Complex Care Team Leader

Job summary

Birmingham Childrens Hospital has a reputation as a centre of excellence providing high quality paediatric care to the local, regional and national population. It is situated in the city centre and there are excellent transport links across the region.

Here at Birmingham Childrens Hospital, we have seen an increase in the number of children and young people with complex health care needs requiring long term respiratory support that are cared for within the trust until their home care packages are set up.

Are you a childrens nurse that would like the opportunity to work with children and young people who require long term respiratory support and have complex health care needs?

If so a rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Team Leader within our Complex Care Team.

Main duties of the job

If you can deliver quality care to children and young people, then this is your chance to help them enjoy fulfilling lives. Working as part of our dynamic and developing team, you will meet the needs of children requiring complex nursing care in their homes. Planning, coordinating, and providing nursing care on a 24-hour basis youll manage a caseload of patients, train and assess carers, work in partnership with parents and liaise widely with multi-disciplinary colleagues to provide holistic care.

You must be a qualified RN (Child) with at least 2 years post registration experience within high dependency/PICU/rehabilitation/complex care or childrens community care. We are looking for a motivated dynamic individual who has excellent organisational skills who would be able to work in this challenging environment.

You will be provided with an excellent opportunity to further extend you skills in an environment which encourages innovation and evidence-based practice. A comprehensive induction and professional development programme are available.

This post is subject to enhanced DBS disclosure.

Previous applicants need not to apply.

If you would like to discuss this post further, please contact Sade Foster on 01213339533 option 2 or via email on sade.foster@nhs.net

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families.

Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Steelhouse Lane

Birmingham

West Midlands

B4 6NH

Employer's website

https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Steelhouse Lane

Birmingham

West Midlands

B4 6NH

Employer's website

https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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