registered nurse Nottingham, England
Job description
Band 7
- Full time
- Part time
Job overview
CYPED are looking a band 7 nurse on a 6 month secondment
Do you enjoy being a leader and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team?
Are you an experienced Band 6 nurse?
Is a fast paced working environment for you?
Are you looking to demonstrate your management skills?
Can you deliver high standard patient centred care?
Can you spot talent and develop individuals within your teams?
Do you seize every opportunity to provide education and coaching in the clinical setting?
If so, this role is for you!
NUH is a Major Trauma Centre covering the East Midlands. Our busy Emergency Department is one of the largest in Europe. We see and treat approximately 170,000 patients per year and up to 600 patients per day, with up to a quarter of these patients being children. The Children and Young Person's Emergency Department (CYPED) works closely with the Adult Emergency Department and the Children’s Hospital.
We have recently completed an expansion of our CYPED. The works include a designated paediatric resus, CAMHS, a mental health space and specifically designed treatment areas for the patients we see. Making it a really exciting time to come and join our team.
CYPED are looking to appoint a substantive Band 7 charge nurse, this will be a full internal rotation post covering days, nights, weekends and public holidays.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the brief list above you must familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert prior to applying.
This exciting role requires a high level of clinical expertise, along with the ability to manage a complex department alongside the paediatric nursing and clinical leadership team, negotiating flow into the Children Hospital.
Demanding and challenging, this role will engage all of your existing skills and build on them. It will provide the opportunity to become involved in complex process change and require high levels of staff engagement. The senior nursing team not only drives and delivers patient care in a challenging environment but is looking for a dynamic individual to maximise the consistency and effectiveness of the service provided in the CYPED.
Working for our organisation
Outside of clinical hours, you will also be responsible for the care and management of the nursing team and the ability to drive standards of patient care, not only on a daily basis but to ensure long term strategies are in place.
You will be a Registered Nurse with substantial post registration experience in an acute paediatric setting (Appropriate ward level experience with transferrable skills will be considered). Or a registered nurse with significant experience in a paediatric or shared adult/paediatric emergency department.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.
Membership of the Faculty of Emergency Nursing (FEN) is encouraged, access to FEN continued professional development (CPD) webinars is supported and the opportunity to undertake FEN academically accredited units and qualifications is facilitated.
Person specification
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards.
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 1 Registration achieved at degree level
- Teaching & Assessing qualification or equivalent level of experience
- Possession of a Mentoring Course
- Competent in Medicine Management
- APLS Provider
- Relevant post-basic study appropriate to speciality
Desirable criteria
- Level 1 Registration (RSCN/Child Branch
- Further professional qualification e.g. RMN
- APLS instructor
- ATNC qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience to include management/leadership experience, must have significant experience working at Band 6 level
- Supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students
- Experience of mentoring
- Ability to manage the clinical area efficiently and effectively
- Ability to lead change and lead new ways of working
Desirable criteria
- Previous ED band 6/7 experience
- Change management/process redesign qualification
- Experience of recruitment and selection
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Highly developed communication & interpersonal skills, must be able to disseminate complex information to team
- Demonstrate negotiation and influencing skills
- Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with conflict
- Team player who can initiate, delegate and complete projects
- Demonstrate self-awareness and understanding of personal accountability
- Ability to support colleagues, patients and relatives / carers in distressing circumstances
- Excellent feedback skills
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate leadership for the management of change
- Teambuilding training/qualification
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Complete training needs analysis of mentor team as a result of the correct utilisation of the appraisal process.
- Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex problems/situations and ensure effective interventions are put in place.
- Ability to interpret data and generate and present reports and documents.
- Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures/guidelines
- Demonstrate insight in the use of data to influence patient care and services
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate a knowledge of current issues related to NHS strategy and policy
- Use of clinical benchmarking to influence patient care (Essence of Nursing)
- Ability in the use of appraisal, personal development review and training needs analysis
- Use of the knowledge and skills framework
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Coordinate the activities of the dept. as a whole, redeploying staff effectively to ensure excellent, timely and safe patient care.
- Take responsibility for the management of a staff team
- Excellent planning & organisational skills demonstrating an ability to prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
- Clinical expert, to have completed all scopes of professional practice.
- Negotiation skills
- Manage sickness, absence & performance of the mentor team in accordance with Trust policy.
- Teaching & coaching skills
- Demonstrate the personal development of members within a team.
- Ability to guide staff during complex situations
- Assertiveness
Desirable criteria
- Leadership/management qualification
Physical
Essential criteria
- Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties, including manoeuvring patients
- Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation
- Competent and capable of using medical equipment
- Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non-patient manual handling manoeuvres
Desirable criteria
- Team building training/qualification
- Evidence of moving and handling training
- Good IT skills
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Flexible and adaptable
- Enhanced DBS clearance
- Caring
- Enthusiastic, well-motivated and positive
- Confidence
- Recruitment and selection of staff
- Work a range of shifts covering a 24 hour service
- Embrace change
Desirable criteria
- Successful implementation and management of a nursing change process
- Evidence of formal teaching experience
- Attendance at conferences / study days
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
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- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
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