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Job summary

Main area
Paediatrics
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 24 hours per week (2 x 12 hour shifts each week, Long days or nights.)
Job ref
412-W&C-7145663
Employer
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Leighton Hospital
Town
Crewe, Cheshire
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/05/2025 23:59

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Paediatric Staff Nurse

Band 5

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified Paediatric Nurse to join our team!  Our Child and Adolescent Unit  is modern and bright with full amenities  which has made us fit for the future and ready to take on the challenge of nursing children and young people with a range of medical, surgical, oncology and mental health conditions. 

We have now added to our team and have a dedicated Vulnerable CYP wellbeing specialist Nurse and Mental Health Champion, an Infant Feeding Practitioner and an Education and Development Team as well as an Allergy Nurse Specialist and two Professional Nurse Advocates who can offer Restorative Clinical Supervision and who can advocate for quality improvement.  We have strong links with the region and the Paediatric Critical Care ODN to ensure we are up to date with developments.

Developing staff is important to us, we can offer places on High Dependency Course, APLS, and Clinical Assessment modules. 

Our Education and Development Team also provide a bespoke training program for Newly Qualified Nurses, Experienced Nurses and Nurses who work in the HDU. 

We also are a strong team who work together to support each other.

If you believe that you are dynamic, eager to learn and develop and work with an outstanding team please apply! 

Main duties of the job

An experienced health care professional competent in all aspects of care planning, who is able to carry out a wide range of clinical skills, including area(s) of particular clinical expertise and advice within the team e.g. infection control, by working collaboratively and cooperatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families. The post holder will also take an active part in the leadership, education, development and supervision of the
team.  

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).

The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.

The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff. 

An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.

We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community.

At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  •       1.Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care according to changing health care needs, including providing clinical expertise, advice and guidance in a particular area of clinical practice to improve the overall care provided by the team
    2.  Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team/agencies to ensure that patient needs are met
    3. Involve patients, relatives/carers in the delivery of care, providing reassurance and support to assist their understanding and co-operation
    4. Prepare the clinical area for safe practice by ensuring that cleanliness is maintained, materials and equipment are ready for use, including clearing away afterwards
    5. Provide escort and transfer for patients as directed by the multidisciplinary team
    6. Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
    7. Collect, collate, and report information, maintaining accurate patient
    records/documentation 

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria
  • NMC Registered Childrens Nurse
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in a range of Paediatric Health Care Settings.

Essential

Essential criteria
  • Degree in Childrens Nursing
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of Paediatric High Dependency

Essential

Essential criteria
  • Willingness to undertake further training specific to role
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with young people with Mental Health concerns

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgePrince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

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.

Application numbers

We expect to receive a very high level of applications for this vacancy, and due to this a limit has been set on the number of applications we are able to receive. Once this limit is reached the vacancy will close. We would urge interested candidates who meet the specification to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sharon Jackson
Job title
Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01270 278097
Additional information

Trudi Riley

Deputy Ward Manager

Child and Adolescent Unit

01270 612464

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
Telephone
[email protected]