Job Summary
To provide excellent nursing care, and to actively participate in and contribute to the management of the Unit. To provide the highest standard of care to to pre & post operative pediatric patients. To provide high standards of communication when dealing with pediatric kids and their families.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- Principle Duties and Responsibilities
Professional/Clinical
- To ensure the provision of a high standard of nursing care to patients attending the Hospital, working within agreed policies and procedures.
- Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care, utilizing research findings as appropriate.
- To provide leadership for the Nursing team to ensure a high and safe standard of patient care providing supervision and support where appropriate.
- Setting, monitoring, and maintaining excellent standards of nursing care in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.
- Maintaining personal contact with patients, relatives, and carers, being sensitive to their needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy and ensuring a friendly environment at all times.
- Maintaining timely and accurate nursing records and ensuring that confidentiality is respected
- Storing, checking and administering drugs including the intravenous route in accordance with NMBI standards.
- To work with minimal supervision in all areas within the specialty including, admission and recovery of patients and other related procedures.
- Communicating with and assisting the multidisciplinary team to promote excellence in the delivery of patient care.
- To prioritise own workload and that of other staff ensuring that the Unit is managed effectively.
- To contribute to the local resolution, investigation and follow up action of any informal or formal complaints.
- Adhere to polices and procedures in place.
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- Organisational
- Co-ordinating the admission of patients.
- Ensuring the safe discharge of all patients.
- Communicating and co-operating with other departments.
- Providing accurate information as required in relation to pre and post operative care, and particularly the notification of incidents and accidents to staff, patients and visitors.
- Maintaining a safe and clean environment within the clinical area in accordance with the Trust Health and Safety, Clinical Risk and Infection Control policies.
- Assist in the effective and efficient running of lists, collating accurate information about patients and notifying the Ward Manager and relevant Medical Teams of list changes and patient progress.
- Maintaining and monitoring levels of stock and ensuring there are adequate supplies and that resources are used effectively.
- To take appropriate action to manage unexpected situations and changes, informing the relevant Manager as necessary.
- To be familiar with and use the computerised system integral to the running of the service.
- To contribute to Clinical Governance, achieving and maintaining the goals and the philosophy of the Hospital.
- Education and Training
- To be responsible for proving patients and carers with up-to-date information regarding their condition.
- To attend relevant meetings, always communicating effectively and reporting back to the team.
- To identify own training needs and attend relevant study days/courses as agreed with the line manager.
- To participate in the development of appropriate strategies to meet new national and local objectives e.g. clinical governance and risk management .
The above list is not exhaustive and additional / alternative tasks may be required from time to time as directed.
Person Specification:
Qualifications
Essential
- NMBI registration
- Pediatric Qualification
Desirable
- PEARS Certificate or PALS Certificate
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in Pediatric Nursing.
Desirable
Special Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care according to individual needs.
- Ability to recognize a deteriorating patient and escalate the patients care in a timely and safe manner.
- Ability to effectively prioritize workload and patient care needs
- Demonstrates an understanding of managing resource.
- Demonstrates an understanding of clinical risk.
Personal Attributes
- Motivated and demonstrates an enthusiasm for the specialty of pediatric care.
- Demonstrates a caring and sensitive approach to patient and family care
- Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to identify stress in self and others and to take effective action to manage the situation.
- Self-motivated and able to work with minimal management
- Flexible and adaptable to changing workloads/priorities.
- Manages time effectively, focusing on achieving priorities.
- Ability to provide guidance and mentoring to other staff
- Ability to influence others to follow a particular action.
- Able to provide advice and information in a polite and courteous manner.
- Ability to complete tasks to deadlines and to a specified standard.
- Flexible in approach to work.
To apply please complete an application form and return to the recruitment team email recruitment@kingsbridgehealthcaregroup.com. Closing date for applications is 4pm on Wednesday 10th August,2022.
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