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