Job summary
Are you an experienced Tertiary Level PCCU/ ED/ Deteriorating Nurse @ B7 or above, with previous experience in managing a critical team? If you're looking for a new challenge, come and join our dynamic, friendly, and proactive Paediatric Critical Care Outreach Team.
This is a new role and with it comes a huge challenge which will result in being Matron of an excellent PCCOT service within the Children's Division who will be responsible for the link between ED & the deteriorating patients within the Children's Hospital. You will be responsible for tackling staffing, overseeing our anticipated expansion and implementing a philosophy of care which will make this part of the PCCOT outstanding care. You will work closely with all matrons, AHP's, medical and wider Children's Hospital teams as well as being the Lead for Martha's Rule. Whilst promoting and working towards this agenda which should result ultimately in quicker recognition of the deteriorating child the matron will need to ensure an all-round safer environment and nursing team,
The Matron for the PCCOT will be responsible for the operational and clinical management of these services within the Children's Hospital. You will lead the nursing team within the service, whilst working in conjunction with the Matrons, Senior Nurses and wider MDT within the Children's Division. There will also be a close working relationship between the medical teams, GM and the ADoN for Children's.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have overall accountability for the day-to-day management of the Paediatric Critical Care Outreach Team (PCCOT), across the Children's Hospital at Royal London Hospital, while serving as the Paediatric Lead for Martha's Rule implementation and deteriorating patient.
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.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
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 (Child)
- Degree/diploma/experience in relevant health area equivalent experience
- Post Registration Qualification in Intensive Care or emergency care (children/neonates)
- Mentorship course
- Evidence of knowledge of managing people and services acquired through training and experience.
- Evidence of knowledge of managing people and services acquired through training and experience.
- Knowledge of service improvement methodologies.
- Evidence of continued professional Development.
- Leadership Course/Development Programme
Desirable
- Masters level ongoing study in leadership
Experience/Skills
Essential
- Significant experience working in a Paediatric critical care outreach team at Band 7 or above.
- Recent clinical experience in the relevant area of practice including Children's ward.
- Proven effective budgetary Management.
- Experience of change management and service improvement.
- Experience of collaborating with a multi-professional team.
- Experience of reflective practice
- Can identify own emotions, prejudices and understand how these can affect their judgement and behaviour.
- Can meet their responsibilities and commitments to a consistently high standard.
Desirable
- Working in any other emergency, deteriorating patient areas.
Personal & people development & leadership
Essential
- Knowledge of current issues relating to patient safety and governance.
- Knowledge of current legislation affecting health.
- Good knowledge of anatomy and physiology and the management of an acutely unwell child
- Martha's rule/law experience.
- Demonstrates a commitment to encourage others to get the best of team members to achieve results.
- Engage with others proactively to achieve objectives and get results.
- Actively creates opportunities to enable everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice.
- Is confident in their own ability particularly in relation to decision making.
- Is resilient when dealing with complex situations.
- Can value, respect and promote equality and diversity and understands the requirements of equality and diversity within service area.
- Can empathise and consider the needs and feelings of others.
- Has experience of clinically supervising and appraising staff.
- Can absorb and deal constructively with criticism and seek support as necessary.
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Clinical skills and knowledge obtained through experience of working as a Children's nurse within a busy Children's Department.
- Developed communication skills, both verbal, written and presentation
- The ability to provide nursing leadership and advice within the service, to lead and motivate staff.
- Can translate the trusts strategic objectives into tangible objectives for teams.
- The ability to hold staff to account for the quality of care delivered to patients.
- The ability to apply flexibility to working practice to meet needs of service users and changes in service models.
- Ability of effective caseload management, incorporating planning and prioritising workload of self and others.
- The ability to monitor and evaluate the quality-of-service provision using performance data and implement necessary changes.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi- professional multi-agency environment.
- The ability to work with others to plan, manage and implement service developments using service improvement methodologies.
- The ability to lead multi professional and multi-agency meetings, prepare agendas, chairing and communicating information and decisions.
- The ability and motivation to promote and work collaboratively in partnerships with other agencies and practitioners from other disciplines problem solving and resolving conflict when needed.
- Able to review current service delivery and identify opportunities to minimise waste and ineffectual working practices.
- Working week will consist of 50% management & 50% clinical
Desirable
- Skills in conducting research
- Nursing workforce experience.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse (Child)
- Degree/diploma/experience in relevant health area equivalent experience
- Post Registration Qualification in Intensive Care or emergency care (children/neonates)
- Mentorship course
- Evidence of knowledge of managing people and services acquired through training and experience.
- Evidence of knowledge of managing people and services acquired through training and experience.
- Knowledge of service improvement methodologies.
- Evidence of continued professional Development.
- Leadership Course/Development Programme
Desirable
- Masters level ongoing study in leadership
Experience/Skills
Essential
- Significant experience working in a Paediatric critical care outreach team at Band 7 or above.
- Recent clinical experience in the relevant area of practice including Children's ward.
- Proven effective budgetary Management.
- Experience of change management and service improvement.
- Experience of collaborating with a multi-professional team.
- Experience of reflective practice
- Can identify own emotions, prejudices and understand how these can affect their judgement and behaviour.
- Can meet their responsibilities and commitments to a consistently high standard.
Desirable
- Working in any other emergency, deteriorating patient areas.
Personal & people development & leadership
Essential
- Knowledge of current issues relating to patient safety and governance.
- Knowledge of current legislation affecting health.
- Good knowledge of anatomy and physiology and the management of an acutely unwell child
- Martha's rule/law experience.
- Demonstrates a commitment to encourage others to get the best of team members to achieve results.
- Engage with others proactively to achieve objectives and get results.
- Actively creates opportunities to enable everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice.
- Is confident in their own ability particularly in relation to decision making.
- Is resilient when dealing with complex situations.
- Can value, respect and promote equality and diversity and understands the requirements of equality and diversity within service area.
- Can empathise and consider the needs and feelings of others.
- Has experience of clinically supervising and appraising staff.
- Can absorb and deal constructively with criticism and seek support as necessary.
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Clinical skills and knowledge obtained through experience of working as a Children's nurse within a busy Children's Department.
- Developed communication skills, both verbal, written and presentation
- The ability to provide nursing leadership and advice within the service, to lead and motivate staff.
- Can translate the trusts strategic objectives into tangible objectives for teams.
- The ability to hold staff to account for the quality of care delivered to patients.
- The ability to apply flexibility to working practice to meet needs of service users and changes in service models.
- Ability of effective caseload management, incorporating planning and prioritising workload of self and others.
- The ability to monitor and evaluate the quality-of-service provision using performance data and implement necessary changes.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi- professional multi-agency environment.
- The ability to work with others to plan, manage and implement service developments using service improvement methodologies.
- The ability to lead multi professional and multi-agency meetings, prepare agendas, chairing and communicating information and decisions.
- The ability and motivation to promote and work collaboratively in partnerships with other agencies and practitioners from other disciplines problem solving and resolving conflict when needed.
- Able to review current service delivery and identify opportunities to minimise waste and ineffectual working practices.
- Working week will consist of 50% management & 50% clinical
Desirable
- Skills in conducting research
- Nursing workforce experience.
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).
