassionate care to our patients. You will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to ensure that patient needs are met effectively and holistically. You’ll be joining a large team across the two GOSH Respiratory Wards (Leopard and Kangaroo), which focuses on children and young people requiring respiratory medicine acutely and chronically. It has 23 beds, including a high-dependency unit (HDU), dedicated beds for children and young people with cystic fibrosis and transitional care beds for long term ventilated children and young people. Your work will help maintain excellent patient outcomes and a positive, supportive ward culture.
We’re looking for individuals who are as committed to excellence in care as we are.
Grow Your Career With Us
Looking to build on your existing experience, this role offers fantastic opportunities to develop your clinical expertise, knowledge, and continuing professional development (CPD).
Responsibilities
- To provide the highest standard of nursing care for the children, young people and their families at all times
- To plan, assess, implement and evaluate programmes of care for individual children and to supervise other staff in this activity
- To ensure an ongoing welcoming, caring and safe environment is provided for the children, young people and their families
- To act as an advocate for the child, young person and family, providing them with information and support and directing them to the relevant support services where appropriate
- To supervise and support members of the ward team as required, ensuring that all patients receive appropriate care
- To ensure that treatments prescribed by the medical staff are carried out, and that multidisciplinary team members are informed of changes in the patient’s condition.
- To actively assist in the education and practical training of learners and junior staff at every opportunity. To work in co-operation with their university in order to provide uniformity and promotion of professional standards
- To maintain confidentiality surrounding the child’s or young person’s admission and treatment at all times
- To ensure that all patient care is documented, and that all relevant documentation is completed accurately and within agreed timescales using Trust approved documentation, in line with NMC, CQC and Trust standards.
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Commitment to Equality and Inclusion
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
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We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Jodian Pringle
- Job title: Respiratory Ward Sister
- Email address: jodian.pringle@gosh.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 02074059200 ext 5164
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