About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Children's and Young People's Respiratory services. We are looking for a dynamic enthusiastic, skilled and confident children's nurse to join our Children and Young People Multi-Disciplinary Respiratory Team as a Band 7 Children's Respiratory Nurse working across Royal Stoke & County Hospitals and Community Diagnostic Centre sites within community settings.
You need to be an enthusiastic, dynamic, proactive, innovative, and highly motivated nurse. You must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills to enable you to work with the multidisciplinary teams in secondary, tertiary and primary care services.
All applicants will be expected to meet the essential criteria and possess the relevant post registration experience as outlined in the person specification. A development programme will be available to support training and service provision needs.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work with clinicians and nursing staff and will provide a highly developed and effective outpatient and inpatient service for children with respiratory diseases. The post holder will demonstrate good communication, analytical and planning expertise. The post holder will be required to work autonomously, effectively and efficiently with children, parents/carers, and a variety of multidisciplinary teams including those in primary, secondary, tertiary and voluntary care settings. The post holder will be required to travel between multiple sites. The post holder will have highly developed leadership skills and specialist clinical knowledge and expertise in the care and management of children with respiratory disorders. The post holder will lead the development and delivery of the Community Diagnostic Centre pathways, nurse led clinical aspects of the service. The post holder will develop and deliver innovative and evidence-based practice through professional leadership, supporting the clinical team to develop the specialist area of respiratory care. The post holder will contribute to the management of a quality and cost-effective service. The post holder will have a role in paediatric respiratory education, research and audit programmes that the Paediatric Respiratory department is involved in.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification for the roles and responsibilities and you can also contact Sadie Clayton, Consultant Nurse in Children's Respiratory.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Current Children's Nursing Registration: RSCN/Project 2000/RN-Child Degree Level Nursing/Health Related Studies Evidence of higher level study at Masters Level; alternatively working knowledge and experience ARTP Spirometry
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience Essential
Minimum of 10 years post registration experience at least 5 years experience providing respiratory care Ability to prioritise workload in response to service need. Excellent written and communication skills Experience of supporting child and family learning and use of competency-based assessments
Personal Qualities Essential
Able to maintain confidentiality Ability to work autonomously to manage own workload. Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team across all care and organisational settings.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address Royal Stoke Hospital
Newcastle Road
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 6QG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)