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, catheterisation 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
Main duties of the role
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
- Preoperative 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
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 more than 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. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our
everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
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.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a
DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check
(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting
Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Using your clinical experience and skills you will work with your
team 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 on different sites to support all areas of the Clinic team
Role Details
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 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 on different sites to support all areas of the Clinic team
Role Details
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
- Post registration experience - minimum 1 year
- Able to follow Trust and departmental policies and procedures
- Effective communicator both written and verbal
- Ability to identify and manage risk
- Determination and tenacity in challenging situations
Desirable
- Oncology Experience
- Venepuncture/cannulation competent
Behaviours
Essential
- Listening to patients and carers and treating them with dignity and compassion, involving Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure high quality patient care
- Acting with compassion you will put patients at the centre of all you do
- Able to use and act on feedback from others on own performance and behaviour to increase your own self awareness
- Professional in matters of confidentiality, security, integrity, honesty, performance, attendance and appearance
- Know the importance of my own behaviour and body language when communicating and working with others.
- 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
- Experience working with acutely ill children
Desirable
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification
- Venepuncture and cannulation skills
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience - minimum 1 year
- Able to follow Trust and departmental policies and procedures
- Effective communicator both written and verbal
- Ability to identify and manage risk
- Determination and tenacity in challenging situations
Desirable
- Oncology Experience
- Venepuncture/cannulation competent
Behaviours
Essential
- Listening to patients and carers and treating them with dignity and compassion, involving Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure high quality patient care
- Acting with compassion you will put patients at the centre of all you do
- Able to use and act on feedback from others on own performance and behaviour to increase your own self awareness
- Professional in matters of confidentiality, security, integrity, honesty, performance, attendance and appearance
- Know the importance of my own behaviour and body language when communicating and working with others.
- 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
- Experience working with acutely ill children
Desirable
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification
- Venepuncture and cannulation skills
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).
