Job summary
Band 7 ECMO Nurse Lead Post
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
Fixed Term for 1 year 15 hours a week
This is an interesting and exciting opportunity for an experienced ECMO Nurse Specialist to lead the ECMO team for a year in a fixed term post to cover Maternity Leave.
This is a great opportunity to progress your career and learn new management and leadership skills.
Applicants are expected to have:
Minimum 5 years post registration experience or equivalent in paediatric intensive care
Have experience at Band 6 or 7 level within PICU caring for Level 4 children
Completion of recognised ECMO Specialist Nurse course
Please ensure you meet the criteria of the Job Description before expressing interest.
Interview date TBC.
Main duties of the job
To professionally lead, manage and be pioneering in the co-ordination of the ECMO team within Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, ensuring an exemplary standard of ECMO is delivered and continues to develop to growing clinical service needs.
The facilitation of a team of ECMO Nurse Specialists shall be supported by this role, in provision of up to date clinical skills education, which is evidence based and in-line with other recognised ECMO providers within the UK and internationally.
Responsibility for the management of ECMO guidelines, in conjunction with other lead professionals of the ECMO service, shall be held and review of policies and guidelines for ECMO
Audit of practice, reflection of practice and incidents arising and the monitoring of service outcomes will be encompassed within this post.
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Public Sector Language Competency
Essential
- Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard
Aptitudes
Essential
- Supportive
- Respectful
- Innovative
- Collaborative
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years post registration experience or equivalent in paediatric intensive/cardiac/high dependency care
- Experience at Band 6/7 level within a PICU caring for level 4 children
- Knowledge of the care and advanced management and clinical skills of a child requiring ECMO and their immediate family
- Proven experience of leading a complex clinical service, skilful communicator and negotiation skills with other members of the multidisciplinary team including medical staff, MEMO technicians and Cardiac perfusionists.
- Demonstrate food analytical skills
- Ability, knowledge and skills to communicate highly complex clinical information to members of the multidisciplinary team; including cardiac perfusionists, PIC consultant, medical staff and more junior members of the team
- Extensive team and change management experience
- Able to demonstrate process of change management and personal achievements within change processes
- Research and audit experience.
- Demonstrate previous involvement in audit/research
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Division and Trust wise nursing agenda
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of the audit and research process.
- Experience of budgetary management
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent paediatric clinical skills
- Excellent problem solving abilities and able to demonstrate ability to problem solve
- Assertive, autonomous and proactive practitioner. Good work ethic
- Approachable leader, with good people management skills and excellent time management
- Ability to use initiative, lead and manage change
- Ability to manage when under both individual and/or work pressure
- Communicate sensitive and complex information to parent's demonstrating empathy, reassurance and understanding to the whole family
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise self and supervise others
- Ability to act as an excellent role model and mentor to ECMO specialists
- Flexibility in working practices
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic and an ability to motivate others
- Highly developed knowledge of ECMO underpinned by evidence base, able to educate others within the team providing specialist training
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- RSCN/RN part 15 (Child Branch)
- Educated to Degree level
- Post basic certificate in Paediatric intensive/cardiac/high dependency care at Degree level
- Completion of recognised ECMO specialist nurse course at a recognised centre
- Accredited teaching and assessment qualification
Desirable
- Evidence of masters' level academic study or equivalent level of experience gained through clinical and management roles
- EPLS/APLS provider
Person Specification
Public Sector Language Competency
Essential
- Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard
Aptitudes
Essential
- Supportive
- Respectful
- Innovative
- Collaborative
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years post registration experience or equivalent in paediatric intensive/cardiac/high dependency care
- Experience at Band 6/7 level within a PICU caring for level 4 children
- Knowledge of the care and advanced management and clinical skills of a child requiring ECMO and their immediate family
- Proven experience of leading a complex clinical service, skilful communicator and negotiation skills with other members of the multidisciplinary team including medical staff, MEMO technicians and Cardiac perfusionists.
- Demonstrate food analytical skills
- Ability, knowledge and skills to communicate highly complex clinical information to members of the multidisciplinary team; including cardiac perfusionists, PIC consultant, medical staff and more junior members of the team
- Extensive team and change management experience
- Able to demonstrate process of change management and personal achievements within change processes
- Research and audit experience.
- Demonstrate previous involvement in audit/research
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Division and Trust wise nursing agenda
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of the audit and research process.
- Experience of budgetary management
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent paediatric clinical skills
- Excellent problem solving abilities and able to demonstrate ability to problem solve
- Assertive, autonomous and proactive practitioner. Good work ethic
- Approachable leader, with good people management skills and excellent time management
- Ability to use initiative, lead and manage change
- Ability to manage when under both individual and/or work pressure
- Communicate sensitive and complex information to parent's demonstrating empathy, reassurance and understanding to the whole family
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise self and supervise others
- Ability to act as an excellent role model and mentor to ECMO specialists
- Flexibility in working practices
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic and an ability to motivate others
- Highly developed knowledge of ECMO underpinned by evidence base, able to educate others within the team providing specialist training
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- RSCN/RN part 15 (Child Branch)
- Educated to Degree level
- Post basic certificate in Paediatric intensive/cardiac/high dependency care at Degree level
- Completion of recognised ECMO specialist nurse course at a recognised centre
- Accredited teaching and assessment qualification
Desirable
- Evidence of masters' level academic study or equivalent level of experience gained through clinical and management roles
- EPLS/APLS provider
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).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Upper Maudlin St
Bristol
BS2 8BJ
Employer's website
https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
