Nursery Nurse - Paediatrics Royal Tunbridge Wells, England
Job description
We are excited to announce that earlier this year at Tunbridge Wells Hospital we built a new separate 24-hour Children’s Emergency Department.
Emergency Department Nursery Nurses are expected to work with all key members of the multi-disciplinary team and service users related to the speciality of Emergency Medicine. The post holder is to act as a support worker within the team, under the direction of qualified healthcare practitioners. The philosophy of Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is that the care of children should be family centred, with parents actively encouraged to participate in the care needs of their child where appropriate. It is a developing role and will allow the post holder the opportunity to take on a variety of duties and responsibilities and assist in the provision of quality patient care in all areas of the department.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint enthusiastic and highly motivated persons to undertake the role of a Nursery Nurse, to join our very busy Paediatric team within the Children’s Emergency Department at both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital.
Infants, children and young people deserve the highest quality urgent and emergency care. You will join a dedicated team of experienced and motivated nurses. You will carry out duties working alongside Medical and Paediatric Nursing staff to ensure a high quality of patient centred care is delivered to children and families from 0 to 16 years.
Good communication skills towards babies, children, young people and colleagues and the ability to organise allocated work is an essential component for this post. You will be expected to maintain confidentiality and adopt a positive attitude towards staff, children and families at all times, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, referring issues to their Line Manager as appropriate.
You will be supported to achieve their competencies to fulfil the requirements of the role.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 500,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.
We employ over 6,500 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
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 Clinical Induction Programme for Clinical Support Workers (which starts on the first day of employment). The programme is full-time (please contact the CSW Induction Programme Lead if this is going to be problematic: [email protected]), lasts for two weeks and will involve travelling to both Trust sites. The programme includes 2 supernumerary shifts in the clinical area (an early and a late shift), all of the other days are classroom-based and run from 9am to 5pm
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check atEnhanced 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.
