Job summary
Fast forward your career at Imperial. With five world-renowned hospitals, we are full of opportunity for healthcare professionals who are moving to paediatrics or looking for progression to develop new skills. Get involved in quality improvement and collaborate with leading paediatric teams.
Join our dynamic and friendly nursing teams on our 25 bedded dynamic unit: Great Western ward. You'll build up your confidence and experience as you support in the care for patients that range from neonates to adulthood. Great western ward looks after a wide range of patients being admitted from the emergency department as well as paediatric intensive care and neonatal intensive care units at St Mary's and Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea hospitals. You'll be able to develop your clinical skills to look after these acute admissions ranging from the complex needs patient to the acute trauma admission.
Our teams have excellent inter-professional working relationships with services for children including critical care, emergency department, community nursing teams and the ambulatory care unit.
Undertake a career pathway of training and education that is individually developed for you and supported by our clinical nurse educators who often work alongside you on the ward. There are many opportunities for development such as: leadership programmes, diabetes specialist course and PILS amongst many others.Your skills will be further enhanced, nursing a diverse range of patients in need of paediatric medical and surgical services, including:
- High dependency care
- Haematology
- Acute trauma
- Respiratory
- Allergy/immunology
- Diabetes
- Epilepsy
- Infectious Diseases
- Mental Health crisis
At Imperial you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people. You'll be 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 opportunities for career development, flexible working and wellbeing, plus a staff recognition scheme. Also, take advantage of optional benefits including the cycle to work and car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities as well as parking if required.All of our hospitals are near quick transport access to Westfield shopping and leisure centre, the West End, and a range of local bars, cafes and restaurants - ideal for team socials!
Main duties of the job
- To work alongside the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) in the management of children and families with general paediatric conditions.
- Provide high quality and evidence based after-care and ensure patients and family are well supported prior to discharge.
- Support management of ward and ensure the unit is run in line with national safety guidelines.
- The post holder will support junior members of the team and student nurses to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care and provide support as needed.
- To offer an individual service and psychological support to patients and their families respecting their diverse backgrounds.
- Provide specialist nursing advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/clients and relatives/carers without supervision in collaboration with the MDT.
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.
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
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience of caring for sick patients in a variety of settings - this could be as a student
Desirable
- 6 months post registration experience in a ward environment
- Experience working with newly qualified nurses and students
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential
- Ability to manage own patient workload
- Competent interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of research and audit
- Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Effective time management for self and others
- Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Basic IT skills
Desirable
- Ability to take charge of a ward or part of a ward, delegate and supervise junior staff
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.
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 UK Visas and Immigration website .
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
St Mary's Hospital
London
W2 1NY