Senior Staff Nurse

The post holder will assist in the overall management of the service ensuring delivery of high standards of care to patients and their families in the ward setting. They will act as a clinical role model providing leadership and support to both nursing and medical staff ensuring the promotion of a safe working environment.

The service provides care to children with oncological conditions requiring chemotherapy; haematological conditions, and surgery across all specialities.

The post holder will ideally have experience of administering chemotherapy to children

You will provide direct care and act as a clinical role model providing leadership and support to nursing and medical staff ensuring the delivery of safe and effective care. You will act as Assessor or Supervisor to nurses in training.

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.

This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Staff development, training and mentorship

Undertake induction and competency programmes appropriate to the role.

Undertake specialist education training as required that will allow paediatric care to be delivered through new ways of working

Act as a clinical expert and use own knowledge to develop and enhance the development, skills and competence of others.

Work collaboratively with the practice development team to ensure that education and development opportunities are provided for the ward team to enable staff to be both confident and competent to perform their roles safely.

Act as a clinical resource, mentor/assessor/supervisor/preceptor of learners and staff as required.

Actively promote and participate in clinical supervision/mentorship or equivalent support mechanisms.

Ensure that learners are provided with and encouraged to take advantage of learning outcomes that will enable them to meet their clinical placement outcomes and objectives.

In the absence of the ward manager ensure there is adequate support, safe mentorship and supervision of learner nurses and all staff.

Accept delegated line management responsibilities of other team members actively contributing to performance review and the appraisal and personal development planning process within the knowledge and skills framework.

Ensure that self and all nursing staff practice at all times in accordance with the NMC code of professional practice, raising any concerns with the ward manager and action as directed.

Improving patient and visitor experiences

Promote, develop and implement patient and public involvement activities in the ward, leading to service improvement.

Ensure that self and team members act at all times to provide a personalised service to patients in accordance with agreed standards and promote quality, diversity and rights.

Identify child protection issues, which affect the childs right as an individual.

Using audit, evaluation and research

Ensure the delivery of care…