Job summary Staff Nurse (Paediatric A&E)We are excited to announce that our Paediatric Emergency Department is looking for a Paediatric Nurse or an Adult Nurse with an interest in Paediatric Emergency Care to join our team.Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic Nurse who enjoys working as part of an innovative team?If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust!As a Paediatric Staff Nurse within the Paediatric Emergency Department you will be actively supported to gain experience and confidence in all aspects of paediatric emergency care.As a trust we actively encourage and support personal development and therefore we provide our staff with courses such as PILS, trauma training and APLS as well as in house training such as streaming, plastering, phlebotomy and cannulation.If you are looking to develop your knowledge and experience of paediatric emergency care within in a friendly and supportive team then we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job This role will involve working as part of the Emergency Department Team on a daily basis.
The Emergency Department is open 7 days per week and you will be required to work a variety of shifts.Your role will include caring for children and young people from initial assessment through to minors, majors and the resuscitation area.
About us We aim to recruit professional, motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 staff.
We take great pride in being part of a top performing Trust and Emergency Department and are committed to ensuring quality patient care.Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton.
With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.The CQC recently rated the care provided by The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.Our values; Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Job description Job responsibilities The post-holder is responsible for undertaking and recording a comprehensive nursing assessment and planning, delivering and evaluating high standards of evidenced based nursing care to a diverse group of patients.
Is expected to deliver care without direct supervision.
Is expected to teach and supervise more junior staff, students and the non-registered nursing workforce Is accountable for care he/she delegates to others.
Is expected to act as role model, delivering care with empathy andcompassion as part of a multidisciplinary team.
For further information, please see the job description and personal specification.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registered NMC Childrens Nurse Desirable Evidence of recent continuous professional development Experience Essential Recent post qualification experience of working in an acute clinical environment Aware of current nursing issues Desirable Experience in speciality may be an advantage Other Essential IT literate