Band 5 Staff Nurse - Paediatric CNS Services

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job description

Band 5 Staff Nurse - Paediatric CNS Services

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

UHB Paediatrics: Where a passion and career come together!

Are you an enthusiastic Paediatric nurse looking to start or advance your nursing career at UHB? We are a busy regional HIV service that manages the care of children and young people requiring support for their long-term HIV condition. This includes testing and support to babies born to women with known maternal infections.

Our children and young people's HIV service includes close MDT working with Paediatric/ Adult Consultants and Clinical Nurse Specialists, Specialist Pharmacists, dietitians, OT and psychologists.

Our Paediatric service is run by a friendly, dynamic, talented team of professionals; we deliver high quality, compassionate care to children, young people and their families. We strive to provide a positive patient experience in a safe environment and we actively promote a family centred approach in the delivery of care.

This vacancy is for a 1 day per week role predominantly supporting our paediatric and young persons outpatient clinics.

This is a unique opportunity in this region for learning and developing your knowledge and experience in such a specialist area. You will be a part of a rapidly developing service.

We value our workforce and invest time and energy into providing development opportunities that will enable you to achieve your potential. The trust vision -- building healthier lives -- underpins our services for children and young people and our approach to developing our services in the future.

Main duties of the job

As a band 5 Nurse working in the HIV service, you will join an established MDT who provide care to infants, children and young people and families. We promote a holistic approach to nursing and collaborate closely with parents, carers and their children when planning and delivering care and treatment.

As a staff nurse you will practice autonomously and be responsible and accountable for delivering safe, compassionate, person-centred, evidence-based nursing care that respects and maintains dignity and human rights. You will be responsible for the smooth running of outpatient clinics, health promotion to patients and their families, and support for those living with a long-term condition.

You will engage with patients and support them with self-management strategies and signpost to appropriate support services. You will identify vulnerable patients requiring safeguarding or psychological support.

You will work in accordance with Trust Policies, Procedures and Guidelines and adhere to the NMC Code at all times.

You will practice in a holistic, non-judgmental, caring and compassionate manner that avoids assumptions, supports social inclusion and recognizes and respects individual choice and acknowledges diversity.

We are looking for a nurse who has a positive attitude, can work independently and as part of a team, and is motivated to deliver compassionate care whilst developing professionally.

About us

We are recognized as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognize that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

1. Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
2. Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reaches their true potential, achieves their ambitions and thrives in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organization where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job responsibilities

*Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

• *Registered Child Branch Nurse on the NMC Register
• *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC

Experience

• *Previous/recent experience or working in an acute secondary NHS care setting (can include student placements within the last 12 months)
• *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development/competence
• *Experience of working on own and in a team in a health care environment delegating to others within a team/providing supervision to others
• *Willingness to become a practice supervisor/assessor or meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for student supervision and assessment
• *Understanding and knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
• *Understanding of preceptorship and work-based learning and assimilation of skills and knowledge
• *Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context
• *Understanding/experience of the principles of safeguarding and Mental Capacity
• *Awareness of health and safety issues
• *Previous/recent experience in an outpatient setting

Additional Criteria

• *Professional appearance
• *Displays genuine interest in the post applied for and can articulate this when questioned
• *Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• *Ability to communicate articulately with others
• *Caring and approachable
• *Punctual
• *Reliable
• *Ability to work a varied shift pattern including nights/weekends unsocial hours where required
• *The applicant can describe why the Trust may deploy him/her to a different practice setting for a span of duty

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.