Hospice Clinical Nurse (Band 5) inWirral inWirral PUBLISHED TUE 14 JAN 2025

The Hospice Clinical Nurse (Band 5) role provides direct nursing care for children and young people who require specialist care for additional complex medical needs and palliative care.

We are looking for nurses who will provide a high level of specialist palliative care, encompassing a supportive and holistic approach to the child/young person with a life limiting condition and their family in the Hospice setting. The post holder will uphold the best interests of the child/ young person and their family and will maximise the use of the multi-skilled team to plan, deliver, evaluate, and maintain safe, compassionate, and effective care.

This post works flexibly including rotation onto nights to cover a 24/7, 365-day service

We recognise that working in a Childrens Hospice is very different to that of the NHS and sometimes applicants are not sure if working in a Hospice setting best suits their experience. We hold Claire House values central to our recruitment process. Therefore, we welcome interested applicants to arrange an informal visit and spend time at Claire House ahead of the interview.

Main Purpose of Job

To provide a high level of specialist palliative care, encompassing a supportive and holistic approach to the child/young person with a life limiting condition and their family in the Hospice setting, and in the child/YPs home environment.

The post holder is responsible as a registered, accountable, and autonomous nurse to always uphold the best interests of the child/ young person and their family.

You will maximise the use of the multi-skilled team to plan, deliver, evaluate, and maintain safe, compassionate, and effective care.

You will be required to demonstrate leadership qualities and be open, transparent, and trustworthy. This is in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Practice and Claire House vision and values.

To work flexibly including rotation onto nights to cover a 24/7, 365-day service.

Position of the role in Claire House

The post holder reports to a Hospice Lead Nurse and is accountable overall to the Director of Clinical Services

Scope of Job

To act as a resource for all members of the multi-disciplinary team providing supervision, guidance, care and support

To act as a contact worker on shift demonstrating a good level of core communication skills to meet the specific needs of the child/young person and their family

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the clinical and/or emotional requirements of children/young people with complex, palliative and end of life care needs 2 Hospice Clinical Nurse JD Oct 2021

About us

1. Responsibility for Staff

To act as a positive role model by displaying CH values, attitudes, and behaviour. In clinical practice, role model by using evidence/research-based care and practice

To participate in in-service training programmes and teaching sessions

To participate in the orientation of new staff, students, and volunteers, acting as mentor when requested

To work alongside, supervise and induct new members of staff ensuring clinical tasks are delegated appropriately

To provide training and assessment in core competencies to new members of the team

To take responsibility for the appropriate delegation of duties to non-registered members of the care team

To assist and participate in the safe and smooth coordination of a shift, reporting to the senior clinical lead on duty at the time

2. Responsibility for Patient Care

To work in partnership with parents, carers to identify the care and emotional needs of the child,young person. To plan care recognising best practice and evidence-based guidelines

To be responsible for maintaining the care plans. Assessing and implementing care based on current evidence-based and researched best practice. Amendments will be negotiated with the child,young person and their parents, carers, documented, and communicated to the other members of the team

To accurately evaluate and document the care of the child, young person in accordance with NMCs guidance on documentation

To deliver all aspects of care following the individuals care, pain and manual handling assessment plan

To ensure patient safety by appropriate delegation of duties to suitably trained members of staff

To share responsibility within the Hospice to maintain a safe but homely environment taking into account health and safety, including infection control and risk assessments

To liaise with outside agencies from health, education and social care involved in the care and support of children/young people and their family

To be responsible and accountable for the safe administration of medicines on a shift basis ensuring medicine management policies and procedures are adhered to

To adapt the delivery of care according to the changing emotional, physical, and environmental demands

To be aware of and work to Safeguarding Children and (Vulnerable) Adults policies and procedures

To comply with manual handling policies and procedures

To attend regular meetings with the multi-disciplinary team to discuss individual children, respecting and inviting the sharing of skills and expertise

To provide early bereavement care and support, working in partnership with the Family Support Team

To be able to undertake the mental, physical, and emotional demands of the role, whilst at the same time taking care to safeguard their own health and safety as well as fellow care team members, children, young people and their family

3. Responsibility for Clinical Governance and Quality

To participate in quality measures for the delivery of care to maintain high standards through best practice

To be proactive in identifying ways of improving practice. Contributing positively to the development and audit of standards and, when appropriate, taking responsibility for identified project work

To participate in audit to enhance the delivery of care

To identify ways of continued quality improvement, using reflective practice through Clinical Supervision

To attend, actively participate and learn from significant event analysis

To actively complete clinical incident documentation in accordance with no blame and whistle-blowing policy

To adhere to and comply with all Hospice policies and procedures

4. Responsibility for Clinical Leadership and Practice Development

To take responsibility for maintaining his,her own professional development. Meeting with Senior Nurse,Team Coordinator for regular appraisals, identifying and agreeing personal targets

To share previous knowledge and experience that promotes best practice

To be competent in Claire Houses core clinical competencies and working toward extending such clinical skills

To ensure the economical and appropriate use of all resources within the Hospice

To be responsible for the safe use, storage and maintenance of equipment,technical apparatus

To maintain appropriate client records ensuring they are stored securely and confidentially

To attend and participate in Hospice meetings

To report and record all accidents and incidents in line with Hospice procedure safe guarding the welfare and safety of all staff during working hours with regard to the Health and Safety at Work Act

To be fully involved in the process of preventing and controlling infections

To maintain confidentiality in all aspects of the role, especially information regarding children,young people and their families

To participate in hospice special interest groups

5. General Claire House Requirements

Adhere to and comply with organisational policies, procedures and guidelines at all times

Implement risk management strategies (including reporting, registering risk and learning), taking all reasonable steps to manage and promote a safe and healthy working environment which is free from discrimination

Implement Health and Safety regulations through risk assessment. Maintain a constant awareness of health, welfare and safety issues affecting colleagues, service users, volunteers, visitors and themselves, reporting any accidents or faults in line with organisational policy. Participate fully in health and safety training

Comply with the organisational policy on confidentiality and the Data Protection Act 1998 relating to information held manually or on computerised systems

Respect the confidentiality and privacy of children, young adults, volunteers and staff at all times

Participate in personal training, development and appraisal, and attend all relevant training courses as required

Take part in organisational research

Embrace the positive volunteer culture which Claire House strives to create. The post holder must act at all times in a professional and responsible manner and have due regard to confidentiality and Health & Safety legislation.

This is an outline job description and should not be regarded as an inflexible specification. Responsibilities will be reviewed periodically in line with service priorities and duties may change or new duties be introduced after consultation with the post holder. As a term of your employment you may be required to undertake such other duties, such as link roles, and/or hours of work as may reasonably be required, commensurate with your general level of responsibility with the organisation, at your initial place of work or at any other of the Claire House establishments.

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