Job overview

The post holder will work within a team of nursing and medical staff and act as an allocated nurse for a group of patients, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating their care needs. The post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating their allocated workload, reporting to and liaising with senior staff.     

The post holder will work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide high quality care in partnership with children and their families whilst working to meet the RCPCH Standards for children and young people in an emergency care setting and short stay area.

Main duties of the job

1.     Work closely with the nursing team, ensuring individual programmes of care is formulated according to patient needs and current research/guidelines.

2.     Ensure planned nursing care is delivered safely and effectively taking into account the views of the child and their parents / guardians.

3.     Ensures plans of care are updated as appropriate.

4.     Ensures arrangements for the admission, transfer and discharge of children are made safely, efficiently and effectively in line with Trust policies.

5.     Advise on health promotion and the prevention of illness.

6.     Recognise situations that may be detrimental to the health and well being of the individual and take appropriate action.

7.     Carry out those activities involved when conducting the comprehensive assessment of a child’s nursing requirements.

8.     Undertake the essential nursing assessment of the child, taking into account all the activities of daily living.

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes. 

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [email protected] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.