Paediatric Emergency Department Staff Nurse

Job overview

Our friendly, dynamic and talented Children's team require registered Children's nurse to join them in an exciting opportunity to become part of our Children and Young People Emergency Department.

Within the role you will be responsible for delivering safe, high-quality care to our paediatric patients alongside your emergency department colleagues, as well as working alongside the management team to ensure the highest level of patient experience in accordance and achieve the Trust's values.

This is a rewarding but demanding role that requires dedicated Children's nurses to deliver emergency care to children and their families in a diverse population of the Wirral. Do you want to join a focused team to deliver high quality care?

We are looking for Children's nurses at band 5 staff nurse level. We want enthusiastic highly motivated nurses that can demonstrate a kind, caring and compassionate attitude with a desire to provide effective and efficient emergency care. We are dedicated to supporting the development of our paediatric nurses within our service and offer continuing professional development including courses in Paediatric Immediate Life Support and Advanced Paediatric Life Support.

You will have a supernumerary period upon commencing within the post and will be closely supported by our Emergency Department management team inclusive of the dedicated practice development nurses, to ensure a smooth transition into the role.

Main duties of the job

If you have the experience and desire to improve services for our children and young people then this will be the challenge for you.

These positions will offer the successful candidates an ability to build upon existing skills and knowledge, whilst working within a friendly developing team with a vision for constantly changing and improving children’s services within a dynamic DGH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Staff Nurse position available with WUTH.

**This vacancy may close earlier than the date specified if sufficient applicants have been received**

If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a Enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 months.

As this vacancy is within the division of Womens and Childrens, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service.  The cost of joining the update service is £13 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.