Paediatric Nurse - Guildford, United Kingdom - Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job summary

As a registered, accountable and autonomous nurse to act in the best interests of your patients at all times and take personal responsibility for your actions and decisions. To be responsible for patient assessment, planning of care, implementing and supervising safe and compassionate care, and evaluating the effectiveness of care. As an NMC registrant facilitate learning and development of others. You will demonstrate leadership qualities and be open, transparent and trustworthy. As a Trust employee act with integrity and uphold the values and beliefs of the Trust and the NMC Code of Conduct.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of individualised care to sick and premature infants and their family/carers and to partake in assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care. To supervise junior staff and students as requested. To assist in the management and organisation of the nursing service in the clinical area including the teaching and management of more junior staff or those in training.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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Job responsibilities

Paediatric Day Surgery

Are you a band 5 paediatric nurse with an interest in day surgery? The Royal Surrey are looking for you

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 paediatric nurse in our dedicated day surgery unit (DSU). The paediatric DSU is a 6 bedded unit within DSU which runs regular paediatric theatre lists in many specialities including ENT, Maxillofacial, general surgery and ophthalmology.

This part time role is open to paediatric registered nurses and will be supported by an experienced member of staff, with further support from the rest of the DSU team.

If you are a newly qualified nurse, the trust offers a robust 12 month preceptorship programme with opportunities to attend study sessions on a range of topics. If you are an experienced nurse, there are a range of opportunities to support you with your ongoing CPD both on and off site.

As the need arises, there will be an occasional expectation that the successful applicant may be asked to work on our acute paediatric inpatient unit, Hascombe Ward.

If you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity, or you would like to arrange an informal visit to the DSU, please contact Kelly Dowker (Sister DSU) on ext 6977 or at .

Alternatively please contact Susan Winney (Senior Sister, Hascombe Ward) on

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Desirable