Job Title: Senior Staff Nurse - Paediatrics Team
Location: Jersey
Type: Permanent
Shift Pattern: Full time
Salary: £52,905 - £59,717 per annum
Job Overview
Our client is a respite home dedicated to children with complex health, physical, and developmental needs. Sanctuary Personnel are seeking a passionate nurse to work with our client, who enjoys creating a joyful and engaging environment for children and young people. This role requires a bit of an outgoing personality and a creative spirit to foster opportunities for play and development. Your experience working with children with similar needs using a person-centred approach, amplifying the voice of the child, is crucial to their practice.
As part of their team, you will support their skilled staff in maintaining high levels of clinical oversight, developing practices based on new learning, and contributing to our client's business plan for clinical development. Paediatric nurses with experience in learning disabilities are preferred.
Job Purpose
The successful candidate will act as a practitioner with professional accountability to effectively plan, deliver, and evaluate care for a group of patients with various conditions within a recognised clinical area. This role spans multiple clinical areas within both acute and community services, requiring the ability to manage complex or high-risk patients and provide guidance and support to less experienced staff. You may also need to take charge of the ward or team, leading with confidence.
Key Responsibilities
Professional Input
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the NMC Code (2015) guidelines.
- Stay updated with developments in your professional discipline and clinical practices.
- Contribute to creating a therapeutic environment for patients.
- Maintain a professional portfolio showcasing continuous skills, knowledge, and achievement development.
Nursing Practice
- Coordinate care for individual patients or groups by consistently compiling care plans that meet treatment goals.
- Enhance nursing practice through evidence-based research.
- Set and maintain clinical standards.
- Participate in clinical audits and act as a role model in care delivery.
- Perform investigations and treatments proficiently, potentially as an independent supplementary prescriber.
- Uphold effective infection prevention practices.
- Provide high-quality advice to patients, carers, and colleagues, incorporating health promotion themes.
- Ensure the safeguarding and welfare of all individuals within your care.
- Maintain accurate patient documentation and produce high-quality patient information.
Job Specific Outcomes
Team Management, Building, and Working
- Lead and direct the team when required, promoting effective teamwork and supervising junior staff.
- Understand and promote team goals and demonstrate team-building skills.
Resource Management
- Contribute to the development of the business plan for the clinical area.
- Maintain awareness of the ward/departmental budget and manage resources cost-effectively.
Training and Development
- Pursue opportunities for knowledge and skill development, participate in Performance Review and Appraisal System, and support the learning objectives of junior staff.
Environmental Management
- Contribute to the physical environment's management and the Risk Management Plan for the area.
- Participate in ongoing infection control audits.
- Promote health, safety, and security measures in line with policies.
Qualifications
- 1st Level Registered Nurse (Diploma/1st Degree)
- 2 years post-qualifying experience
Across the public service, their diverse work environment offers numerous opportunities to collaborate with experts, learn new skills, and advance your career. They actively seek to recruit individuals from varied backgrounds, enriching their team with diverse perspectives and innovative ideas. Join our client to develop an exciting and rewarding career where your personal and professional well-being are valued.
Apply now through Sanctuary Personnel.
