Job summary
Childrens Clinic is a Countywide service, providing dedicated Children and Young people Clinics in Kidderminster, Worcester and Redditch.
We are small friendly team dedicated to providing the best care for our patients however long or short their journey is with us.
This is a dynamic service with a culture of improvement and change. We encourage new ways of thinking and working.
The team within Childrens Clinic is very experienced and will be able to support you learning new skills such as phlebotomy, cannulation, endocrine testing, Chemotherapy administration, catherisation and will ensure you have access to training opportunities, Paediatric Immediate Life Support and European Paediatric Advance Life Support Courses along with essential to role training.
Within the Paediatric team we have dedicated Education Supervisor who will oversee your induction to the trust and Women and Childrens Directorate.
Main duties of the job
Our nursing team have a versatile and flexible role within Childrens Clinic. We support a wide variety of clinics and specialities, and as such have a varied work streams and tasks such as:
- Supporting general paediatric clinics: Heights/Weights/Observations/Phlebotomy/Chaperone/urinalysis
- Support of speciality Clinics- Diabetes/Allergy/Oncology/Endocrine/Gynae/Cardiology/Respiratory/Cystic Fibrosis/nephrology/epilepsy
- Nurse led phlebotomy Clinics
- Nurse led Vaccination clinics
- Nurse led day case procedures: Endocrine testing, sub cut immunotherapy, sedated bloods/MRI, blood transfusions for non oncology patients
- Day case admissions for GA MRI, Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment, blood product transfusions
- Day case admissions for catheterisation
- Day Case admissions for cannulation
- Skin prick testing
- Pre operative assessment
- Seeking feedback from patients and their family to improve our service
- Service improvement through constructive feedback and problem solving
Our aim is to provide the best service for our patients.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Using your clinical experience and skills you
will work with your team as a named nurse to maintain accountability for assessing,
planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework
of team nursing.
Acting with compassion you will put patients at
the centre of all you do.
You will communicate effectively with patients
and their carers regarding their care and educate patients where there is a
need.
You will communicate effectively with the
Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure high quality patient care.
You will show commitment to sustaining and
developing your clinical competence and professional awareness.
You will provide supervision, support and
education to unqualified staff and students.
This role will require you to work variable hours
in order to fulfil the needs of the ward.
- You will show courage by embracing new ways of
working and doing the right thing by the people you care for, including
speaking up when you have concerns.
You will develop, implement and evaluate the
programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient.
You will safeguard vulnerable Children and
Young People.
You will participate in preceptorship
programmes as appropriate and act as a facilitator / mentor / preceptor /
role model to less experienced staff.
You will educate patients, and their carers as
required where a need has been identified, including information on a adopting
a healthier lifestyle.
You will complete patient
documentation correctly.
You will communicate effectively with
patients, carers and members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team.
You will be responsible for developing and
sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in
accordance with Revalidation requirements and to maintain a professional
portfolio with evidence of reflective practice.
You will assist in the training and
development of student nurses and health care assistants and complete
assessors training as required.
You will contribute to research and
development programmes within the ward / department.
You will contribute to the setting and
monitoring of measurable standards of care and be accountable for maintaining
standards.
You will participate in handling complaints in
accordance with Trust policy.
You will maintain a safe clean clinical environment
and ensure all appropriate general risk assessments are carried out within 24 hours of
admission document and plan care accordingly e.g. manual handling, pressure
risks, slips trips and falls, nutrition, safeguarding.
You will show an awareness of budgeting,
exercising care and economy in the ordering and use of equipment.
You will assist in the assessment of staffing
requirements, report problems to the appropriate manager. In the absence of a more senior member of staff
and as part of your development programme, with support, will be able to
undertake clinical / shift management within the department.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Using your clinical experience and skills you
will work with your team as a named nurse to maintain accountability for assessing,
planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework
of team nursing.
Acting with compassion you will put patients at
the centre of all you do.
You will communicate effectively with patients
and their carers regarding their care and educate patients where there is a
need.
You will communicate effectively with the
Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure high quality patient care.
You will show commitment to sustaining and
developing your clinical competence and professional awareness.
You will provide supervision, support and
education to unqualified staff and students.
This role will require you to work variable hours
in order to fulfil the needs of the ward.
- You will show courage by embracing new ways of
working and doing the right thing by the people you care for, including
speaking up when you have concerns.
You will develop, implement and evaluate the
programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient.
You will safeguard vulnerable Children and
Young People.
You will participate in preceptorship
programmes as appropriate and act as a facilitator / mentor / preceptor /
role model to less experienced staff.
You will educate patients, and their carers as
required where a need has been identified, including information on a adopting
a healthier lifestyle.
You will complete patient
documentation correctly.
You will communicate effectively with
patients, carers and members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team.
You will be responsible for developing and
sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in
accordance with Revalidation requirements and to maintain a professional
portfolio with evidence of reflective practice.
You will assist in the training and
development of student nurses and health care assistants and complete
assessors training as required.
You will contribute to research and
development programmes within the ward / department.
You will contribute to the setting and
monitoring of measurable standards of care and be accountable for maintaining
standards.
You will participate in handling complaints in
accordance with Trust policy.
You will maintain a safe clean clinical environment
and ensure all appropriate general risk assessments are carried out within 24 hours of
admission document and plan care accordingly e.g. manual handling, pressure
risks, slips trips and falls, nutrition, safeguarding.
You will show an awareness of budgeting,
exercising care and economy in the ordering and use of equipment.
You will assist in the assessment of staffing
requirements, report problems to the appropriate manager. In the absence of a more senior member of staff
and as part of your development programme, with support, will be able to
undertake clinical / shift management within the department.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills
- Able to record and deal with facts, figures and information accurately
- Able to follow Trust and departmental policies and procedures
- Effective communicator both written and verbal
- Able to problem solve and be flexible to change in demands of service
- Ability to mentor and provide effective support to unregistered and students.
- Ability to Use technology as required to the role
- Ability to identify and manage risk
- Determination and tenacity in challenging situations
- Ability to identify personal development needs
Desirable
- Significant proven knowledge and experience in speciality
Behaviours
Essential
- Communicating Listening to patients and carers and treating them with dignity and compassion, involving Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure high quality patient care
- Caring - Acting with compassion you will put patients at the centre of all you do
- Performing Able to use and act on feedback from others on my performance and behaviour to increase my own self awareness
- Lead Professional in matters of confidentiality, security, integrity honesty, performance, attendance and appearance
- Collaborating Know the importance of my own behaviour and body language when communicating and working with others.
- Innovating Suggest and be open to alternative ways of working to make continuous improvement
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Childrens Nurse on part 1 of the professional register
- Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses in speciality
- NMC recognised Mentorship qualification or willingness to work towards within 18 months of commencement of post
- Experience working with acutely ill children
Desirable
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification
- Venepuncture and cannulation skills, or willingness to undertake training
- Assessment skills or willingness to undertake training
- Oncology Experience
- Experience working within Childrens Outpatients or Day Case
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills
- Able to record and deal with facts, figures and information accurately
- Able to follow Trust and departmental policies and procedures
- Effective communicator both written and verbal
- Able to problem solve and be flexible to change in demands of service
- Ability to mentor and provide effective support to unregistered and students.
- Ability to Use technology as required to the role
- Ability to identify and manage risk
- Determination and tenacity in challenging situations
- Ability to identify personal development needs
Desirable
- Significant proven knowledge and experience in speciality
Behaviours
Essential
- Communicating Listening to patients and carers and treating them with dignity and compassion, involving Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure high quality patient care
- Caring - Acting with compassion you will put patients at the centre of all you do
- Performing Able to use and act on feedback from others on my performance and behaviour to increase my own self awareness
- Lead Professional in matters of confidentiality, security, integrity honesty, performance, attendance and appearance
- Collaborating Know the importance of my own behaviour and body language when communicating and working with others.
- Innovating Suggest and be open to alternative ways of working to make continuous improvement
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Childrens Nurse on part 1 of the professional register
- Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses in speciality
- NMC recognised Mentorship qualification or willingness to work towards within 18 months of commencement of post
- Experience working with acutely ill children
Desirable
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification
- Venepuncture and cannulation skills, or willingness to undertake training
- Assessment skills or willingness to undertake training
- Oncology Experience
- Experience working within Childrens Outpatients or Day Case
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).
