Senior Staff Nurse - Paediatrics

Site
Evelina Children's Hospital / St Thomas' Hospital

Main area
Paediatrics

Town
London

Grade
Band 6

Salary
£28,924 - £38,591 pa inc

Contract type
Permanent

Closing
19 Sep 2008 17:00

Hours
Full Time 37.5 hours per week

Job ref
HJUK/196-MAN0006-RO1

Guy's and St Thomas' is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country, with a staff of over 9,500, a turnover of over £800m and a million patient contacts a year.

The Trust is made up of two of London's oldest and most well known teaching hospitals. The hospitals have a long history, dating back almost 900 years, and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. Both hospitals have built on these traditions and continue to have a reputation for excellence and innovation.

PICU (Forest) is a 20 bedded PICU within the Evelina Children's Hospital. We serve the needs of children of the local population and others in the south east of England. We offer a well established, dynamic multi-professional team with a wealth of experience. Research, evidenced based practice, clinical governance and staff development are actively promoted.

The South Thames Retrieval Service is based within the unit and provides an opportunity for staff to develop critical care transport skills including the new Retrieval Nurse Practitioner role. We are the first PICU in the United Kingdom to develop the role of the Retrieval Nurse Practitioner leading in the safe stabilisation and transfer of the critically ill child from a referring hospital to PICU.

We are a lead centre, and provide care for critically ill children referred from a wide variety of specialist areas including renal, cardiac, general medicine and surgery, metabolic and neurology.

We are currently seeking highly motivated, experienced paediatric nurses (with a relevant post registration course) who enjoy working in an energetic, challenging and at times demanding environment. We are committed to building on your existing skills and knowledge and welcome the opportunity to learn from you. Why not come and join us in our exciting, new unit designed with the needs of our patients and staff in mind and help us to lead the way in providing high quality care to our children?

Guy's and St Thomas' is committed to fair pay for all its staff. Benefits include: Final Salary Pension Scheme, Swimming Pool and Fitness Centres, Knowledge & Information Centre, Social Clubs, On-site Nursery (limited places) and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator. The Trust aims to help staff balance work and home life.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

All employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Please apply for this post on-line. If you have problems with using the online process, or need any assistance, please contact the "Recruitment Consultant" detailed below.

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Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

If you decide to apply for this post but do not hear back from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that you not have been short-listed on this occasion.

For further details / informal visits contact
Louise Byrne, telephone 020 7188 9417, email louise.byrne@gstt.nhs.uk

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post will not attract a work permit and therefore applicants must already have the right to live and work in the UK.

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Managed Networks Recruitment Team
Recruitment @ Guy's & St Thomas'

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post will not attract a work permit and therefore applicants must already have the right to live and work in the UK.

Please refer to medrek.co.uk in your application