Paediatric Critical Care Staff NurseNHS

Job summary

Are you an experienced Paediatric nurse looking to increase your high dependency and intensive care skills? Would you like the opportunity to work within the paediatric critical care unit? Would you like to join a team of committed, supportive and dedicated nurses, caring for some of London's most unwell children?

Then join our team, we will encourage and support you to develop acute care skills you need, to be the best you can be. You will need a willingness and commitment to develop the knowledge and skills required to manage the care of critically ill children.

As a Band 5 you will be caring for critically ill children with the support of senior staff, to allow you to enhance your skills. You will need to be adaptable to the changing pace of clinical care; enjoy learning and participating in team work.

This is an exciting time to become part of a developing Service and shape the vision of Children's services within the top teaching hospital in England. We look forward to welcoming you to our team. Informal visits are encouraged.

*Previous applicants in the last 6months need not apply.

Main duties of the job

To provide effective family centred nursing care to patients and their families. To ensure that evidence based practice is performed at all times, taking responsibility for updating own knowledge and skill in line with Trust policies and procedures and NMC code of professional conduct. For newly qualified band 5 nurses, it will be an important step in consolidating practice and completing all relevant clinical competencies, receiving adequate support from colleagues.

Job description

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About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.