Staff Nurse

An exiting opportunity has arisen, for a registered children's nurse, to work within our paediatric outpatients department. A qualitative, safe and positive experience is at the heart of our patient experiences. If you have the experience and desire to improve services for our children and young people, this is the role for you. This position will offer the successful candidate the ability to build upon existing skills and knowledge, whilst working within a friendly developing team , with a vision to improving children's services within a District general hospital we are a very busy children's outpatient's department, facilitating appointments for acute and community paediatric services across 2 sites in the Wirral area. You will work with members of the multi\-disciplinary team to ensure the best possible outcomes for the children and young people who attend the paediatric outpatient department. All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients. Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents. We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint. We have approximately 855 beds trust\-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m. The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicola Cookson Job title: Paediatric outpatient department manager Email address: ncookson@nhs.net Telephone number: 0151 604 7157