Site Practitioner

We are looking for experienced and motivated paediatric nurses to join the Site Practitioner team to enhance their knowledge and skills and work part of the Hospital @ Night and PACE team.

This is an opportunity to work alongside the medical team delivering safe and effective care out of hours for multi-specialties including Medicine, Respiratory, Liver, and Surgery. You will also work for the 24/7 Paediatric Assessment Clinical Escalation (PACE) service supporting clinical areas in the early recognition and escalation of deteriorating children and delivering HDU level care to our at risk patients.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for you to gain enhanced nursing skills and work as part of a wider multi-Disciplinary team, with educational and learning opportunities available to you.

The post holder will work part of the site practitioner team to provide clinical support to the Hospital @ Night medical workforce(H@N) out of hours to ensure safe and effective care is provided to patients. The post holder will also work alongside HDU+ team covering the PACE service ( Paediatric Assessment Clinical Escalation team) to assess and make management plans of deteriorating patients or patients at risk and escalate accordingly ensuring there is a coordinated approach to supporting HDU level care on ward areas.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.