Nurse - band 6 equivalent

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide leadership and management of the care team to ensure effective delivery of care for children and young people with life limiting and life threatening conditions across both Naomi House and Jacksplace.

Key Responsibilities:

To lead the provision of a very high standard of care and support for all children, young people and their families attending Naomi House and Jacksplace.

To provide clinical leadership to staff at Naomi House and Jacksplace over a shift period.

To liaise fully with the Clinical Team Leaders/Care Managers and other Site Co-ordinators.

To support the Clinical Team Leader in the line management, development and support of a team of nurses and carers.

Managerial Responsibilities

To lead and coordinate the day-to-day provision of care to the children, young people and their families in both houses on any clinical shift.

To be responsible for ensuring an holistic assessment is completed for all children and young people to enable up to date care plans incorporating all necessary risk assessments.

To allocate staff appropriately on each shift to ensure effective use of resources.

To ensure excellent and timely communication with the Clinical Team Leader in house or on call and to escalate any concerns appropriately.

To line manage staff as delegated by the Clinical Team Leader, participating in appraisals and day to day staff management.

To provide support and supervision to staff and students in the care team, across both hospice settings.

To work in partnership with the hospice multidisciplinary team as well as any other agencies involved in the care, to ensure the delivery of seamless services.

To maintain an up to date knowledge of organisational policies and ensure that these are adhered to across all areas of work with children, young people and families.

To assist in promoting the economic, efficient and equitable use of resources.

To ensure that Health and Safety requirements are met and that risks to service users and staff are assessed and action taken to minimise these.

Clinical Responsibilities

To deliver a high standard of individualised holistic care and support to children, young people and their families, promoting empowerment, advocacy and partnership.

To ensure that clinical documentation is up to date and adheres to record keeping standards.

To manage staffing and allocate resources across both hospices according to assessed acuity on each shift.

To support the Practice Education team to embed evidence based nursing care.

To monitor standards of care, participating in audit and required actions.

To maintain agreed governance processes through incident reporting and risk assessment.

To communicate effectively with all members of the hospice multidisciplinary team, as well as any other agencies involved in the care and support of referred children and young people.

To recognise the need for psychological support and work appropriately alongside the Family Support Team.

To maintain an up to date knowledge and awareness of issues around the safeguarding of children and young adults, ensuring effective communication across multidisciplinary agencies and adherence to agreed safeguarding policies.

To be aware of the safety needs of children, young adults and families and other staff and to comply with:

The Children Act 2004

DoH No Secrets Guidance on developing and implementing multi-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

NMC codes and guidelines

Personal Responsibilities

To be responsible and proactive in personal professional development by:

o Maintaining awareness of current developments in palliative care for children, young people and families.

o Maintaining clinical skills identified in the Competency Framework.

o Ensuring timely revalidation with the NMC

All staff are reminded of their responsibility to adhere to Trust and Departmental Infection Protection Policies, including PPE use, cleaning and decontamination of the environment and equipment in order to protect their own health and that of service users, other employees and visitors.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• REGISTERED NURSE with valid up to date registration with NMC.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Desirable

• RSCN/RN Child
• Education to degree or Masters level
• Leadership qualification/training

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience of caring for children/young people with highly complex care needs and disability.
• Experience of holistic assessment and individualised planning of care.
• Experience of effective collaborative working with professionals from other agencies and disciplines.
• Experience and good understanding of clinical supervision and reflective practice.

Desirable

• Experience of working with children/young people with palliative care needs.
• Experience of child protection and vulnerable adult procedures, report writing and conferences.
• Experience of clinical audit.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Wessex Children’s Hospice Trust (Naomi House)

Address

Stockbridge Road

Sutton Scotney

Hampshire

SO21 3JE

Employer's website

https://www.naomihouse.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)