About this role
Job summary
Starlight Ward is seeking an enthusiastic Band 5 Children's Nurse who is passionate about delivering high-quality care to children, young people, and their families within our local community.
Starlight Ward is an 18-bed paediatric unit providing care for babies, children, and young people aged 0-16 years, with an emerging pathway for 16 and 17 year olds. We care for patients with a wide range of medical conditions, as well as day-case and emergency surgical patients.
The unit also provides High Dependency Care for deteriorating patients prior to transfer to specialist services when required. We regularly care for children and young people with learning disabilities, complex needs, and mental health conditions, offering excellent opportunities to develop specialist skills and experience.
As a Band 5 Children's Nurse, you will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care, ensuring safe, compassionate, and effective care for every child and family.
We are committed to supporting your development, with access to a dedicated Practice Development Nurse, Practice Facilitator, and a wide range of training and learning opportunities to help you achieve your professional goals.
*Please note - this vacancy is not suitable for Overseas Registered Nurses required to take the OSCE exam.
Working Hours: 37.5 per week
Please note closing date is indicative and advert may be closed early if there are a high number of applications
Main duties of the job
Main duties include:
To work closely with clinical colleagues within children and families' services and the Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust To work closely with parents and carers of children and young people To support care programmes and care pathways To support the senior nurses in achieving service objectives To liaise appropriately with all members of the multidisciplinary team in a manner that promotes effective teamwork, participation in MDT meetings. To document all patient details to the required standard in relation to the admission, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care using the systems where appropriate.
We welcome informal visits so you can meet members of the team.
Interviews will be held face to face.
About us
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Job description Job 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 on this page
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications Essential
NMC Registered Child Nurse
Experience Essential
Hospital or Community Experience Experience of working in a multicultural environment Multidisciplinary work - teaching / managing / responsibility for junior staff / students / support staff.
Skills / Abilities Essential
Ability to support in area of clinical practice Ability to prioritise / delegate, advise & support junior staff teaching mentoring skills. Ability to assess health and care needs, plan care, deliver care and evaluate outcomes. Ability to use PC - email, word Ability to manage change, conflict, own workload.
Knowledge Essential
Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues Knowledge of current developments around the provision and delivery of care for children both locally and nationally.
Trust Values Essential
Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Homerton Row
London
E9 6SR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)