Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse

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Main area Paediatric Surgery Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: Days/Nights and weekends Hours Part time - 23 hours per week (Days/nights and weekends) Job ref 410-JAN26

Employer University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital Town Brighton Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 12/02/:59

At UHSussex we're proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK's largest acute trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

Our hard-working, talented and dedicated people work together towards a common goal - to deliver Excellent Care Everywhere for our patients, our people and our communities. Whatever your role here at UHSussex you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex.

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us deliver Excellent Care Everywhere. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

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Job overview The Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital is located on the Royal Sussex County Hospital site in Brighton. We are a 12 bedded Children's Surgical Unit, where we care for both medical and surgical patients. Surgical patients often require complex care including - TPN, Stoma cares, NCA/PCA and wound management.

This is your opportunity to work within the Children's Surgical Ward, you will be responsible for the shift by shift running of the unit whilst providing excellent nursing care. You will work closely with the Ward Manager and other senior nurses within the Children's Hospital.

We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic, energetic children's nurse with a skill for prioritising, delivering and organising patient care. You will have a proactive and positive approach, with evidence of excellent clinical, teaching, and managerial and inter- personal skills to lead, work along side and motivate our multi-disciplinary team. Your will be supported by our surgical educator.

Given the focus of this post, it is essential that you are a registered children's nurse that has experience of caring for surgical patients.

Main duties of the job

• As a member of the multi-disciplinary team provides the highest standard of patient care.
• Contributes to the smooth and efficient running of the Unit over a 24-hour period.
• Prioritises care and delegates duties to others as appropriate ensuring they are supervised and mentored.
• Continues to develop own knowledge and skills through locally agreed personal development plans and facilitates the development of others.
• Participates in change management and clinical audit within own area of work.
• Works in partnership with other agencies.
• Participates in daily nursing bleep-holder rota for children's services
• Take part in and leads shift handovers ensuring relevant detail is communicated to the team.
• Recognise when own and other's (staff, children and carers) behaviour is not acceptable and take action to address this effectively

Please note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered. We include this information at the outset to provide clarity and avoid unnecessary inconvenience for applicants.

Working for our organisation At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We welcome applications from those who currently hold a UK NMC registration. If you currently hold an overseas nursing qualification and require sponsorship we are not currently direct hiring Internationally Qualified Nurses.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities The Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital is located on the Royal Sussex County Hospital site in Brighton. In June 2007 RACH opened on the current site in its brand new state of the art facility. It has won an international design award and continues with offering pioneering children's care.

The RACH has a long history of progressive and innovative Children's care embracing medicine, nursing and related professions, children's nurse training and research. It is one is of the leading children's centre's on the South Coast and has a 24 hour dedicated children's emergency department. RACH works closely with the neonatal service providing support and services for neonates such as surgery. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dedicated team player to join our dynamic paediatric Surgical department.

Our Surgical ward is a busy unit which cares for children and babies from 0-16 years old. These children have had/ are going to have surgery or investigations and treatment of surgical conditions from a wide range of specialities.

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

• RN Child Registration + experience
• Knowledge of Band 6 role
• Surgical Experience
• IV Drug Administration
• Basic computer skills
• Able to communicate using verbal and written skills
• Knowledge of Child Protection Procedures Ability to use initiative Ability to calculate complex drug dosages
• Understanding of Accountability and Responsibilities
• PILS EPLS or APLS
• Venepuncture and Cannulation
• Knowledge and experience of NHS IT systems /applications
• Evidence of professional development since qualification

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues

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