Registered/Newly Qualified Childrens Nurses – Recruitment Day - Stevenage, United Kingdom - East and North Herts NHS Trust

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    Job summary

    Children's Emergency Department, Day Services and Community Services - Recruitment Day.

    Saturday 27th April 2024

    11am - 2pm

    Lister Education Centre, Lister Hospital Stevenage

    Are you a Registered Children's Nurse, looking for a fresh opportunity? Or are you looking to secure your first role after qualifying as a Registered Children's Nurse?

    If so, East and North Herts NHS Trust may have the opportunity you have been looking for We currently have nursing opportunities available across our children's services.

    We are looking for team members who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

    You will have the opportunity to hear from our education team, ward managers and the recruitment team. Interviews will not take place at the open day but scheduled for a later date.

    Our brand-new children's emergency department is purpose built and includes 2 paediatric resuscitation bays, 6 major spaces, and an ENP service co-located within the emergency department, seeing minor illness and injury, as well as a 10 bedded children's assessment & decision unit. We also have our children's 20-bedded acute ward, a day services unit and extensive children's community services.

    Please apply online to register your interest.

    Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond

    Main duties of the job

    You will participate as part of the nursing team to provide a high standard of research based care, support the team working in the area to deliver a quality service through a high standard of patient care.

    What do we offer?

    An on-site dedicated and professional non-medical education team to support you as you progress through your career including a continuing professional development lead, responsible for staff development.

    A Band 5 to Band 6 fast-track scheme which gives our Band 5 nurses all the skills and competencies they need to enable them to be ready for Band 6 opportunities that arise.

    An annual grow together scheme, working with you and your team to maximize performance, potential and personal growth

    Commitment and participation in a clinical excellence accreditation framework.

    About us

    At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

    We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
  • We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

    We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications / Training

    Essential

  • Registered Nurse on part 1, part 2 or part 12 of the NMC register
  • Commitment to life long learning
  • Ability to product updated personal professional portfolio
  • Desirable

  • Evidence of ongoing professional development
  • Evidence of Assessing and Mentorship qualification
  • Evidence of appropriate Specialist Qualification
  • Previous Experience

    Essential

  • Previous experience of working in a ward/department care environment
  • Desirable

  • Currently working in an acute ward environment within the NHS
  • Experience of supporting students/clinical support workers within the NHS
  • Skills

    Essential

  • Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
  • Ability to work within a team
  • Sound organisational skills Flexibility
  • Desirable

  • Computer literacy
  • Knowledge

    Essential

  • Awareness of strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
  • Desirable

  • Awareness of strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
  • Other requirements

    Essential

  • Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Role model our Trust values every day