Job summary
The post holder will be driving an innovative service which engages children's nurses to work, run and deliver clinic's within GP practices. The service is provided to children and young people aged 1 - 18 years, living in the London Borough of Islington who present with viral induced wheeze, asthma, eczema, constipation, and nocturnal enuresis. The service aims to minimise attendance, admissions, and re-admissions to hospital, for children with these conditions.
Main duties of the job
The band 7 nurse will support the community matron in embedding the service across Islington and will engage in reviewing data and developing the service.
To develop an integrated team approach with Practice Nurses where possible to develop their skills to providing more care to the children within their practice.
To support the daily operational management of the service and provide leadership and clinical support to band 6 Children's Nurses and Practice Nurses across Islington.
Work to review those children who are frequent flyers to Emergency Department, liaising with E/D staff.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To meet regularly with clinical leads and continue the strategic development of the service within a structured framework. To foster and build effective working relationships within the service; childrens nurse specialists, the community childrens nurses, and across multi-agencies including E.D. staff and general practices.
To ensure that the nursing needs of children are identified with appropriate, strategies to meet the needs within community/primary care settings.
To support the implementation of local paediatric pathways in relation to, asthma, constipation, eczema, viral wheeze including nocturnal enuresis. working to reflect local and national guidelines to improve the outcome of children.
To train health professionals in the management of long-term conditions when requested thus improving the confidence and competence level of practice staff.
To contribute to the MDT approach to reviewing frequent flyers to ED with the named consultant/ teams.
To lead the paediatric primary care standards of practice according to Trust and National guidelines in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct.
To work to reduce referrals to the 10-12 clinic at Whittington Hospital and the urgent care clinic at UCLH where possible.
To monitor, review paediatric primary care data with the matron and the team and implement service improvement where possible, including reviewing DNA data.
To ensure admin team have a clear understanding of the booking process and be involved in attending data meetings were possible.
To accurately record and save data on relevant systems to lead service improvement.
To ensure the service obtains patient feedback in a timely manner
Job description
Job responsibilities
To meet regularly with clinical leads and continue the strategic development of the service within a structured framework. To foster and build effective working relationships within the service; childrens nurse specialists, the community childrens nurses, and across multi-agencies including E.D. staff and general practices.
To ensure that the nursing needs of children are identified with appropriate, strategies to meet the needs within community/primary care settings.
To support the implementation of local paediatric pathways in relation to, asthma, constipation, eczema, viral wheeze including nocturnal enuresis. working to reflect local and national guidelines to improve the outcome of children.
To train health professionals in the management of long-term conditions when requested thus improving the confidence and competence level of practice staff.
To contribute to the MDT approach to reviewing frequent flyers to ED with the named consultant/ teams.
To lead the paediatric primary care standards of practice according to Trust and National guidelines in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct.
To work to reduce referrals to the 10-12 clinic at Whittington Hospital and the urgent care clinic at UCLH where possible.
To monitor, review paediatric primary care data with the matron and the team and implement service improvement where possible, including reviewing DNA data.
To ensure admin team have a clear understanding of the booking process and be involved in attending data meetings were possible.
To accurately record and save data on relevant systems to lead service improvement.
To ensure the service obtains patient feedback in a timely manner
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- RSCN / RN (Child)
- Evidence of further professional development in relevant subject e.g. Respiratory, Asthma, Allergy or Dermatology Course
- Teaching qualification e.g. Mentorship or similar
- Degree/equivalent in relevant subject or working towards
- Physical assessment course
Desirable
- Non Medical prescribing course
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Well developed general paediatric nursing skills
- Ability to supervise junior nursing staff and students
- Good teaching and assessing skills
Desirable
- Extended clinical skills e.g. skin prick testing, spirometry, advanced respiratory assessment
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- General paediatric nursing experience
- Experience of nursing asthmatic and/ or allergy/eczema paediatric patients
- Clear understanding of child protection policies
- Knowledge of current issues and NHS reforms locally and nationally
Desirable
- Paediatric High Dependency or Emergency Department nursing experience
- Knowledge of professional development issues in Paediatric ambulatory care
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- RSCN / RN (Child)
- Evidence of further professional development in relevant subject e.g. Respiratory, Asthma, Allergy or Dermatology Course
- Teaching qualification e.g. Mentorship or similar
- Degree/equivalent in relevant subject or working towards
- Physical assessment course
Desirable
- Non Medical prescribing course
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Well developed general paediatric nursing skills
- Ability to supervise junior nursing staff and students
- Good teaching and assessing skills
Desirable
- Extended clinical skills e.g. skin prick testing, spirometry, advanced respiratory assessment
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- General paediatric nursing experience
- Experience of nursing asthmatic and/ or allergy/eczema paediatric patients
- Clear understanding of child protection policies
- Knowledge of current issues and NHS reforms locally and nationally
Desirable
- Paediatric High Dependency or Emergency Department nursing experience
- Knowledge of professional development issues in Paediatric ambulatory care
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
