registered nurse Norwich, England
Job description
There has never been a more exciting time to come and join the vibrant Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital team at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
With our recently approved aspirational Children’s Strategy and being one of the largest Children’s units in the Eastern Region, we are continually seeking to improve and expand our existing services.
We are very proud of our Hospital’s PRIDE values which underpin our improvement strategy.
Everyone who works here plays an important role in our journey to outstanding.
We have a wide variety of nursing staff from our paediatric specialist nursing and day ward team to our nurses working in children’s urgent and emergency care and in our level 2 HDU and inpatient areas.
Our Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital incorporates Children’s Inpatient, Ambulatory, Emergency, Neonatal and Outpatient care.
We treat children and young people across a broad range of specialties including Paediatric Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT, plastics and much more.
We also have a dedicated Surgical and medical HDU. Our collaborative team care for children living in Norfolk and for those accessing specialist treatments across the Eastern Region.
We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled children’s nurse with a background in practice development who has experience at band 6 or band 7 and can demonstrate they are a transformational leader with a passion for education.
You will be planning and implementing education and training for our varied group of nurses, health care assistants and nursing associates.
You can be part of our amazing new development plans! We will all be working together to help expand our children’s hospital in the near future.
Not forgetting, you will be joining a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team who all share the same passion to ensure each child receives outstanding care.
Interview date: 15th August 2023
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
- Act as a resource for the support and guidance of staff in the clinical field by providing accurate information, advice and support in education and innovation within the JLCH
- To be an expert practitioner demonstrating advanced communication and nursing skills, using expert knowledge and decision making skills in the clinical practice setting.
- Work with the divisional team both operationally and strategically to ensure clinical policies, procedures, guidelines and educational programmes meet the needs of the division, the regional paediatric network and national guidelines.
- To provide excellent visible clinical leadership and assist the Matron and ward manager in the recruitment and selection of staff in the JLCH.
- Support the senior nursing team with capability or performance management to ensure staff are able to undertake their role.
- Act as a link for Higher Educational Institutions, link tutors and students requiring clinical placements within the neonatal speciality and complete the educational audits as requested by the UEA.
- To assess current and potential education risks in the JLCH, e.g. HDU level 2 projection, to complete quarterly reports to divisional governance meetings to ensure mitigation is in place.
- To ensure paediatric nurses are facilitated to develop the skills required to undertake nursing practice at the specific grade in which they are employed.
