An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time (37.5 hours) band 6

sister/charge Nurse position within the Emergency Department at Alder Hey

Successful applicants will join an established nursing team, working within a tertiary hospital. The department has in excess of 60,000attendances per year and is a designated major trauma centre for paediatrics. The successful candidates will be expected to participate in the ENP rota and a training programme is in place for any candidate who does not currently possess that qualification.

This is a fully rotational post and will be a shift pattern of days, nights, weekends and public holidays to ensure that there is 24 hour paediatric nursing cover at all times within the Emergency Department.

• We can offer you,

A modern department with excellent facilities. Excellent opportunities for professional development supported by our own programmes tailored to meet your needs. Clinical/safeguarding supervision Team working in all areas of the department.

You must be:

• Be a registered Paediatric nurse or adult nurse with paediatric experience

• Evidence of significant experience in an acute paediatric environment

• Shift leads as a senior band 5/band 6 on a regular basis

• PLS/APLS up to date training

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Alder Park building in the nearby borough of Sefton.

We currently have more than 3,200 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

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