Job summary
We are seeking dynamic, highly motivated, enthusiastic registered children's nurses to join our Bank team at QE Gateshead. Successful candidates will work as part of the nursing team within the Pea Pod, Day Unit and Outpatient area to ensure high quality care is delivered to children, their families / carers requiring specialist support and advice throughout their pathway.

Flexibility is essential to support the service as and when required to meet the needs of the service.

If you are interested in applying and feel that you possess the relevant qualities and skills to compliment our substantive Paediatric service we look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

• Enthusiastic and Flexible
• Ability to work within a team or as an independent practitioner
• Ability to work in a fast paced, high pressure area
• Good communication skills
• Ability to form good relationships with children and their families
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage own workload
• Previous experience caring for young people
• Motivated and hard working
• Ability to carry out nursing assessments and observations
• Recognition of the sick child

The Paediatric team are a friendly, small team who excel in providing high quality, compassionate care to children and their families.

Paediatrics services at QE Gateshead encompasses a number of varied care settings including an emergency assessment and 24 hour short stay area within ECC (peapod), a children's day unit and children's outpatients services including general paediatrics, community paediatrics and specialist clinics. The service has a clear patient focus and a reputation for quality and excellence within the Business Unit.

This position is a Bank only position and successful applicants will not be guaranteed a set number of shifts/ hours.

About us
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the BAME network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our armed forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Job responsibilities

• To promote and deliver patient centred care aligned with the Trust vision and Nursing and Midwifery strategy.
• To deliver all aspects of care and may be required to demonstrate procedures and supervise qualified and/or unqualified staff.
• Responsible for the patients clinical journey along agreed patient care pathways, supported by evidence based practice.
• To provide the highest standard of safe, effective and compassionate care through the effective use of evidence based practice in line with agreed local and national standards and the NMC Code.
• To support a continuously improving service, in line with the clinical governance framework, Trust objectives, and the NHS performance framework.
• To provide clinical advice and support to the nursing and multi -professional team to facilitate the effective delivery of care to patients at all times.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Childrens Nursing
• NMC registered Children's Nurse

Desirable

• Teaching and assessing Qualification

Experience
Essential

• Recent experience with children and young people
• NHS Experience

Desirable

• Experience working in the emergency care setting

Skills/knowledge
Essential

• Taking and recording of observations
• Recognition of the sick child
• Upto date with current issues in paediatric nursing
• Ability to prioritise workload
• IT skills
• Organisational Skills

Desirable

• Phlebotomy and cannulation
• minor injuries

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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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