Job summary
We are recruiting for a Roald Dahl Children's Complex Care Nurse Specialist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We have been very fortunate to be successful in gaining a grant to work with the Roald Dahl Marvellous Children's Charity to fund a Roald Dahl Children's Complex Care Nurse Specialist. This will be working alongside our Lead nurse for this specialty caring for babies, children, and young people (BCYP) with complex health within the acute children's service.
We are looking for an exceptional children's nurse to come and support effective communication, develop continuing pathways and processes across boundaries and organisations both locally and regionally.
The successful candidate will predominately focus on improving planning and support for BCYP with complex life-limiting/threatening conditions), including effective pre-admission, transfer and discharge planning, with the aim of reducing length of hospital stay and readmission, promoting safe and high-quality care.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for supporting and developing a collaborative and high quality service for babies, children and young people (BCYP) with complex health within the acute children's service. This will be in conjunction with the existing Children's Complex Care Nurse, senior nursing and medical team.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting effective communication and developing pathways and process across boundaries and organisations both locally and regionally.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse (RN Child/RSCN)
- First level degree in relevant subject
- Post-basic qualification in relevant specialist nursing, such as palliative care
- Evidence of continued professional development and training
- Teaching / Mentorship qualification
Desirable
- Evidence of master's level learning or prepared to work towards
- Advanced Communication Skills Training or prepared to work towards
Previous Experience
Essential
- Relevant post registration experience in children's nursing
- Experience of working with children with medical complexity
- Experience of mentorship and teaching
- Proven clinical, organizational and leadership/management experience
- Evidence of multi-professional working
- Patient coordination experience Evidence of advanced communication skills
- Ability to lead and influence change
Skills
Essential
- IT literate
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Teaching/assessment skills
- Able to undertake pertinent clinical skills
- Effective communication skills
- Leadership skills
- Self-motivated with ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Ability to be flexible, adaptable and innovative
Desirable
- Teaching and presentation skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge and experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
- Clear understanding and commitment to clinical governance and quality assurance
- Relevant post-registration training/qualification
- Knowledge of communication with children with special educational needs or sensory impairment
- Ability to interpret and implement research and audit, awareness of current developments in knowledge and service development of pertinence to children's complexity
Other requirements
Essential
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
- Act as an ambassador for the Roald Dahl Marvelous Children's Charity
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse (RN Child/RSCN)
- First level degree in relevant subject
- Post-basic qualification in relevant specialist nursing, such as palliative care
- Evidence of continued professional development and training
- Teaching / Mentorship qualification
Desirable
- Evidence of master's level learning or prepared to work towards
- Advanced Communication Skills Training or prepared to work towards
Previous Experience
Essential
- Relevant post registration experience in children's nursing
- Experience of working with children with medical complexity
- Experience of mentorship and teaching
- Proven clinical, organizational and leadership/management experience
- Evidence of multi-professional working
- Patient coordination experience Evidence of advanced communication skills
- Ability to lead and influence change
Skills
Essential
- IT literate
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Teaching/assessment skills
- Able to undertake pertinent clinical skills
- Effective communication skills
- Leadership skills
- Self-motivated with ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Ability to be flexible, adaptable and innovative
Desirable
- Teaching and presentation skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge and experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
- Clear understanding and commitment to clinical governance and quality assurance
- Relevant post-registration training/qualification
- Knowledge of communication with children with special educational needs or sensory impairment
- Ability to interpret and implement research and audit, awareness of current developments in knowledge and service development of pertinence to children's complexity
Other requirements
Essential
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
- Act as an ambassador for the Roald Dahl Marvelous Children's Charity
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
