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We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
Job overview
Band 6 Posts - Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
This is an interesting and exciting opportunity for an experienced PIC nurse with the Paediatric Critical Care course to join the band 6 team.
This post provides a great opportunity to progress your career and learn new management and leadership skills.
Applicants are expected to have an extensive PIC experience and hold a Paediatric Critical Care course certificate.
Closing date 21st May
Interviews will be week beginning 10th June
Main duties of the job
- To work according to the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines to provide a high standard of patient care using a flexible patient centred care approach.
- To provide an expert level of professional practice within nursing (speciality), and to be responsible for the management of a nursing team, providing advice, information and support. To actively support the sister/charge nurse, assisting in the safe, effective and efficient management of the ward/department and deputising in their absence.
- To assume responsibility for undertaking tasks delegated by the sister/charge nurse including mentoring roles, auditing and clinical governance. To promote a ward/department environment that is conducive to learning, supporting and participating in the supervision/teaching of the more junior and/or new staff, both nursing and other members of the multidisciplinary team
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- RGN.1st Level or relevant children’s qualification
- Current NMC Registration
- Degree in nursing or health related subject or working towards
- Qualification in Teaching, assessing and Mentoring
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to work towards Masters level academic study
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Appropriate proven leadership and management experience
- Proven commitment and experience, evidence in teaching
- Experience as preceptor / mentor
- Appropriate post registration experience in nursing and speciality
Desirable criteria
- Experience of undertaking research or audit projects
- Evidence of commitment to research based practice or evidence of project work undertaken
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Organisation and management skills
- Teaching
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Ability to problem solve
- Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
- Ability to perform clinical activities specific to speciality
- Competency in medication administration including intravenous medication
- Ability to lead a team
- Ability to work alone or as part of a team
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to manage difficult situations
- Able to influence other team members
- Act as a role model and as a mentor/assessor
- Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
- Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
- Commitment to the development and provision of high quality nursing care
- Awareness of current national changes in nursing / NHS
- General good health
- Aware that the role can be stressful and emotional at times.
Public Sector Language Competency
Essential criteria
- Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
- As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
- The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
- UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
- To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
- If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
- The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
- By applying for this post, you are agreeing to University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
