Children's Nurse - Ward 4A Band 5

Job summary

Are you looking for a career where work life balance is valued? Have you thought about working in a rural and picturesque part of the country, where you are less than an hour away from the sea or a major city? We are looking to recruit ambitious and committed Children's Nurses to come and join our service.

Our Trust is recruiting enthusiastic, highly innovative nurses to join our dynamic, dedicated, forward thinking professional team which serves a wide geographical area with rural communities.

If you are:

• passionate about paediatric nursing and family centred care
• reliable,
• flexible,
• motivated,
• have excellent clinical skills,
• a commitment to ongoing learning and development,
• a commitment to delivering high quality care,
• and be willing and open to embracing positive change and transformation in order to meet the demands of the community we serve, then ULHT is the trust for you.

Main duties of the job

Our Childrens' Ward provides compassionate care for babies, children and young people from 0 to 16 years of age. Providing care for a mixture of specialties and for a wide range of conditions including High Dependency Care.

Our unit encompass assessment, observation and treatment of patients and undertake day case services for our communities. We also have dedicated Children's Out-Patient departments. This ensures a rich variety of experiences and development for our staff.

Development Opportunities

Here at ULHT we are not only committed to supporting our employees in mandatory training requirements but also professional development in your Children's nursing career. We offer the following (not an exhaustive list):

- Preceptorship Package

- Supported development in tertiary centres

- Various leadership programmes

- PILS and opportunity to complete EPALS/APLS.

- Support from Clinical Educational Team.

- Chance to work across the Paediatric services within the trust.

- Further education in specialist area, such as degree modules and Masters qualifications

We use E-Rostering which offers many benefits to our employees and allows a more accessible Off Duty and easier requests system, making annual leave requests, possible from the comfort of your own home.

Part-time applications are encouraged.

About us

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Job responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!

Person specification

Evidence of Particular: -Knowledge -Skills -Aptitudes

Essential

• Good written, oral and IT communication skill
• Safeguarding awareness
• Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda
• Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: ?Patient Centred ?Safety ?Compassion ?Respect and ?Excellence

Desirable

• Completed and utilised cannulation and venepuncture training and competencies tion and venepuncture training and competencies

Specific Requirements

Essential

• Commitment to child and Family centred care.
• Commitment to own Professional development.

Qualifications (Academic, Professional & Vocational)

Essential

• RSCN/ Child Branch
• Safeguarding Training/ Awareness
• NMC Registration

Desirable

• PLS/ APLS/ EPLS

Previous Experience (Nature & Level)

Essential

• Suitable for newly qualified nurses