Community Children's Nursing - London, United Kingdom - Wales Medicines Strategy Group

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Employer St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Tooting Broadway Town London Salary £28,407 - £34,581 Salary period Yearly Closing 08/05/2024 23:59
Paediatric Staff Nurse Band 5
Band 5
Advert for Band 5 Nurse 0n Pinckney Ward
Pinckney Ward is a 15 Bedded Dynamic Paediatric, Oncology/Infectious Diseases ward.
This busy department requires a dynamic and flexible band 5 Paediatric Nurse to complete our team.

The successful applicant will need to enjoy working alongside and caring for Children with multiple diseases and their families from the ages of 0-18.

St George's is a large teaching Hospital with many opportunities to expand knowledge and experience.

We work closely with the Royal Marsden hospital in Sutton and take their sickest children as we have a PICU on site.

Natasha Alleyne Senior Sister on Pinckney Ward.

To have responsibility for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and others and to comply at all times with the requirement of the Health and Safety Regulations.

To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act and its amendments.

To work in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities policy to eliminate unlawful discrimination in relation to employment and service delivery.

To promote at all times equal opportunities for staff and patients in accordance with St George's Healthcare policies to ensure that no person receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of: age; disability; To ensure skills are up-to-date and relevant to the role, to follow relevant Trust policies and professional codes and to maintain registration where this is a requirement of the role.

To comply with George's Healthcare No Smoking Policies.
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond.

The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.

Co-located with St George's, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King's Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.

Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.

St George's Hospital Paediatric unit is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurosciences, Hematology care, , cancer care and stroke.

It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4's '24 Hours in A&E' programme.

The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.

As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities.

These services are provided from St John's Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people's own homes.

Provide excellent nursing care, supervise and mentor Student Nurses and Health Care Assistants, act as an advocate for child and family and participate and contribute to the management of wards.

Experience in assessment, planning and evaluation of patient care
Demonstrate the ability to work with and mentor Junior Staff
Demonstrate an understanding of normal child development
Experience of undertaking a small research project
Demonstrate an understanding of the effects of an admission to Hospital on a child and the family.
George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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