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Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatrics (Service Lead)

Employer
HCA Healthcare UK
Location
London
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
2 Oct 2018

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Job Details

HCA Healthcare UK – The World’s largest private healthcare group; provides award winning primary, acute and complex care. The Wellington Hospital has over four decades of expertise; providing the highest level of care for patients who are looking for the best treatment in key areas of healthcare. We have over 240 patient beds, spanning 3 sites, including a 50 bed Acute Neurological Rehabilitation unit, the UK’s largest private intensive care unit and 3 Outpatient centres. Our Paediatric service provides a safe and family friendly environment for children across our 3 Outpatient centres. These units are supported by a team of world leading consultants and nurses who provide a vast range of children’s’ services offering treatment in areas such as Gastroenterology, ENT, Urinary tract, allergies and general medicine. We have an exciting opportunity for a Paediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (Service Lead) based at The Wellington Hospital in St Johns Wood, London (NW8 9LE).

Job Description

You will report into the Outpatients Centre Manager and lead the paediatric service across all of the sites. You will work as a core member of the multi-disciplinary team using your clinical expertise to co-ordinate high quality care and treatment of patients. This is a Permanent, full-time role working 37.5 hours per week. Core hours are 9am – 5::30pm (Monday - Friday) with flexibility and occasional early starts/late finishes. The attractive and competitive salary for this role is £45,000 - £52,000 and will be dependent upon skills and experience. Reward & recognition – We'll look after you with our contribution pension scheme, private medical insurance, annual salary review, 247.5hrs holiday each year; with the option to buy and sell. We offer excellent career development; with clear career pathways and access to further education. We can also offer you support with relocation if you are living outside of London or the UK; subject to terms and conditions.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for the Paediatric services across all of our outpatient sites, delivering a quality service to all patients and stakeholders • Identify areas of our service for development, then implementing and evaluating change using current research, audit and experience • Required to undertake the following tasks (to name a few): - Ensuring that paediatric nursing practice is in line with national standards - Writing and reviewing policies - Staff recruitment, appraisals, performance management - Risk Registers - Monthly Reports - Datix, Investigation Reporting

Skills & Experience

• Registered Paediatric Nurse • Teaching and Assessing and/or Mentorship qualification. Masters or working towards is highly desirable. • Varied experience in paediatric nursing, as some of the specialities covered at the sites are Orthopaedics, ENT, Dermatology, Rheumatology, Gastro and Plastics to name a few • Experience of research and audit • Good organisational skills with the ability to flexibly respond to the needs of the service and the hospital • Excellent interpersonal skills, including communication, positive attitude and sensitivity • Commitment to Continual Professional Development as well as clinical governance and quality initiatives

About The Individual

At HCA UK we recognise and value everyone as unique and individual; treat people with kindness and compassion; act with absolute honesty, integrity, and fairness and trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family. As someone looking to join our family, you will demonstrate these key values. You will also actively participate as a member of a team, working together to achieve tasks, goals, and objectives; demonstrate a lead by example attitude to inspire our colleagues and patients; and deliver information in a clear, concise, and compelling manner to effectively engage others and achieve desired results. If you wish to find out more about this opportunity, please apply for this role and a member of the team will be in contact shortly.

Company

HCA Healthcare Over 50 years of creating a healthier tomorrow.   

Today HCA is the largest private healthcare provider in the world, and the largest provider of privately funded healthcare in the U.K. A world-class network of over 30 facilities in London, Manchester, Wilmslow, Glasgow and Prestatyn, with its latest venture opening in Birmingham in 2024.  Uniquely we also partner with the NHS to provide care within large NHS teaching hospitals. No other U.K. provider can match our global scale, breadth and depth of knowledge and expertise. We treat 27 million people each year across our global network, and many of our hospitals are rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC. Covering virtually all aspects of medicine from prevention and diagnosis through to treatment and aftercare in both our Primary and Secondary Care Divisions. Cardiac and Cancer Care, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation, Urgent Care, GP and Health screening to Obstetrics, IVF and Maternity care, to name a few.   

We can promise by joining the HCA family, you will learn from experts in every department, and your opportunities will be endless. You will be empowered to achieve more in your career and will be provided with outstanding rewards and development support to match the level of care we are famed for.  

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