Sister/Charge Nurse - Children's

Childrens Services is currently going through a transformational change with the merging of nursing teams across the Paediatric Emergency Department and the Children and Young Peoples Unit. The successful candidate will be offered the opportunity to work across all areas. Childrens Emergency Department (ED) Childrens ED is a busy department who currently see large volumes of children every year in an area specifically dedicated to children. Children who are attending with urgent care complaints are streamed straight to this area. Childrens Clinical Decision Area (CCDA) and Short Stay The Childrens Decision Area sees children referred from GPs, children with direct access and children sent from ED requiring a further assessment. The short stay area is for children who require a prolonged period of observation but who are unlikely to need a full admission to hospital, this could include fluid challenges, spacing of inhalers and review by other specialities. Ward 30 (Childrens Inpatient Unit) Ward 30 is a Childrens Inpatient Unit that was purpose built in 2016. The unit includes 35 inpatient beds and a two-bedded stabilisation area. The ward has an adolescent room, school room, play room, and an accessible bathroom. Each bed space also has state of the art bedside monitoring. Please see attached for the job description document for this post for further details in regards to the main responsibilities of the role.