Job vacancy: Band 5 - Paediatric Staff Nurse, Children's Services, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford

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Band 5 - Paediatric Staff Nurse, Children's Services

Band 5

Main area: Women’s and Children’s Division
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week)
Job ref: 360-D-6957-RA24

Department name: West Herts - General Staffing
Site: Watford General Hospital
Town: Watford
Salary: £24,907 - £30,615 £26,152 - £32,146 pa inc HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/03/2021 23:59

There has never been a more exciting time to join West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust!

Major redevelopment works are due for completion by 2025 or soon after. These will be most dramatic at Watford General Hospital where up to 90% of buildings will be new.

There are also plans for a digital transformation, new models of care and a multi-storey car park. As well as this, the trust – which won the UK Best Employer Award (Nursing Times 2019) – is applying for teaching hospital status in recognition of its wide and well-renowned role in educating doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work as a skilled member of the nursing team, to provide a high standard of holistic family
centred care to the children and their families.
To act as a role model and expert clinical practitioner.
To support the senior sister in managing the clinical area, including management of staff, acting
as team leader, including addressing staff developmental needs through IPR.
To undertake delegated responsibility for the department in the absence of the Ward / Unit
Manager
The post holder could be required to work on any site where HPT provide acute services for
children, according to the needs of the service.

Person specification

Overall Score Based on P/Spec

Essential criteria

Please score each application against the personal specification - marking them as 0=Reject, 1=Reserve or 2=Shortlist

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute healthcare services to a core catchment population of approximately half a million people living in west Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. Overall, the population served by the Trust is relatively affluent, but there are some areas of deprivation.

The Trust also provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of North London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and East Hertfordshire.

As an employer of over 4,000 people the Trust is one of the biggest employers in the area and sees nearly a million patients each year.

We encourage and welcome people with disabilities, if you need help please ask.

We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Thank you for taking the time for apply for this job at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust. If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.