Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Palliative Care
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 448-LCA-6420686
- Employer
- Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Poynt
- Town
- Luton
- Salary
- Dependant on experience
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 05/08/2024
Employer heading
Children's Community Palliative Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Driven by our Trust values: Honesty, Empathy, Ambition, Respect; the Trust's vision is to provide high quality care to the diverse communities we serve to make their lives better.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Our cultural diversity, long term conditions and disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ staff networks are a key part of this commitment, creating positive change and helping build an inclusive culture across the Trust.
Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed - our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
Options for flexible working are considered for all roles within CCS, including job share opportunities, compressed hours, annualised hours, tailored working patterns and more. If you are interested in flexible working, please talk to the recruiting manager for this vacancy.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Children's Community Palliative Nurse Specialist to join the Children’s Nursing Team within Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust – Luton and Bedfordshire Locality.
Our innovative team aim to provide skilled nursing care to children with a range of medical conditions, both acute and chronic at home and other community settings.
We strive to prevent hospital admission and promote early discharge for children of Luton and Bedfordshire.
This role requires the post holder to provide direct clinical care for children with palliative conditions including participation in an on call service to provide care for children at end of life. The post holder will be an expert resource for children’s palliative care and provide education and training to both the Luton and Bedford Children’s Community Nursing (CCN) Teams and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
If you are professional, conscientious, flexible, able to communicate empathetically and have passion and commitment to enhance patient care within the community setting we would be interested to hear from you.
The service operates seven days a week, including weekends and bank holidays, and will include on-call and evening work.
If you would like the opportunity to come and view the service or require further information please contact Morwenna Harrison- Payne Team Manager for the service or Jo McDonnell Operational Lead on 03334050079
Main duties of the job
The Children’s Community Palliative Nurse Specialist will work within the Children’s Community Nursing Team in the community settings across Luton and Bedfordshire.
To work as an autonomous practitioner, using expert assessment and symptom control skills and knowledge to maximise a child or young person’s quality of life and support their families and carers.
To be part of a professional team, including Children’s Community Nurses, Community Nursery Nurses and the wider team; the Hospice, GPs, Acute and Community Paediatricians and Social Care to ensure the appropriate support is available to all palliative children and young people with palliative.
There may also be occasions where it may be necessary to support the CCN with the clinical caseload.
(Please note that should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert earlier than advertised.)
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be an expert resource for Children’s Palliative Care skills and knowledge. and provide education and training to the CCN and Specialist Nursing Team and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
You may be required to participate in the on-call rota for the service.
To be the lead Clinician within the CCNSN Team for the specialised area of children’s palliative care; this may include networking with specialist nurses in other areas to develop practice where appropriate and sharing knowledge and skills with colleagues.
To work in conjunction with the named professionals for individual children/young people with palliative conditions, acting as a resource to improve healthcare outcomes (for example utilising a step up / step down approach).
To lead, develop and establish integrated clinical care pathways across CCNSN services to ensure a consistent approach to case management/care coordination.
To work with the Children’s Services Team Managers to ensure that the resources and skills of the team are used effectively and appropriately to meet the needs of the children/young people and their families, thereby helping to identify any gaps in service provision.
To liaise and work collaboratively with professionals in primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare settings to ensure timely discharge planning and symptom management using an integrated palliative care pathway following national guidelines.
To co-ordinate/facilitate the implementation of complex symptom control regimes plans and lead specialist palliative care community nursing interventions utilising a range of clinical skills.
You will be expected to practice as a prescriber within an agreed scope of practice as part of this role.
Treat symptoms through pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies. Undertake diagnostic testing within competence, e.g. Phlebotomy.
To empower health and social care professionals to deliver quality evidenced based care service by sharing knowledge and expertise.
To support the implementation of transition pathways from Children to Adult Services for children with palliative needs, ensuring a seamless pathway
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- RSCN/ Registered Nurse (RN) Child Branch - with evidence of post qualifying education (to a PG dip level (Level 7) or evidence of working at that level.
- RN Adults, RN Learning disabilities or Registered Midwife with SCPHN, SPQ or ACP qualification, WITH extensive evidence of Managing children with Palliative care post graduate training in the community or willingness to complete within two years.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working in the palliative care field with babies, children, young people, with sound knowledge of symptom management and assessment of their health needs.
- Evidence of teaching/training experience.
- Audit /evaluation of service/project implementing / reviewing clinical care delivery changes in practice
- Ability to evidence knowledge on the wider palliative care agenda
Desirable criteria
- Experience of caring for children and young people with an oncology diagnosis
- Experience of caring for children and young people with long term conditions Experience of working with families and carers to promote health and wellbeing of their CYP
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Wide range of extended clinical skills relevant to palliative care
- Proven physical assessment skills
- Manages strong emotions and responds constructively to the source of problems
- In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check, takes constructive action and calms others down.
- Listens to constructive feedback without becoming defensive.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using an electronic patient recording system.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults.
Essential criteria
- Ability to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults.
- Appreciates the significance of safeguarding and interprets this accurately for all individual children and young people/vulnerable adults whatever their life circumstances
- Can demonstrate an ability to contribute towards a safe environment.
- Shows a personal commitment to safeguarding children
- Can demonstrate how they have promoted ‘best practice’
Working within Professional Boundaries
Essential criteria
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others.
- Seeks and uses professional support appropriately.
Self-awareness
Essential criteria
- Has a balanced understanding of self and others.
- Shows a realistic appreciation of the challenges of working with children and young people/vulnerable adults.
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
- Morwenna Harrison-Payne
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07768177267
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