Staff Nurse - PICU

Job overview

Exciting opportunity to work at this renowned hospital trust located in the heart of London. The PICU at Great Ormond Street is a 17 bedded acute unit who cares for a wide range of level 3 patients up to the age of 18. As the metabolic and neurosurgical centre for the North Thames region, PICU at GOSH cares for the most unwell of children across specialties including neuro, metabolic, oncology, genetics and respiratory. As a band 5 staff nurse within PICU at GOSH you will have exposure to these varied specialties and be provided with a wide range of opportunities to help you build your skill set and maintain excellent CPD.

Main duties of the job

• To provide the highest standard of nursing care for the children, young people and their families at all times.
• To plan, assess, implement and evaluate programmes of care for individual children and to supervise other staff in this activity.
• To ensure an ongoing welcoming, caring and safe environment is provided for the children, young people and their families.
• To act as an advocate for the child, young person and family, providing them with information and support and directing them to the relevant support services where appropriate.
• To communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers and other staff, overcoming any barriers to understanding and providing support during distressing or emotional events.
• To start planning discharges from admission, liaising with the multidisciplinary team, other departments and community services as necessary.
• To develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge necessary to provide holistic, evidence-based nursing care. This includes completion of the Trusts clinical skills competencies and expanded role responsibilities, following appropriate training.
• To be competent in the administration of medication including under patient group directives
• To ensure clinical practice is evidence based or peer reviewed best practice.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.