Do you have acute paediatrics nursing skills and would enjoy working autonomously caring for children in their home environment? If so, then this is the job for you.

Hillingdon Health & Care Partners is an integrated partnership which consists of Hillingdon 4All (3rd sector partnership), Hillingdon Primary Care Confederation, CNWL NHS Foundation Trust, and Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The work is being progressed via an alliance across all the providers alongside a Memorandum of Understanding with Hillingdon CCG.

PATCH is a new and innovative home from hospital service for children, young people, and their families serving the Hillingdon Borough. It is a nurse-led service, supported by the Acute Consultant, and aims to deliver acute and ambulatory care at home to both paediatric and neonatal patients to reduce length of stay in PED, prevent hospital admissions, and facilitate early discharge home. Having recently secured funding to be part of the Virtual Ward initiative, we now have the opportunity to expand the scope of our service for the next year with a view to this becoming permanent.

PATCH is looking to recruit passionate, team playing, and dynamic staff for this one-year fixed term/secondment contract with the opportunity to develop and rotate between our paediatric emergency department, inpatient wards, and the community nursing team.

An interview date is yet to be confirmed.

Main duties of the job

• Use and develop his/her clinical experience and skills in the independent assessment and management of acutely unwell children to ensure all children referred to PATCH team receive high quality, effective, individualised care that is compassionate and caring.
• Have opportunities to work within the PED, PAU and the children inpatient ward at The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and with the local Children's Community Nursing Teams to develop and refine their skills and knowledge.
• Assist in the reduction of acute admissions to inpatient hospital beds by supporting children and families in the community to self-manage conditions and by providing hospital at home care.
• Work closely with the lead nurse/practitioner, consultant and multi-disciplinary team members both in the hospital and community to monitor and maintain policies, standards of nursing care and staff development.
• Be flexible in the approach to the clinical and community area and provide support for colleagues, junior staff and students.
• Assist in the reduction of acute admissions to inpatient hospital beds by supporting children and families in the community to self-manage conditions and by providing hospital at home care.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services, including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics, and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit, and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress by working in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals, and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are focused on ensuring that our hospitals provide high quality, safe, and compassionate care, while we drive forward with the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Shortlisting Criteria (as per Person Specification)

Essential

• Education and Qualifications
• Experience and Knowledge
• Skills and Abilities
• Personal Qualities
• Other Requirements

Desirable

• Education and Qualifications
• Experience and Knowledge
• Skills and Abilities

Employer details

Employer name

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hillingdon Hospital

Pield Heath Road

Hillingdon

UB8 3NN

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