Senior Staff Nurse

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a professional appearance in line with the Trust professional appearance policy and infection control policy.
• Uphold the Trust's values and behaviours and behave in a manner fitting with the responsibility this brings to maintain the public confidence.
• Maintain professional and courteous working relationships with staff and respect the equality and diversity of every person, including patients and families that they come into contact within the course of their duties.
• Uphold the privacy, dignity and confidentiality of the client group and respect equality at all times.
• Work collaboratively with others in the care setting to ensure that patients' needs are met.
• Use social media as per Trust policy and procedure.
• Read and follow the Skills for Health Code of Conduct for Health Care Support Workers and maintain the confidentiality of patient information at all times.
• As part of your employment with the Trust, you are bound by the policies and procedures within the organisation and the wider NHS.

Core Skills

1. Clinical Care and Patient Safety

Deliver high-quality nursing care to patients before, during, and after imaging procedures, including MRI, CT, ultrasound, and interventional radiology.

• Assess, plan, and implement individualized care plans in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
• Monitor patients for potential complications, including adverse reactions to contrast media and sedation, responding swiftly and appropriately to emergencies.
• Administer medications as required, including sedation, under protocol and ensure accurate documentation.
• Ensure infection control practices and protocols are strictly followed within the department.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree/Diploma
• Registered Nurse (Child)
• Evidence of ongoing, continuing professional development within pediatric care linked to demonstrable clinical competences
• Recognised teaching qualification eg ENB998

Desirable criteria

• Post registration qualification in relevant speciality

Experience

Essential criteria

• Proven clinical experience in relevant area
• Experience with acutely ill patients
• Ability to utilise pre-registration experience to demonstrate an understanding of the relevant settings
• Evidence of teaching and assessing
• Recent experience caring for children with elevated dependency needs

Desirable criteria

• General management skills
• Recent experience looking after Young People with mental health conditions

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Proven clinical skills in relevant area
• Demonstrates a genuine interest and has awareness of issues in specialty
• Knowledge of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
• Knowledge of child development
• Awareness of current nursing and NHS issues
• Awareness of current professional issues within children and young people's nursing
• Awareness of child protection issues and pathways
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• The ability to communicate with children of all ages and their parents
• Evidence of working cooperatively in a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to form excellent interpersonal relationships
• Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability and interest in supporting junior colleagues / students
• Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality
• Awareness of NHS reforms and professional issues relating to specialty
• Specialist knowledge in area of specialty
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to work full shift pattern including rotation, nights, twilight shifts, weekends & bank holidays as relevant to area

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of health and safety issues relating to children

Important

• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Senior Staff Nurse JD (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 411.9KB)
• Guidance for applicants (PDF, 85.4KB)
• Policy Statement (PDF, 144.5KB)
• Staff Benefits and Wellbeing (PDF, 196.5KB)
• Recruitment Pack (PDF, 2.8MB)