Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our 16-bedded surgical paediatric ward. We are a ward managing elective surgical patients from a wide number of surgical specialities including: orthopaedics, ophthalmic, oncology, general surgery, cleft, and ENT . We are part of a surgical floor that works closely together with Children's Surgical Day Case and D35 managing emergency surgery .



We are committed to supporting you and offer various professional development opportunities to enhance your surgical nursing skills and knowledge.



We as a children's hospital achieved ANCC Pathway To Excellence accreditation and are currently the only Children's Hospital in Europe to have achieved this. This has opened up new opportunities which we are currently building on in Nottingham Children's Hospital.



In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.



We will expect you to take managerial, clinical and professional responsibility for the D34 and ensure the co-ordination and the development of a designated team of nurses that you will line manage.



You will work in collaboration with the specialist teams including consultants, specialist nurses and the operational teams within the children's hospital which is critical to ensure services are running smoothly and waiting list targets are met as a whole team approach.



With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.



Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!



We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH



This role is to lead and manage the departments to maintain the high standards and the quality of care given to all children and young people. To ensure the unit is safe, effective, well- led, responsive and caring.



You will have effective leadership skills and the ability to be a positive role model is expected from this post at all times.



The post holder, will be expected to provide regular direct clinical care and through experience and knowledge be able to support the implementation of both clinical and nonclinical governance.



Working flexibly as a member of the unit team and supporting the ward clinically is expected in order to ensure standards are being maintained, evaluated, and where necessary improved. The post-holder will also participate in the overnight senior nursing on calls.