Staff Nurse -Paediatric Surgical Complex Care/Cardiac
Location : The Portland Hospital for Women & Children -London

Hours: 37.5 hrs PW (Shifts-Long days/nights/weekends)

Salary: £35,970-£39,240 dependent on Skills & Experience and inclusive of shift allowance + Benefits (pension, health cover, flexible benefits and excellent career development)

We have a brilliant opportunity for a Paediatric Staff Nurse to join the team at The Portland Hospital Complex Surgical & Surgical Cardiac Care ward. The role will play a vital role in delivering on expert patient care.

As a Registered Staff Nurseworking in our Complex Surgical & Surgical Cardiac care you will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate high standards of specialist care to ensure that our patients are cared for in a safe, compassionate and comfortable environment. As a Staff Nurse you will meet physical, psychological and spiritual needs by effectively communicating with the patient, their families and your colleagues.

Staff Nurse duties will include u ndertak ing extended roles such as venipuncture, cannulation and phlebotomy , contributing to the ongoing research-based care and other practice development initiatives . As a Staff Nurse you would r ecognising the signs and symptoms of a deteriorating patient s and initiate early interventions in a calm and co-ordinated manner .

Skills & Experience:

• NMC Child Registered Nurse (RN Child / RSCN) with immediate paediatric life support
• Understanding of Safeguarding issues
• Ideally experience working within a paediatric surgical/ HDU/Spinal/Cardiac
• Excellent written and verbal communication

About us:

The Portland Hospital is renowned for its clinical excellence with our paediatric inpatients covering a variety of specialties including (but not limited to) surgical, neuro-rehab, Gastroenterology, Ear,Nose and Throat (ENT) and general paediatrics.

This post will be based in a 14 bedded Complex Surgical ward admitting the following surgeries;
Major urology and reconstruction surgeries, Spinals including SDR, Cardiac, Orthopaedic including sports injuries, Cochlear Implants, Maxillo-facials including cleft lip and palate, ENT including reconstruction surgeries, Bariatric surgery, Neurosurgery

If you wish to find out more about this opportunity, please apply for this role and a member of the team will be in contact shortly
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