Staff Nurse

1 month ago

Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Full time

Job overview

If you are enthusiastic, motivated and interested in working within a new state of the art hospital we would like to hear from you.

The team on Hedgehog ward are friendly, supportive and welcoming. We can offer a pro-active learning environment supported by our Paediatric Practice Educators and Specialist Nursing teams to help guide and support you through your developing career. We offer opportunities to attend bespoke in-house training and SIM, funding for external courses and a robust induction programme. Education and training is paramount to continued success and gold standard care and upholds the Trust's values.

MTW also offer dedicated well-being services which are easily accessible along with a variety of clubs and forums to suit every interest.

Main duties of the job

We currently have a band 5 vacancy within our team on Hedgehog ward which is a 23 bed General Paediatric unit. This is a valuable opportunity for a keen, enthusiastic and hard working individual to join our team of dedicated nurses and doctors who provide an excellent service to the children and their families and carers within the inpatient environment .

You must be a qualified paediatric nurse, able to undertake excellent clinical practices in order to provide patient-centred care to the children and their families/ carers that we look after. 

Paediatric services operate between our Inpatient ward, Day Case & Ambulatory Units over two sites as well as our Paediatric Emergency Departments. Opportunities for secondment to other areas are available to broaden your nursing experience and skills set. 

Please note that this role may often attract a high level of applications. Please note this role may close earlier than the original closing date so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible

Working for our organisation

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)

At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Interview Date: TBC

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

RSCN/RNChild

Desirable criteria

Degree Intravenous additives course

Experience

Essential criteria

Knowledge of current clinical evidence based practice. Knowledge and understanding of current changes in the NHS and wider agencies. Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance. Knowledge of local community and understanding of multi-cultural, racially diverse population. Knowledge of current professional issues relating to nursing. Understanding of equal opportunities. Understanding of patient confidentiality.

Desirable criteria

Awareness of structure and organisation of the wider NHS including policy and strategy

Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to support and manage a case-load of patients including assessment, planning, monitoring and evaluation. Ability to provide health promotion and education to patients and their carer’s. Ability to organise and deliver a high standard of research based clinical nursing care. Ability to demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills. Excellent inter-personal and counselling skills. Ability to liaise effectively with members of the Primary Health Care Team and other agencies. Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise work. Ability to act as a role model and leader to others and motivate a team. Ability to self-reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify what needs to be learned to do current job better Computer skills.

Desirable criteria

Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge

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