Children's Complex Care Coordinator

Job summary

We have an opening for an enthusiastic nurse to join our Childrens Complex care team at Sandwell. They will be responsible for the clinical and professional management of the team and care packages we provide ensuring that quality and assurance is maintained.

The post holder will participate in the planning, development and delivery of care of the complex care service and children that require palliative care. This includes the management of staff and a caseload of packages.

The post holder will be flexible and work shift patterns over seven days a week to cover the 24/7 service provision. The post holder will participate in an on call service for families/staff in receipt of complex care provision.

The post holder will ensure that the service is adhering to local and national guidelines

The post holder will support other areas within the community nursing team when required to ensure quality and governance is maintained

The post holder will support service improvements across community nursing

The post holder will provide improved outcomes for patients by improving the quality of care within Children Continuing Care Services, with special focus in complex care.

Main duties of the job

To provide support and training to carers and nurses within the team.

To liaise with health care professionals in the adult arena of palliative and continuing care to arrange transition of care packages of children up to 18 years of age.

Demonstrate advanced practice in holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care within their own speciality.

To develop appropriate information systems and ensure documentation systems are in place to assist in high-level delivery of care.

Conduct training needs analysis, using the results to develop and deliver a programme which ensures the practice development of those nurses caring for their patients in the speciality.

Overall human resource management responsibility for both continuing care and palliative care teams which includes absence management, staff well being, recruitment and retention activities and performance management in accordance with agreed policies, procedures and protocols. Coordinate nursing activities within the teams, ensuring that there is an appropriate skill mix for the patient caseload within available resources

The post holder will support other areas within the community nursing team when required to ensure quality and governance is maintained

The post holder will support service improvements across community nursing

Support on call provision

About us

The children's community team are a CQC 'outstanding' rated service, we are looking for someone who is highly motivated, caring and passionate about nursing.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Supervisory experience.
• Experience of prioritising and managing a caseload.
• Experience of both clinical and formal teaching.
• Demonstrable post registration experience including complex care

Desirable

• Experience of change management.
• Community nursing experience.
• Team Leadership experience.

Qualifications

Essential

• First level nurse (RSCN / RN child branch)
• ENB 998 (Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice /D33/D32), or equivalent course

Desirable

• Leadership or management training
• Educated to degree level

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).