Paediatric Senior Staff Nurse - Carousel Outpatients

Contract: Permanent & Fixed Term for 12 months

Hours:

• Full time
• Part time
• 37.5 hours per week (22.5 up to 30hrs for the Fixed Term position)

Main duties of the job

The successful applicants will have good communication skills with families, children, and with fellow colleagues and all the Multidisciplinary teams that use the Outpatients Department.

You will have desire to manage a small team within the outpatient nursing team and be part of a developing service provision. You will have good organisational skills, work well amongst the team and show collaborative working across our ambulatory areas, must be able to remain calm under pressure in a very busy, fast paced environment.

You will be supported by existing members of the senior nursing team within outpatients

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• RGN.1st Level or relevant children’s qualification
• Current NMC Registration
• Degree in nursing or health related subject or working towards
• Qualification in Teaching, assessing and Mentoring

Desirable criteria

• Willingness to work towards Masters level academic study

Public Sector Language Competency

Essential criteria

• Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard

Aptitudes

Essential criteria

• Supportive
• Respectful
• Innovative
• Collaborative

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Appropriate proven leadership and management experience
• Proven commitment and experience, evidence in teaching
• Experience as preceptor / mentor
• Appropriate proven leadership and management experience

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of commitment to research based practice or evidence of project work undertaken
• Experience of undertaking research or audit projects

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Organisation and management skills
• Teaching
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Ability to problem solve
• Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
• Ability to perform clinical activities specific to speciality
• Competency in medication administration including intravenous medication
• Ability to lead a team
• Ability to work alone or as part of a team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to manage difficult situations
• Able to influence other team members
• Act as a role model and as a mentor/assessor
• Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
• Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
• Commitment to the development and provision of high quality nursing care
• Awareness of current national changes in nursing / NHS
• General good health
• Aware that the role can be stressful and emotional at times.