Bank Specialist Nurse - Paediatrics - #145389

Job Description

Bank Specialist Nurse - Paediatrics | 0 hours contract, flexible shifts | Horley, West Sussex

Spire Gatwick Park are looking to recruit a qualified Children's nurse to join the flexible working bank to cover the paediatric list. As a Paediatric Nurse, you will be integral in helping to develop this service ensuring that Spire Gatwick Park can offer patients and their families’ excellent and safe standards of care.

Spire Gatwick Park Hospital offers world-class care and is part of one of the UK’s most respected private hospital groups. With a full multidisciplinary medical team, we’re specialists in a wide range of treatments that can be personalised to your needs. At Spire Gatwick Park Hospital, our facilities are designed to be child and young person friendly and we have a dedicated children's waiting room and play area.

Our children and young people’s clinics are run with the assistance of our specialised nursing team to help support and guide families and their children through the outpatient process and any further investigations that may be required. We offer a specialised surgery service for children aged three and over and outpatient consultations from birth.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Providing pre- and post-operative care to children and young people, assisting in their recovery and getting them ready for discharge – this will include wound care, assisting with personal care and providing emotional support at what can be a stressful time
• Liaising with parents, guardians and consultants giving advice and making recommendations to improve the patients’ wellbeing, whilst also being adept at identifying a deteriorating patient and making on the spot, informed decisions
• Risk assessing children and young people regarding suitability for admission
• Providing RCN support during paediatric clinics, assisting with minor operations and Phlebotomy.
• Working as part of a small team with the opportunity to help run and grow the service according to needs
  
  

Who We Are Looking For

• NMC Registered Sick Children’s Nurse with no restriction on practise
• EPALS
• At least 2 years post qualification experience working within paediatrics ideally in a surgical setting
• Excellent understanding of CQC criteria
• You must be willing to learn and help support the day to day running of the paediatric service
• Be able to work autonomously with no supervision
• Excellent communication skills
  
  

Working Hours: Shifts between 8am - 8pm. Shifts can be any days Monday-Saturday covering sickness, annual leave, increased activity over the holidays as required.

Contract: Bank 0 hours on a flexible basis as required

Benefits

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
  
  

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together
  
  

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing Date: If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Charlotte Oliver on [email protected]

About Us

At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We’re committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.