Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you a Registered Nurse looking for a better work-life balance?

Do you have experience providing clinical care for a complex care provider or within A&E, critical care, or an ICU setting?

Are you looking for a new opportunity where you can share your expertise with others and play a critical role in a nurse-led service?

If youre looking for your next career move, why not consider a career as a Clinical Nurse Specialist with us?

You will play a key role in our organisation working as a part of our operational team based at our local office as well as within our service users homes.

Taking clinical ownership of your service user case load, by creating, managing, and continually reviewing their bespoke care plans, which are all tailored to meet their individual needs.

Working closely alongside the operational team you will lead on the delivery of training for our Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers, ensuring they are competent and confident in delivering every aspect of their role, including the specific clinical tasks required for each of your services users. Youll spearhead a compliant, high-quality, person-centred care service.

Reviewing clinical paperwork and completion of MAR Charts is an essential requirement of this role, as well as building great relationships with our service users and their care teams.

The clinical skills we are looking for include:

• Airway Management, including Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning.
• Ventilation Management.
• Tube Feeding (PEG / JEJ / NG)

It would also be beneficial if you have an awareness or knowledge of spinal injury care, acquired brain injury care and degenerative and/or neurological conditions.

We understand that you may not have experience in all the areas listed above, but we would still encourage you to submit your application for consideration by our Recruitment Team as we can offer additional training to enhance your clinical skills.

Each application will be considered in line with the needs of our local teams, but it is essential that you are a qualified paediatric nurse with a valid NMC Pin, have a minimum of 2 years experience post qualification and are a driver with access to a vehicle.

In addition to this, youll be responsible for providing ongoing mandatory training and development to ensure our healthcare professionals are trained to national standards and up to date with the latest requirements and best practice guidance.

Its a specialist role that requires clinical expertise along with the ability to manage and prioritise workloads. Were looking for someone who shares our values and is as passionate about care as we are.

You will be based at your local Apollo Home Healthcare office in Albrighton , but some flexibility is required as you will be travelling to clients homes across West Midlands Region.

We are confident that by joining our team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist, we can offer you the work-life balance that you have been seeking by offering you core working hours between 9am 5pm, Monday to Friday.

The salary for this role is up to £42,000, which is in line with NHS Band 6/7 role.

Youll be part of our bonus scheme where you could earn up to £3,000 and also enjoy our sector-leading reward and recognition scheme.

If this sounds like the role for you, or if youd like to know more, please apply to register your interest.

Read below for a further insight on this role from Tracey, our Head of Clinical and Quality Delivery:

"The Clinical Nurse Specialist role offers nurses the best of both worlds with a combination of office-based duties such as delivering training, supporting the wider team and writing care plans with patient contact where you will spend time in the field building relationships with your patients and their families, developing bespoke care plans and upskilling HCAs to deliver clinical tasks.

The role is predominantly Monday to Friday 9-5, with some flexibility to meet the specific needs of your caseload, but you will always receive time back. This can sound to good to be true, but is just another example of the benefits of being part of the Apollo Home Healthcare team."

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Each application will be considered in line with the needs of our local teams, but it is essential that you are a qualified paediatric nurse with a valid NMC Pin, have a minimum of 2 years experience post qualification and are a driver with access to a vehicle.

Desirable

• The clinical skills we are looking for include:
• Airway Management, including Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning.
• Ventilation Management.
• Tube Feeding (PEG / JEJ / NG)
• It would also be beneficial if you have an awareness or knowledge of spinal injury care, acquired brain injury care and degenerative and/or neurological conditions.
• We understand that you may not have experience in all the areas listed above, but we would still encourage you to submit your application for consideration by our Recruitment Team as we can offer additional training to enhance your clinical 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.

Employer details

Employer name

Apollo Home Healthcare

Address

Oaktree House

Oaktree Rise

Codsall

WV8 1DP

Employer's website

https://www.apollohomehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)