Staff Nurse - Child Health Rotation

Job summary

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for a detailed job description of the role

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting time to join the team at Southampton's Children's Hospital. We are offering Rotation posts across our Children's Hospital for experienced paediatric staff Nurses to join our team.

Are you an experienced paediatric staff nurse ready for a new challenge Would you like to work for an innovative forward-thinking hospital? Every patient is special to us, which means every nurse who cares for them must be too.

Southampton's Children's Hospital is a 115 bedded hospital catering for both local and regional children from the Wessex Region including the Channel Islands.

Our Children's Hospital prides itself on providing a variety of specialist tertiary services and therefore rotations can include any of the following areas within critical care for children incorporating Paediatric ICU, Neonatal Intensive Care and Paediatric HDU, Oncology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Orthopaedics and Major Trauma, Urology, Nephrology, ENT Surgery, Outpatients and Children's Day Unit JADW. The Children's Hospital has a dedicated Children's Emergency Department and is a Paediatric Major Trauma Centre.

We are looking for highly motivated colleagues who have excellent care values and a strong sense of team spirit. We are a friendly, welcoming, and supportive team and there are opportunities to work across departments gaining clinical leadership and management skills along the way.

About us

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated 'Good' by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.

All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Southampton Childrens Hospital is a tertiary paediatric Hospital which offer the following services:

Dedicated children's emergency and short stay department

Paediatric Major Trauma Centre

Paediatric Intensive care and Retrieval service

Paediatric Outreach service

Tertiary Oncology, Cardiology, Neurological, Surgical , Orthopaedic ,

Medical and Endocrine centre

Haemodialysis Unit

CAHMS team / Learning Disability Nurse

Dedicated Play Team

Tertiary medical , cardiac, and surgical neonatal unit

Neonatal retrieval service

Paediatric Medical Unit (PMU)

Paediatric High Dependency Unit (HDU)

G2 Paediatric Neurology

G3 Orthopaedics

G4 SUN (Surgery, Urology, Nephrology)

Piam Brown (Oncology)

John Atwell Day Ward (JADW)

E1 Ocean Ward (Surgical & Cardiology)

PICU

Children's Out Patients

Bursledon House

Neonatal Unit

Rotation examples can include PICU E1 Cardiac Ward, PICU PHDU, ED Paediatric Admissions Unit PMU, G3, G4 Surgical Wards, all combinations will be considered. Rotations will consist of 9-month placements in 2-3 of your chosen areas.

Person Specification

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

Essential

Qualified Nurse (Degree/Diploma)

Registered nurse on appropriate part of the register

Knowledge of current issues within acute Health Service

Understanding of personal accountability

Knowledge of own role within the team

Provide evidence of teaching and supporting learners in practice in the role of practice supervisor

Awareness of evidence-based practice

Awareness of responsibilities for management of infection control

Evidence of on-going personal development

Able to use initiative

Desirable

Evidence of recent study

Previous experience/qualification in relevant specialty

Teaching experience