Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Part time - 28 hours per week
- Job ref
- 188-SNM180624
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southampton General Hospital
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £35,392.00 - £42,618.00 per annum pro rata
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 16/07/2024
Employer heading
Paediatric Long Term Ventilation Nurse Specialist
Band 6
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Paediatric Long Term Ventilation team, here at UHS.
The LTV team are looking for and experienced, motivated nurse with the right skills to join our multi-disciplinary team caring for children and young people across the region.
You will work within UHS predominantly, but with some time spent in the community in patient’s homes, schools and nurseries. Your role will be clinically focussed and will involve supporting both invasive and non-invasively ventilated patients. There will also be opportunity to work alongside our LTV education team and participate in study days.
We would love to meet you if you have experience working with children and young people who are ventilated and are looking for the next step in your career.
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
This role is currently a fixed-term post, however it may become permanent. Please get in contact to discuss this further if it is of interest to you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This role will require you to work autonomously and be confident in your own clinical decision making.
Experience in working with paediatric ventilators is essential.
There will be travel involved with the role, therefore access to your own vehicle is essential.
There is the opportunity to work long or short days depending upon your circumstances.
Person specification
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse on relevant part of the NMC register
- Degree qualification, 120 credits at L6 or possess an equivalent knowledge to be assessed through evidence of relevant specialist training, experience or portfolio
- Significant post registration experience / qualification / training, including experience and knowledge within relevant speciality
- Completion of all Band 5 (preceptorship) competencies
- Higher Education Institute approved course in supporting learners in practice or evidence assessed to be of equivalent experience, demonstrating support to a range of learners in practice. Provide evidence of both supporting a range of learners in practice and supporting colleagues to promote effective learning in practice
- Extensive post registration experience within specialist area.
- Knowledge of current issues within the acute health service.
- Understanding of personal accountability.
Desirable criteria
- Change Management, clinical practice development.
- Multidisciplinary team working.
Skills and competencies
Essential criteria
- Ability to learn and assimilate information quickly
- Communication
- Critical thinking
- General IT skills
- Leadership
- Negotiation skills
- Organisational skills
- Prioritisation
- Teamwork
- Working under pressure
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ruth McClaren
- Job title
- Paediatric Long Term Ventilation Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02381206968
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