Children and Young Person's Nurse

Leicester | Nursing | Permanent | Part time

Up to £32,250 pro-rata dependent on experience

25 hours per week

You will be working within a team of paediatric nurses looking after children and young people from 1-18 years old. All children admitted to the ward are generally day case surgical procedures, including paediatric surgery, ENT, orthopaedics, dental and maxillo-facial. In your role you will cover pre assessment, inpatients, supporting the outpatients department and daycase diagnostics. You will be required to work shifts including occasional weekend work.

The Role

At Nuffield Health, you will discover nursing as it should be - with more time to care and get to know the children who are your patients as you help them through difficult times. You will also have the flexibility to work shifts that suit your lifestyle.

As a Children and Young Person's Nurse you will;

• Deliver care to children from the age of 1 including their pre/post-operative stay on the ward

• Conduct pre assessment clinics

• Working alongside our Children's & Young Persons Lead Nurse you will have the high care standards that come naturally to a talented nurse

• Play a vital role in the child's journey through the hospital

• Be a trusted guide and support to them as well as to their parents or guardians

• Deliver high quality, clinically effective care as an essential part of our ward team

• Work with a wide variety of cases which will broaden your skills. You will also work within different specialist areas

The Person

To succeed as a Children and Young Person's Nurse you will;

• Be NMC qualified and have some post registration experience in a surgical ward environment

• Have various levels of post-registration experience - (preferably in a children's surgical setting)

• Be an excellent communicator and team worker - plus be flexible and motivated

• Have the ability to fully understand each patient's needs and provide individual attention

• Be confident to work autonomously and liaise directly with consultants

• Experience in Children's nursing with Adult nursing as an advantage

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. From emotional wellbeing support to private healthcare, financial advice, a cycle to work scheme and more. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.

It starts with you.