Paediatric Charge Nurse Children's Emergency Department

Job summary

Are you a dynamic, motivated and flexible nurse, with relevant A&E experience and qualifications?

Are you looking for the opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally and enjoy empowering others to succeed?

We are looking for pro-active and self-motivated Paediatric Nurses who are passionate about delivering high quality patient care.

Working in a Children's Emergency Care setting can be a challenging but rewarding clinical environment.

We are looking for someone who is a good team player and will bring a positive attitude to the Trust and have a flexible approach to working.

You must have excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills and be able to motivate and inspire the staff so that collective strengths can achieve desired outcomes.

Main duties of the job

We are a supportive and encouraging department and you will be part of a solid team of paediatric nurses with different levels of experience.

This will provide you with the support to make each day a good one. We have a strong team of band 7 nurses working directly within the department as well as a dedicated practice development team which work wholly on enabling you to develop your skills and experiences and facilitate further learning and training.

We receive a wide variety of emergency patients, including trauma and medical/surgical admissions and it is exciting to say that our Children's Emergency Department provides an independent Paediatric Emergency Nurse Practitioner service

We have a co located PAU department that is managed by the emergency nurses and a team of Paediatricians.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting new role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registered Children's nurse
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable

• PILS or APLS qualification
• Mentorship /practice assessor qualification

expirence

Essential

• Experience in paediatric emergency or Acute paediatrics
• Experience caring for acutely unwell children

Desirable

• Demonstrable band 6 or acting up experience
• Experience in teaching or supporting junior staff

skills

Essential

• Strong clinical assessment and decision making skills
• Ability to lead and coordinate a shift
• Good communication with children, families and MDT
• Knowledge of safeguarding and escalation

Desirable

• Leadership or management skills