Staff Nurse - Paediatric Emergency Nursing Team

NHS; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job description

Staff Nurse - Paediatric Emergency Nursing Team

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

*EXCITING FURTHER EXPANSION OF OUR TEAM*

The post holder will become a part of the Paediatric Emergency Nursing (PEN) team. A team of Paediatric Nurses at Band 5 level will work closely with the Paediatric Assessment Units (PAU), and provide in-reach care to children attending the Emergency Care Centre (ECC) at each hospital site.

The operating hours for this service are currently 08:00 to 23:00 which has shift patterns covering 08:00 to 20:30 and 10:30 to 23:00. This equates to an 11.5 hour shift with an hour unpaid break, seven days a week.

There is a Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to oversee the management of this team and provide clinical expertise for children being cared for in an ECC.

The purpose of the PEN team is to:

• see children in the ECC to deliver a high-quality standard of care to them and their families
• work closely with all relevant professionals to ensure there is a collaborative approach to providing care and addressing safeguarding matters
• to promote safe and effective care to children 24/7
• to ensure timely discharge or transfer to an assessment/inpatient bed
• to educate their colleagues in the care of a child in an ECC and develop the competencies of all ECC nurses
• be a good role model

Minimum of 1 year Nursing experience required and candidates need to be a Registered Children's Nurse.

Main duties of the job

Our Paediatric Emergency Nursing (PEN) team is continuing to grow, and is now looking for further Band 5 Paediatric Nurses, to work with us in caring for children within our emergency department at Scunthorpe General Hospital.

The successful applicant will be working closely and alongside the existing team of Paediatric Nurses in the Paediatric Assessment and Observation Unit (PAOU), nursing staff and medical staff in ECC, along with other specialties.

We are working in a 'flying squad' model acting as an advocate for children in ECC who are acutely unwell, and their parents/carers, in being a role model for all staff, showing respect for colleagues, always acting with kindness and having the courage to challenge practice that does not meet the needs of children.

Experience working with children in an ECC and/or Paediatric Assessment Unit would be an advantage; training will be given for skills required for minor injuries as described in the job description.

This position will be based at Scunthorpe General Hospital within our cross-site service. You will be responsible to a Band 7 Sister working across both sites.

Working hours are currently between 08:00-23:00. There are 2 shifts, one commencing at 08:00 until 20:30 and the second 10:30 until 23:00. You would not be rostered a 10:30 to 23:00 shift followed by a 08:00 shift start the next day.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt 'best practice' so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values: kindness, courage, and respect.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

Job responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust, we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees. This will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career; if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers, we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Registered Sick Children's Nurse/RN(Child) currently validated on the NMC register
• Relevant specialist post basic education e.g. A&E Course
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support provider

Occupational Experience

• Experience of working on own and as part of a team
• Evidence of commitment to personal development
• Minimum of 1 year post registration working in paediatrics
• Previous ECC/PAU experience

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.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum pro rata