The post holder will provide clinical leadership across care services and undertake responsibility for line management of a group of nurses and carers. They will ensure communication is maintained across the care leadership team involving Site Coordinators, Clinical Team Leaders and Care Managers, and will take responsibility for the effective organisation and delivery of care across all services on a day-to-day basis.
Key Responsibilities
To liaise fully with Site Coordinators/Clinical Team Leaders/Care Managers.
Managerial Responsibilities
To lead and coordinate the provision of care to the children, young people and their families in both houses by working as part of the Care Management team.
To be responsible for ensuring an holistic assessment is completed for all children and young people to enable up to date care plans incorporating all necessary risk assessments.
To ensure excellent and timely communication with the wider Care Management Team in house or on call and to escalate any concerns appropriately.
To provide support and supervision to staff and students across the wider care team.
To work in partnership with the hospice multidisciplinary team as well as any other agencies involved in the care, to ensure the delivery of seamless services.
To ensure all resources, human, financial and environmental, are used in the most economic, efficient and equitable way.
To ensure that Health and Safety requirements are met and that risks to service users and staff are assessed and action taken to minimise these
To participate in the development, monitoring and audit of policies and SOPs relating to clinical practice and care, and ensure that these are adhered to across all areas of work with children, young people and families.
Clinical Responsibilities
To ensure a high standard of individualised holistic care and support is delivered to children, young people and their families, promoting empowerment, advocacy and partnership.
To ensure that clinical documentation is up to date and adheres to record keeping standards.
To support the Practice Education team to embed evidence based nursing care.
To monitor standards of care, participating in audit and required actions.
To maintain agreed governance processes through incident reporting and risk assessment.
To recognise the need for psychological support and work appropriately alongside the Family Support Team.
To maintain an up to date knowledge and awareness of issues around the safeguarding of children and young adults, ensuring effective communication across multidisciplinary agencies and adherence to agreed safeguarding policies.
To be aware of the safety needs of children, young adults and families and other staff and to comply with:
The Children Act 2004
DoH No Secrets Guidance on developing and implementing multi-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
NMC codes and guidelines
Personal Responsibilities
Maintaining awareness of current developments in palliative care for children, young people and families.
Maintaining clinical skills identified in the Competency Framework.
Ensuring timely revalidation with the NMC
Demonstrating commitment to the Trusts values
All staff are reminded of their responsibility to adhere to Trust and Departmental Infection Protection Policies, including PPE use, cleaning and decontamination of the environment and equipment in order to protect their own health and that of service users, other employees and visitors.
Naomi House and Jacksplace provide palliative and end of life care, symptom management and respite for children and young people with life limiting conditions. Our holistic approach embraces the clinical, emotional and social needs of the child or young person and their families. Our innovative and enthusiastic team respond to both changing clinical needs, play and activity requests and memory making.
As a qualified paediatric or dual registered nurse with proven clinical leadership skills, you must have up to date competence in a range of clinical skills such as invasive and non-invasive respiratory support; IV and central line management; and end of life care. Excellent interpersonal skills are also important.
We are looking for a senior nurse to work within our team of Clinical Team Leaders providing support and leadership to the Care Team. Your role will be demonstrating excellent clinical practice and providing leadership and mentorship whilst managing the needs of our children and young people.
Day/night/flexible hours contracts available, applications from registered adult or children's nurses or learning disabilities nurses welcome.
We are looking for a senior nurse to work within our team of Clinical Team Leaders providing support and leadership to the Care Team. Your role will be demonstrating excellent clinical practice and providing leadership and mentorship whilst managing the needs of our children and young people.
As part of the senior clinical team, you will ensure day-to-day review of skill mix and care needs to ensure our high standards of care are maintained; and have direct line management responsibility for a team of nurses and carers. You will work alongside our Practice Education team to ensure staff maintain clinical competence and confidence, and work with the Care Management team in developing our services across both hospices and the community.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership across care services and undertake responsibility for line management of a group of nurses and carers. They will ensure communication is maintained across the care leadership team involving Site Coordinators, Clinical Team Leaders and Care Managers, and will take responsibility for the effective organisation and delivery of care across all services on a day-to-day basis.
Key Responsibilities
To liaise fully with Site Coordinators/Clinical Team Leaders/Care Managers.
Managerial Responsibilities
To lead and coordinate the provision of care to the children, young people and their families in both houses by working as part of the Care Management team.
To be responsible for ensuring an holistic assessment is completed for all children and young people to enable up to date care plans incorporating all necessary risk assessments.
To ensure excellent and timely communication with the wider Care Management Team in house or on call and to escalate any concerns appropriately.
To provide support and supervision to staff and students across the wider care team.
To work in partnership with the hospice multidisciplinary team as well as any other agencies involved in the care, to ensure the delivery of seamless services.
To ensure all resources, human, financial and environmental, are used in the most economic, efficient and equitable way.
To ensure that Health and Safety requirements are met and that risks to service users and staff are assessed and action taken to minimise these
To participate in the development, monitoring and audit of policies and SOPs relating to clinical practice and care, and ensure that these are adhered to across all areas of work with children, young people and families.
Clinical Responsibilities
To ensure a high standard of individualised holistic care and support is delivered to children, young people and their families, promoting empowerment, advocacy and partnership.
To ensure that clinical documentation is up to date and adheres to record keeping standards.
To support the Practice Education team to embed evidence based nursing care.
To monitor standards of care, participating in audit and required actions.
To maintain agreed governance processes through incident reporting and risk assessment.
To recognise the need for psychological support and work appropriately alongside the Family Support Team.
To maintain an up to date knowledge and awareness of issues around the safeguarding of children and young adults, ensuring effective communication across multidisciplinary agencies and adherence to agreed safeguarding policies.
To be aware of the safety needs of children, young adults and families and other staff and to comply with:
The Children Act 2004
DoH No Secrets Guidance on developing and implementing multi-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
NMC codes and guidelines
Personal Responsibilities
Maintaining awareness of current developments in palliative care for children, young people and families.
Maintaining clinical skills identified in the Competency Framework.
Ensuring timely revalidation with the NMC
Demonstrating commitment to the Trusts values
All staff are reminded of their responsibility to adhere to Trust and Departmental Infection Protection Policies, including PPE use, cleaning and decontamination of the environment and equipment in order to protect their own health and that of service users, other employees and visitors.
Naomi House and Jacksplace provide palliative and end of life care, symptom management and respite for children and young people with life limiting conditions. Our holistic approach embraces the clinical, emotional and social needs of the child or young person and their families. Our innovative and enthusiastic team respond to both changing clinical needs, play and activity requests and memory making.
As a qualified paediatric or dual registered nurse with proven clinical leadership skills, you must have up to date competence in a range of clinical skills such as invasive and non-invasive respiratory support; IV and central line management; and end of life care. Excellent interpersonal skills are also important.
We are looking for a senior nurse to work within our team of Clinical Team Leaders providing support and leadership to the Care Team. Your role will be demonstrating excellent clinical practice and providing leadership and mentorship whilst managing the needs of our children and young people.
Day/night/flexible hours contracts available, applications from registered adult or children's nurses or learning disabilities nurses welcome.
We are looking for a senior nurse to work within our team of Clinical Team Leaders providing support and leadership to the Care Team. Your role will be demonstrating excellent clinical practice and providing leadership and mentorship whilst managing the needs of our children and young people.
As part of the senior clinical team, you will ensure day-to-day review of skill mix and care needs to ensure our high standards of care are maintained; and have direct line management responsibility for a team of nurses and carers. You will work alongside our Practice Education team to ensure staff maintain clinical competence and confidence, and work with the Care Management team in developing our services across both hospices and the community.