Job overview

Paediatric Staff Nurse (Emergency Department)
Location: Frimley Park Hospital
Department: Paediatric Emergency Department
Position Type: Permanent (2.18 WTE  full-time and part-time roles available)

We have an exciting opportunity for experienced and enthusiastic Paediatric Staff Nurses to join our supportive, dynamic, and forward-thinking team in the Paediatric Emergency Department at Frimley Park Hospital.

Our department sees approximately 30,000 children annually, aged 0–17 years, presenting with a wide range of conditions from minor injuries and illnesses to major trauma and resuscitation. Patient safety and high-quality, child-centred care are at the heart of everything we do.

Frimley Park Hospital is proud of its strong local and national reputation for delivering consistently high standards of clinical care. A key factor in this success is our commitment to ongoing staff training and professional development.

You will be supported by a dedicated Practice Development Lead and a structured Staff Nurse Development Programme, helping you build key emergency nursing skills. 

If you are a motivated paediatric nurse who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about emergency care, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of a team of nurses, health care assistants and the wider multidisciplinary team and be responsible for the assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating of nursing care.

The fast-paced environment of Paediatrics ED means our staff have to be adaptable in adjusting their priorities to patient and departmental needs which can change rapidly. We are looking for motivated and flexible nurses that are able to adapt to this ever-changing environment, whilst keeping patient safety and compassion at the forefront of everything they do.

• In conjunction with the nurse in charge, be responsible for an identified area of clinical practice within the Children's Emergency Department
• Assess, formulate and evaluate practice based programmes for children and young people in conjunction with their families and supervise the junior members of staff with their programmes of care
• Maintain a learning environment enabling student nurses and NQN's to achieve their learning objectives
• Act as a role model to all staff within the Children's Emergency Department
• Act as a resource for the Emergency Department for child protection issues
• Participate in the induction of all new staff
• Maintain own continuous professional development
• Any other duties, which may be requested by the manager, to facilitate a smooth running of the department

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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