Job summary
- Main area
- Child Health
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 188-SNM230225
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southampton General Hospital
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum (PA) Pro rata
- Closing
- 05/03/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/03/2025
Employer heading
Paediatric Long Term Ventilation Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Job overview
Main duties of the job
We are delighted to be able to offer a fantastic opportunity to join our paediatric long term ventilation team as a band 7 clinical nurse specialist. We are a tertiary centre and you will be responsible for developing individualised care plans and providing specialist care for children throughout the region requiring long term ventilation.
This role will give you the ability to work autonomously as well as being a core member of the multidisciplinary team providing clinical care to patients; education to professionals, parents and carers; and will give you the opportunity to be involved in service provision and development for the future.
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
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.
Specific to this role we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Responsibilities:
You will holistically assess and identify complex health and psychosocial needs of individual patients, and plan programmes of care to meet these needs, in partnership with patients/carers and colleagues.
You will Manage a patient caseload, to agreed referral/discharge criteria, and act as ‘key worker’. Effectively working in partnership with other professionals and referring patients to other practitioners as required.
You will provide appropriate information and education to patients and their families to promote health and encourage self-care and participation in the planned programme of treatment and care. A large part of the role requires you to provide education to the families and carers of patients and to coordinate the discharge planning required to allow for patients to return and thrive in community settings.
Be involved in planning and implementing standards of care, practice guidelines and where appropriate Integrated Care Pathways, and to continually evaluate the quality of patient care.
Work in collaboration with health and social care colleagues within the Trust and external primary and acute care providers. Challenge professional and organisational boundaries in the interest of patients and clients and to improve health outcomes.
Experience/Skills:
Clinical experience working as a band 6 or equivalent with children and young people within a relevant speciality.
Ability to work flexibly and ability to travel when required.
Provide evidence of supporting / managing and supervision of a range of learnings in practice
Person specification
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Patients first
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Skills and competencies
Essential criteria
- Negotiation skills
- Communication
- Problem solving
- General IT skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Organisational skills
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse on relevant part of the NMC register
- Level 7 Post Grad Cert (Min 60 Credits), Master’s Degree within relevant speciality or equivalent knowledge to be assessed through evidence of relevant speciality training, experience or portfolio
- Specialist training / Qualification in area of practice
- Provide evidence of leading learning in practice
- Evidence of experience and completion of all band 6 competencies within relevant speciality
- Specialist clinical skills and experience within specialist area
- Evidence of change Management, leadership and innovation
- Clinical experience at Band 6 or equivalent within relevant speciality
- Provide evidence of supporting colleagues to promote learning in practice providing an excellent learning environment for all
- Provide evidence of supporting / managing and supervision of a range of learnings in practice
Desirable criteria
- Counselling / advanced communication skills qualification / training
- Act in the role of Practice Assessor or supporting the progression of learners / supporting challenges as needed
- Multidisciplinary team working
- Experience of nurse-led care / clinics in own practice
- Team leadership role
- Awareness of own leadership skills/style
- Registered as an independent prescriber
- Leadership Qualification / training
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 Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02381206968
- Additional information
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