Job summary
We are looking to appoint a Secondment to our Bereavement and Palliative Care CNS to cover maternity leave for a year. As the Bereavement and Palliative Care lead, the post holder will be responsible to support families with complex end of life care needs, to offer up to date expert knowledge on palliative care pathways and bereavement care demonstrating advanced communication with good decision making skills and nursing skills. To be the point of contact for members of the MDT including internal and external palliative care teams, ensuring the baby and family are being cared for in the most appropriate environment.
Main duties of the job
To facilitate the provisions of support to babies and their family with complex end of life care ensuring decisions are reached with all relevant and necessary information while supporting families to reach these decisions. To offer up to date expert knowledge on palliative care pathways and bereavement care demonstrating advanced communication with good decision making skills and nursing skills. To be the point of contact for members of the MDT including internal and external palliative care teams, ensuring the baby and family are being cared for in the most appropriate environment.Provide formal and informal teaching sessions to all neonatal staff to facilitate change in clinical practice to ensure these babies and their families receive excellent care that is evidence based.Develop and maintain guidance for neonatal staff in all aspects of neonatal palliative and end of life care within the Trust.Develop robust systems to ensure data quality pertaining to bereavement, palliativeand complex care is auditable.It is expected that this role will be 70% working as a Bereavement/Palliative nurse but will be expected to work 30% on the clinical floor. You will also be expected to liaise with all education teams to enable a general information knowledge base and information sharing within the NICU and possibly PICU areas.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, Children's Nurse/ Adult Nurse
- Mentorship and assessment in public services.
- Neonatal course (all modules)
Desirable
- BLS for parents - Train the trainer
- NLS
Experience
Essential
- Proven managerial and professional experience at band 6 level with good experience of discharge planning for complex babies
- Neonatal experience at staff nurse level in intensive care or local neonatal unit
- Proven professional competence
- Awareness of research and audit
- Evidence of continuing education in relevant field of practice
Desirable
- Counselling skills/courses
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritize well with good problem solving skills
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Good level of skill in computer usage - able to use NHS data bases, input data and retrieve information
- Awareness of current issues and reforms in the NHS and neonatal services.
- Awareness of the Toolkit for high quality neonatal services
- Excellent understanding of safeguarding issues.
Desirable
- Proven skills at working at senior nurse level within a level 3 neonatal unit
- Shows desire to implement new ideas and improvements
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, Children's Nurse/ Adult Nurse
- Mentorship and assessment in public services.
- Neonatal course (all modules)
Desirable
- BLS for parents - Train the trainer
- NLS
Experience
Essential
- Proven managerial and professional experience at band 6 level with good experience of discharge planning for complex babies
- Neonatal experience at staff nurse level in intensive care or local neonatal unit
- Proven professional competence
- Awareness of research and audit
- Evidence of continuing education in relevant field of practice
Desirable
- Counselling skills/courses
Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritize well with good problem solving skills
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Good level of skill in computer usage - able to use NHS data bases, input data and retrieve information
- Awareness of current issues and reforms in the NHS and neonatal services.
- Awareness of the Toolkit for high quality neonatal services
- Excellent understanding of safeguarding issues.
Desirable
- Proven skills at working at senior nurse level within a level 3 neonatal unit
- Shows desire to implement new ideas and improvements
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).
