Job overview

Are you a Registered Children’s Nurse or Registered Nurse with experience in caring for children and young people? Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge? We would love to receive an application from you.

We are a friendly, supportive team that is passionate about delivering first class care to the families and patients who access our service. We have state of the art facilities equipped with the latest equipment that ensures that children receive the very highest standards of healthcare. This gives our families the reassurance that the very best is being done for the people who mean the most to them.

Band 5 opportunities include:

• Protected supernumerary period
• Preceptorship programme with resilience based supervision
• Band 5 orientation workbook
• Mindfulness and wellbeing at work
• Opportunities to be involved in quality improvement/change management
• Opportunities for further study – both internal and external courses
• Career progression opportunities

*Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice*

Main duties of the job

We are a 19 bedded unit which includes one High Dependency bed.  We can accommodate up to 6 children for day surgery and work alongside the Paediatric Assessment Unit. Outpatient clinics also run Monday to Friday from the ground floor of the unit.

As part of this role you will be expected to rotate to Peterborough City Hospital Children Wards when there is a clinical need and to offer opportunities to expand on skills and knowledge. 

We are a busy department in what can be a fast-paced environment. The right candidate will need to be a good communicator, be innovative and self-motivated. They should be committed to the provision of high standards of patient care for our children and families.

Ensure that patient care remains a priority in inter-professional practice and that referrals to the MDT are timely and discharge planning takes place where appropriate.

Be aware of the safeguarding agenda, ensuring protection and identification of vulnerable patients.

Ensure effective working relationships are established and maintained with colleagues across the Trust.

We are looking for a flexible individual to work full time or part time hours.  Our current shift pattern is 11.5 hour shifts on internal rotation to cover evenings and weekends.

*Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice*

Working for our organisation

We are committed to supporting colleagues through organisational change. Priority will be given to staff at risk within North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board.