Paediatric Senior Staff Nurse

1 month ago


Orpington, United Kingdom King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, committed and compassionate Band 6 Paediatric Senior Staff Nurse to work in a challenging, dynamic and world-renowned unit – Children's Ward Princess Royal University Hospital.

The Children’s Ward is a 12 bedded general medical unit which has specialist areas which include diabetes and respiratory medicine. We treat acute admissions from the Emergency Department. We have a small team of clinical nurse specialists in the fields of diabetes, asthma/allergy and epilepsy who are focused towards delivering exceptional patient care.

We are seeking to recruit a registered children’s nurse to join the dedicated paediatric team. You will need to be flexible, enthusiastic and passionate about paediatric care for children and young people, be highly motivated with good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a challenging environment. 

In addition, we boast a 4 bedded day case department with the opportunity to lead on food challenges, injections, infusion and day surgeries.

We are committed to developing our staff in training and education with the ability to work flexible working hours.

The ward has strong relationships with the broader multidisciplinary team such as Denmark Hill and South Thames Retrieval Service. The nursing team are skilled to deliver an exceptionally high standard of care to dependent children and their families. 

Main duties of the job

Ensure family-centred care is promoted on our unit and children and young people are treated with dignity and respect. Act with professionalism and integrity at all times; being a role-model, providing direction and motivation to colleagues and students. Provide holistic care to children, young people and their families, ensuring everyone has equal opportunities. Demonstrate honesty and learn from errors to support the creation of a no-blame culture where people feel able to share and learn from experiences together. To work as part of a team demonstrating effective communication and working collaboratively with colleagues within and external to the department. To participate in the teaching and supervision of junior staff and Student Nurses. To be a safe and effective practitioner, able to provide patients and families with a high standard of nursing care.

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.


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