Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a creative and innovative individual with excellent clinical skills and paediatric experience to join our paediatric nursing team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich.



The post holder will be expected to have excellent communication, assessment and organisational skills. Be adaptable to change, organise and facilitate staff induction and support staff with their continuing professional development.



To maintain primary responsibility for ensuring the Division provides a progressive learning environment for all grades of nursing staff. The post holder will support and coordinate the development of Health Care Assistants and both pre - and post- registration nursing students by co-coordinating educational activities and assessments of learning within the department.



To be involved in the Corporate agenda for participating in practice and nursing development within their Division and liaising with the Nursing Development managers as appropriate.



The post holder will actively promote and contribute to inter-professional learning activities across the Division and Trust wide and be an effective role model for best practice nursing. The post holder will provide educational and clinical support for the nurses in the clinical area for 80% of their working time.



Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:



Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development



Widening access (anchor institution) and employability



Improving the experience of staff with disability



Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development



Making equalities mainstream



To work in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, and Trust Policies and Procedures. To ensure that own practice demonstrates current clinical knowledge To work clinically in all allocated wards and departments on a regular planned basis (80% of time or in accordance with an identified urgent service need), supporting individual nurses in developing their practice. To produce written accounts of each episode of clinical facilitation, documenting learning achieved and areas for further development. To demonstrate specialist-nursing knowledge in clinical settings, and support the advancement of knowledge and skills using approved assessment procedures. To work effectively as part of the multi-professional, inter-disciplinary team, encouraging and supporting other health care professionals in the promotion and maintenance of an effective learning environment. * To maintain effective working relations with colleagues at all levels and from all professions within the Division, ensuring effective communication at all times.