Job summary
We are looking to appoint a Paediatric Oncology Outreach Nurse Specialist to join our friendly team at the Children's Hospital. The post involves working autonomously to provide direct nursing care to children in their own home within the Oxfordshire region. The team work closely alongside the Oxfordshire community nursing team to provide care for patients in their home.
Main duties of the job
The role will provide a nursing service to children and young people with malignant haematological / oncological conditions and their families / carers within the home setting as follows:
- Manage a caseload of patients / families within Oxfordshire
- Provide nursing care for children with cancer at home including administering chemotherapy, blood tests, Central line care, family education and support, school visits, GP visits, palliative and end of life care.
- Actively work in partnership with patients, parents and users of the service that includes ensuring that parents/carers are confident and competent in caring for their child at home and monitoring the children through assessment and blood sample analysis
- To work confidently and competently both as a lone worker and within a team, both in the hospital and within the home setting, including the admission and discharge of patients to own caseload, providing assessment, delivery and evaluation of planned care
- Provide telephone advice and support to families throughout all stages of treatment
- Act as a patient and family advocate and co-ordinate the provision of patient care
- Attend and contribute to Multi-Disciplinary team meetings, eg, Solid Tumour and Lymphoma meeting, Holistic Needs Assessment meeting, Paediatric Oncology / Haematology business meeting, Clinical Care meeting, Morbidity and Mortality meeting
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Practice:
The Specialist Nurse Practitioner will;
- Be a point of contact for patients/carers for defined episodes/pathways of care and provide clinical care, specialist nursing advice and psychosocial support.
- Work collaboratively and in partnership with other health care professionals, providing specialist paediatric oncology knowledge.
- Assess health and psychosocial needs of individual patients, and provide care to meet these needs, through a process of shared decision making.
- Work in partnership with other professionals to deliver co-ordinated programmes of care effectively and referring patients to other practitioners as required.
- Deliver expert nursing care to patients in agreed practice settings, working as part of nursing/multidisciplinary teams.
- Communicate with patients in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their health and health care.
- Act as advocate for individual patients and the client group.
- Use effective conflict management strategies
- Provide appropriate education to patients and their families to promote health and encourage self-care.
- Use communication skills to impart information to patients and carers, and provide them with advice and emotional support in hospital/at home as appropriate.
- Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.
- Evaluate the efficacy of care in partnership with the patient /family and the multidisciplinary team
- Contribute to effective discharge of patients
Leadership:
The Specialist Nurse Practitioner will be able to;
- Be involved in developing standards of care, practice guidelines and where appropriate Care Pathways for the patient/client group.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of nurse-led initiatives for the benefit of the identified client group, in conjunction with medical and nursing/AHP colleagues.
- Demonstrate and share clinical practice developments to provide evidence-based care, and contribute to service improvement in accordance with local policy initiatives.
- Contribute appropriately to clinical governance activities that relate to own area of practice and patient/client group.
- Support clinical and management teams in the delivery of Trust and Directorate objectives.
- Effective prioritisation of workload and time management when lone working or as part of the team.
Education/Training:
The Specialist Nurse Practitioner will be able to;
- Maintain, advance and develop personal theoretical knowledge, high standards of clinical competence and professional development through self education and attendance at relevant courses of study
- Maintain own professional portfolio
- Contribute to the development of specialist nursing knowledge and skills to enhance and extend the practice of other nurses and health care professionals within the service
- Identify and address the educational needs of patients, families, carers and staff involved in the delivery of this service
- Provide specialist nursing support, information and education for patients, families and carers who use the service
- Contribute to the teaching and support of students from the multi professional team within relevant educational programmes
- Organise and contribute to relevant educational programmes and in house study days.
- Develop and maintain a peer network of support, information and learning with other specialist practitioners at a local and National level.
Improving quality and developing practice:
The Specialist Nurse Practitioner will be able to;
- Assist in the evaluation of the service and patient care, including monitoring of patient experience.
- Maintain awareness of relevant research, evaluations and audit, and act on this information in collaboration with colleagues to continually develop the service.
- Identify areas of risk and poor quality, and address these through appropriate governance structures and forums.
- Develop personal and professional knowledge through critical self appraisal, clinical supervision and networking with other health care professionals locally and nationally.
- Have responsibility to ensure annual appraisal, agree objectives which reflect local and national service needs and develop personal development plans.
- Advocate and contribute to a working environment that promotes continuous learning and development, evidence based practice and succession planning, as well as identifying learning opportunities at local and national levels.
- Have a high level of communication skills to enable the participation in the dissemination of practice through conferences and professional publications.
- Develop and sustain appropriate multidisciplinary working relationships to improve health outcomes and healthcare delivery systems.
- Contribute to protocols, documentation systems, standards, policies and clinical guidelines for others to use in practice.
- Ensure statutory and mandatory training updates, as well as role /speciality updates are completed and necessary records maintained.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Practice:
The Specialist Nurse Practitioner will;
- Be a point of contact for patients/carers for defined episodes/pathways of care and provide clinical care, specialist nursing advice and psychosocial support.
- Work collaboratively and in partnership with other health care professionals, providing specialist paediatric oncology knowledge.
- Assess health and psychosocial needs of individual patients, and provide care to meet these needs, through a process of shared decision making.
- Work in partnership with other professionals to deliver co-ordinated programmes of care effectively and referring patients to other practitioners as required.
- Deliver expert nursing care to patients in agreed practice settings, working as part of nursing/multidisciplinary teams.
- Communicate with patients in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their health and health care.
- Act as advocate for individual patients and the client group.
- Use effective conflict management strategies
- Provide appropriate education to patients and their families to promote health and encourage self-care.
- Use communication skills to impart information to patients and carers, and provide them with advice and emotional support in hospital/at home as appropriate.
- Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.
- Evaluate the efficacy of care in partnership with the patient /family and the multidisciplinary team
- Contribute to effective discharge of patients
Leadership:
The Specialist Nurse Practitioner will be able to;
- Be involved in developing standards of care, practice guidelines and where appropriate Care Pathways for the patient/client group.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of nurse-led initiatives for the benefit of the identified client group, in conjunction with medical and nursing/AHP colleagues.
- Demonstrate and share clinical practice developments to provide evidence-based care, and contribute to service improvement in accordance with local policy initiatives.
- Contribute appropriately to clinical governance activities that relate to own area of practice and patient/client group.
- Support clinical and management teams in the delivery of Trust and Directorate objectives.
- Effective prioritisation of workload and time management when lone working or as part of the team.
Education/Training:
The Specialist Nurse Practitioner will be able to;
- Maintain, advance and develop personal theoretical knowledge, high standards of clinical competence and professional development through self education and attendance at relevant courses of study
- Maintain own professional portfolio
- Contribute to the development of specialist nursing knowledge and skills to enhance and extend the practice of other nurses and health care professionals within the service
- Identify and address the educational needs of patients, families, carers and staff involved in the delivery of this service
- Provide specialist nursing support, information and education for patients, families and carers who use the service
- Contribute to the teaching and support of students from the multi professional team within relevant educational programmes
- Organise and contribute to relevant educational programmes and in house study days.
- Develop and maintain a peer network of support, information and learning with other specialist practitioners at a local and National level.
Improving quality and developing practice:
The Specialist Nurse Practitioner will be able to;
- Assist in the evaluation of the service and patient care, including monitoring of patient experience.
- Maintain awareness of relevant research, evaluations and audit, and act on this information in collaboration with colleagues to continually develop the service.
- Identify areas of risk and poor quality, and address these through appropriate governance structures and forums.
- Develop personal and professional knowledge through critical self appraisal, clinical supervision and networking with other health care professionals locally and nationally.
- Have responsibility to ensure annual appraisal, agree objectives which reflect local and national service needs and develop personal development plans.
- Advocate and contribute to a working environment that promotes continuous learning and development, evidence based practice and succession planning, as well as identifying learning opportunities at local and national levels.
- Have a high level of communication skills to enable the participation in the dissemination of practice through conferences and professional publications.
- Develop and sustain appropriate multidisciplinary working relationships to improve health outcomes and healthcare delivery systems.
- Contribute to protocols, documentation systems, standards, policies and clinical guidelines for others to use in practice.
- Ensure statutory and mandatory training updates, as well as role /speciality updates are completed and necessary records maintained.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Children's Nurse
- Post graduate experience in paediatric oncology
Desirable
- Experience in a paediatric community setting
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Competent in administering chemotherapy
- Competent in the care of CVL
Desirable
- Experience of lone working
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Children's Nurse
- Post graduate experience in paediatric oncology
Desirable
- Experience in a paediatric community setting
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Competent in administering chemotherapy
- Competent in the care of CVL
Desirable
- Experience of lone working
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).
