Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Paediatric Staff nurse to join Mercury Ward at Chelsea & Westminster Foundation Trust.
Mercury Ward is a fast-paced and dynamic clinical environment providing high standards of care to all patients and their families. You will enjoy a challenging varied pace and an exciting working environment, caring for a varied paediatric workload. We can offer opportunities to gain knowledge and experience working within a diverse range of specialties.
The role will be to provide direct patient care but also to act in the role as a leader by taking charge and providing support to the multi-disciplinary team, provide high-quality care to patients, ensuring patient safety and supporting the patients and their carers throughout their outpatient journey.
Applicants need to have excellent communication skills, a positive personality, and a professional approach to their work. They must be able to deal with the public in a sensitive and polite manner, be flexible in their approach to duties of work, act as part of a team, and promote good teamwork.
Main duties of the job
- Lead on assessing, planning, and implementing high-quality care, and evaluating care options for patients in the clinical area, in line with the Trust values and objectives.
- Lead on complex clinical care for patients within their area.
- Ensure the safe custody, maintenance, and administration of medication, in accordance with established Trust policy.
- Promote and maintain a safe therapeutic environment for patients, their families, and staff, according to national and local Infection Control guidelines, Health & Safety legislation, and Trust policies and objectives.
- Coordinate discharges and transfers, promoting timely and safe processes for them.
- Ensure that patient flow and the management of chairs/beds is effective and safe.
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality end-of-life care in line with national pathways through the provision of holistic palliative and terminal care.
- Provide sound evidence-based clinical advice as required to staff and patients.
- Maintain a good understanding and implementation of clinical escalation procedures as required.
Professional
- Maintain professional behaviour at all times and promote a positive image of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at all times, in line with Trust values.
- Contribute to a high-quality safe working environment in which patients receive a high standard of care.
- Participate in the setting of standards for nursing practice and for care involving the multi-disciplinary team.
- Practice in accordance with, and aware of his/her responsibilities under, the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and other appropriate NMC guidelines.
- Understand and practice in accordance with Trust and Unit policies and procedures, and ensure they are understood and practiced by staff.
- Maintain a safe working environment recognizing the health and safety requirements of patients, visitors, and staff.
- Ensure all strategies, policies, and protocols relating to infection control are implemented and monitored and that appropriate and timely action is taken in response to ensuring the prevention of control of infection.
Education and Development
- Participate in the education of all learners within their area.
- Actively support and assist in preceptorship and in pre-registration student support, supervision, and guidance including mentorship where appropriate.
- Identify and respond to learning needs for the area.
- Develop and deliver or organize local training sessions, mindful of the Trust values.
- Facilitate others in the development of informal teaching skills.
- Participate in the annual training needs analysis for their area.
- Participate in any local or related research projects, clinical trials, etc.
- Apply and encourage others to utilize evidence-based practice and relevant research findings in practice.
Management and leadership
- Manage the day-to-day staffing arrangements and rotas, to ensure safe levels of practice.
- Be a shift coordinator on a regular basis where appropriate.
- Ensure staff adhere to Trust protocols of care, e.g., Infection Control.
- Take continuing responsibility for the Ward/Department in the absence of the manager.
Person Specification
- EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
+ Essential: Registered Nurse (Adult or child as appropriate), Diploma in Higher Education, Post registration qualification relevant to the area of specialty or equivalent experience, Teaching/mentorship qualification. + Desirable: Degree or working towards one, Masters degree or working towards.
- EXPERIENCE
+ Essential: Relevant post-reg experience at Band 5 level, Wide variety of clinical experience, Experience of excellence in leading all/part of a clinical team in practice, Experience of teaching and supporting learners/new staff, etc. + Desirable: Proven management experience, Experience of clinical supervision.
- SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE - SPECIAL
+ Essential: Proven clinical knowledge linked to the area of specialty, and excellence in care delivery, Proven knowledge of safety issues through clinical governance and risk management, Proven leadership and deputising skills in the clinical area, Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, staff, and external contacts, including in challenging situations, demonstrating respect and kindness, Knowledge of current challenging and issues in nursing, Commitment to teaching and learning for self and others, Commitment to quality initiatives and research, Clinical decision-making skills and ability to prioritize workload, Computer literacy skills. + Desirable: Ability/experience of managing change personally and as a facilitator, Knowledge of budgets, Experience of data collection for quality monitoring/audit, Experience of risk management/assessment.