Children with Medical Complexity Clinical Nurse Specialist

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

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Job summary

We are delighted to advertise for a passionate, innovative, and inspirational nurse leader to join our vibrant Jenny Lind Children's Hospital, in partnership with Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity as a Roald Dahl Children with Medical Complexities (CMC) Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Our fabulous Jenny Lind Children's Hospital incorporates inpatient, ambulatory, emergency and outpatient care. We treat children and young people across a broad range of specialties including Paediatric medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT, Plastics, and Gastroenterology, including a dedicated level 2 PHDU. We offer care to children living in Norfolk and for those accessing specialist treatment across the Eastern Region.

Alongside this, you will benefit from support and training opportunities provided by the Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity, joining their nursing network which offers the unique opportunity to collaborate with like-minded nurses sharing extensive research and experience.

If you share our aspiration for providing the best possible care to children and their families and would like to work within a friendly and compassionate team, you could be just the nurse we are looking for....

Full time: 37.5 hours per week

Interview date: 27th May 2024

Main duties of the job

As the successful post holder, you will:

  • provide clinical leadership and expertise within the speciality of Children with Medical Complexity by providing information, support, advice and specialist knowledge to patients, their families, and carers, and to act as a resource to the multi-professional team.
  • participate in the co-ordination of patient care to ensure continuity throughout the patient's care pathway. To be pivotal in review and development of the service, and to reflect the needs of the patient group.
  • lead the co-ordination of holistic and seamless clinical care for CMC, who are often known to several specialty teams, through the liaison with the health care teams of inpatient wards, outpatient department and primary care, including Consultant Physicians and GP's. To demonstrate wide and in-depth experience of all aspects of the speciality, exercising clinical leadership and effective education within their sphere of practice. To monitor and improve standards of care through clinical audit, leading the development of practice through research.
  • support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH's 'PRIDE' values of People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity and Excellence

About us

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

  • Flexible working hours
  • Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
  • Multi Faith prayer room
  • Discounted gym memberships
  • Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
  • Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
  • Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
  • Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
  • On-site Nursery
  • On-site cafes offering staff discounts
  • Support in career development
  • Flexible staff bank
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Date posted

02 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

234-24-W0335

Job locations

Jenny Lind Children's Hospital

Colney Lane

Norwich

NR4 7UY


Job description

Job responsibilities

The following skills and experience will be required and are essential for the successful candidates:

  • To operate autonomously at an advanced level of clinical practice providing research based expert care and advice to all colleagues and managing a caseload effectively, making the most of available time.
  • Work collaboratively with all stakeholders including MDTs, CNSs, clinical teams, Consultants, therapists, and community nursing teams across the Trust/Health Board to facilitate improved patient flow, capacity and continuity of care.
  • To accept referrals from medical/nursing staff both within and external to the Trust, of newly diagnosed and existing patients
  • To ensure that patients are seen within the recommended time scales and targets where these are in place
  • To utilise specialist, skills, underpinned by in depth theoretical knowledge, to facilitate the Co-ordination of multidisciplinary assessments meeting the physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual needs of the CYP and their family at times of stability and crisis and together with the multidisciplinary team develop strategies to address these needs.
  • To respond to telephone enquiries and assess patients via telephone communication to co-ordinate admission or changes in appointment dates as warranted by the patients clinical condition, including the operation of a telephone helpline for the relevant speciality if required
  • Prepare and participate in patient reviews and child protection case conferences with team members and other agencies and providing reports as required.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The following skills and experience will be required and are essential for the successful candidates:

  • To operate autonomously at an advanced level of clinical practice providing research based expert care and advice to all colleagues and managing a caseload effectively, making the most of available time.
  • Work collaboratively with all stakeholders including MDTs, CNSs, clinical teams, Consultants, therapists, and community nursing teams across the Trust/Health Board to facilitate improved patient flow, capacity and continuity of care.
  • To accept referrals from medical/nursing staff both within and external to the Trust, of newly diagnosed and existing patients
  • To ensure that patients are seen within the recommended time scales and targets where these are in place
  • To utilise specialist, skills, underpinned by in depth theoretical knowledge, to facilitate the Co-ordination of multidisciplinary assessments meeting the physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual needs of the CYP and their family at times of stability and crisis and together with the multidisciplinary team develop strategies to address these needs.
  • To respond to telephone enquiries and assess patients via telephone communication to co-ordinate admission or changes in appointment dates as warranted by the patients clinical condition, including the operation of a telephone helpline for the relevant speciality if required
  • Prepare and participate in patient reviews and child protection case conferences with team members and other agencies and providing reports as required.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse on appropriate part of the NMC register (RN Child/RSCN)
  • First degree in relevant subject or equivalent qualification/experience
  • Postgraduate qualification relevant to the specialism or equivalent

Desirable

  • Management qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive post-registration experience and significant experience must be in specialism
  • Experience of mentoring, supervision, teaching and assessment

Skills

Essential

  • Effective communicator
  • Ability to interpret national directions in health care policy

Attitude & Aptitude

Essential

  • Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
  • oDemonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse on appropriate part of the NMC register (RN Child/RSCN)
  • First degree in relevant subject or equivalent qualification/experience
  • Postgraduate qualification relevant to the specialism or equivalent

Desirable

  • Management qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive post-registration experience and significant experience must be in specialism
  • Experience of mentoring, supervision, teaching and assessment

Skills

Essential

  • Effective communicator
  • Ability to interpret national directions in health care policy

Attitude & Aptitude

Essential

  • Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
  • oDemonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Address

Jenny Lind Children's Hospital

Colney Lane

Norwich

NR4 7UY


Employer's website

https://teamnnuh.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Address

Jenny Lind Children's Hospital

Colney Lane

Norwich

NR4 7UY


Employer's website

https://teamnnuh.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Interim Head of Paediatric & Gynaecology Nursing.

Teresa Miles

Teresa.miles@nnuh.nhs.uk

01603286286

Date posted

02 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

234-24-W0335

Job locations

Jenny Lind Children's Hospital

Colney Lane

Norwich

NR4 7UY


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