# Staff Nurse - PICU **Company**: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust **Location**: London **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: entry **Salary**: £38,488 to £46,852 a year pro rata per annum inclusive **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9271-26-0433?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_bfb37350-a7e ## Description The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Staff Nurse to join our team. The PICU is a 17-bedded acute unit providing care for critically ill children from birth up to 18 years. As a tertiary centre, we care for a wide range of Level 3 and HDU patients across multiple specialties. As a Staff Nurse in the PICU, you will have the opportunity to gain experience across a broad spectrum of clinical presentations and develop advanced critical care skills. You will be supported through a dedicated foundation programme which includes nine structured study days covering key topics such as respiratory, cardiac, and neurological. The successful candidate will be part of a large, sociable, and supportive team of over 120 staff, all committed to delivering excellent patient care while supporting each other's development and wellbeing. **Main Duties of the Job:** - Provide the highest standard of nursing care for children, young people, and their families at all times. - Plan, assess, implement, and evaluate programmes of care for individual children and supervise other staff in this activity. - Ensure an ongoing welcoming, caring, and safe environment is provided for children, young people, and their families. - Act as an advocate for the child, young person, and family, providing them with information and support and directing them to relevant support services where appropriate. - Supervise and support members of the ward team as required, ensuring that all patients receive appropriate care. - Ensure that treatments prescribed by medical staff are carried out, and that multidisciplinary team members are informed of changes in the patient's condition. - Actively assist in the education and practical training of learners and junior staff at every opportunity. - Participate in informal and formal teaching. - Maintain confidentiality surrounding the child's or young person's admission and treatment at all times. - Ensure that all patient care is documented, and that all relevant documentation is completed accurately and within agreed timescales. **What We Offer:** - Structured induction and ongoing clinical training and competency development - Exposure to complex medical and surgical conditions and advance life support therapies - Opportunity to develop new skills involving the management of deteriorating patients, advanced airway management, chest drains, and inotropes - Support and shared learning from experienced colleagues and a dedicated education team - Career progression into senior nursing, leadership, education, and specialist clinical roles - Self-rostering **Requirements:** - Relevant nursing qualification - NMC registered children's nurse with a minimum of at least one year post qualifying - Evidence of ongoing professional development linked to demonstrable competencies - Significant post registration nursing experience of having worked with acute/chronically sick children or specialised transferable skills - Understanding of professional and current issues in children's nursing - Basic knowledge of computer skills - Understanding of safeguarding issues according to Trust policies and procedures ## Skills ### Required - critical care - paediatric nursing - communication skills - time management - teamwork ### Nice to have - assessor or practice supervisor qualification - previous experience in the relevant specialty of post --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9271-26-0433?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)