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Staff Nurse - Savannah Neurosciences & Inherited Metabolic Diseases

Job details
Posting date: 29 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £34,089 - £41,498 p.a inc HCA (pro rata for part timers)
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 29 May 2024
Location: London, SE1 7EH
Company: Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6260695/196-NM11560

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Summary

A Vacancy at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.


Are you an enthusiastic, passionate experienced paediatric nurse, looking for a new challenge? Do you want to work in a dedicated paediatric hospital, caring for patients and families with a holistic approach to care?

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Savannah Neurology and Metabolic nursing team, a 16 bedded unit offering a dynamic environment to widen your nursing skillset. We care for children from birth to 16 years with complex neurological conditions, epilepsy, movement disorders, inflammatory conditions of the brain, spine and nervous systems and inherited disorders of metabolism.

As a well-established referral centre, we care for patients across the whole of the south East of England, providing specialist care to meet our patients' needs. You will work alongside our dynamic team to enhance your nursing skills and knowledge.

We will encourage you to explore the specialities further through a wide range of training and development, for example participating in internal and external courses eg Paediatric Immediate Life Support, and Evelina Paediatric Acute Nursing in Critical Care, as well as any leadership courses, to aid your development towards a senior role.

What staff have said about our ward:

'It is an honour to work with such dedicated staff who are committed to making Savannah Dragonfly a place to receive compassionate care'

'You inspire me to do my best and reach for the top'

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning and provision of specialist nursing advice and carrying out specialist nursing procedures.

The post holder is responsible for assessment of care needs of patients, planning programmes of care, implementation and evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision. At times they will have management responsibility for being in-charge of the ward and supervising junior members of staff, as part of their own development and career progression.

The post holder will be a key member in relation to the development of practice on the ward. They will ensure the safety and wellbeing of service users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.

This advert is open to all applicants with an active Nursing and Midwifery Council Personal Identification number (PIN) (this refers to an NMC Pin identification that allows you to work as a registered nurse/midwife in the UK. Thisdoes not includethePersonal reference number (PRN)when you apply pre-OSCE application).

If you have a PRN number only please do not apply for this post. You can contact Capital Nurse or Capital Midwife (https://www.capitalnurselondon.co.uk/be-a-london-nurse/agencies/) to find out details on how to apply for International Nurse or Midwifery jobs

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

At Evelina, we are reminded every day of how important life is, and how important it is to look after the health and wellbeing of our staff as they balance of responsibilities in and out of work. We are committed to supporting flexible working; we want to support you to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We are committed to supporting professional development, and have excellent training and educational offerings. Recognising that looking after babies, children and young people is incredibly rewarding, but can also bring challenge we offer amazing resources to help support our staff’s emotional wellbeing and resilience.



If you have what it takes to be an amazing Evelina Nurse, and have the appetite to join a forward thinking, positive environment, where aspiration and innovation are encouraged, we want you to join us.
• Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge.
• Will be responsible for the application of knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
• To act as advocate for patients within the area, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
• To ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
• Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
• Will advise on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness.
• Recognise the significance of observations made, and use them to develop and initiate nursing assessments and devise a plan of care.
• Carry out those activities necessary to conduct a comprehensive assessment of a person’s nursing requirements.
• Will ensure that all patients will have a discharge plan that is safe and appropriate for their needs.
• Carry out nursing procedures and treatments, checking on and maintaining the highest possible standards.
• Work alongside the multi-disciplinary team to ascertain treatments and advise on nursing priorities.
• Take a clear and concise history from patients by assessing their health and wellbeing and complete documentation ensuring that all entries are accurate and legible and that all information systems are maintained.
• Undertake prescribed physical observations as follows: blood pressure, temperature, respirations, blood sugars, urinalysis, weight and height, and report exceptions appropriates.
• Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products


This advert closes on Sunday 12 May 2024

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