Are you an experienced children's nurse looking for a new challenge? We are seeking an exceptional nurse, an inclusive compassionate leader with a commitment and passion for children's palliative care

As a clinical nurse specialist, you will lead, advise and support medical, nursing and AHP colleagues in hospital and community, on all aspects of care for children on a palliative care pathway. Participation in a 24/7 on-call rota for children requiring palliative and end of life care is an important part of this role.

As a Team Lead, you will be responsible for providing a flexible short-breaks service which predominantly is accessed Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm with some evening and weekend senior nurse on-call cover as required.

Applicants must be NMC RN(child)/RSCN, hold a relevant first degree, a specialist qualification in children's palliative care and a teaching qualification or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience of caring for children with life-limiting and/or progressive illness including caring for children and young people at end of life.

The MSc Palliative Medicine for Health Care Professionals , an advanced communication course and an NMC recorded V300 Non-Medical Prescribing qualification is desirable for this post. There is a strong commitment to supporting the professional development, training and education of the successful candidate, as well as their health and wellbeing through external therapeutic supervision.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide expert advice and guidance on all aspects of palliative and end of life care and provide direct nursing intervention when required, working across boundaries with hospital and community nursing teams.

The post-holder will lead, develop and implement a specialist palliative / end of life care structured education / training programme with clinical competencies for the teams palliative support workers,nursing and medical team inpatient services as well as working as an integral member of the children's community nursing teams in the provision of palliative and end of life care.

As a Team Leader you will provide strong clinical leadership and daily operational management of the county-wide short-breaks team ensuring the delivery of high quality care to children and young people 0-19 years with palliative care needs and their families.

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of �643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - Outstanding Care Personally Delivered - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated

Job description

Job responsibilities

The specialist children's palliative care and short breaks team is currently made up of a palliative care nurse specialist / Team Leader (this post) and 3 palliative healthcare support workers. The team is part of a wider team consisting of community children's nurses (CCNs), children's Macmillan nurses and specialist family practitioners team, which is integral to ULHTs children's community services.

The aim of the service is to provide high quality short break care / palliative care to children whilst enhancing the quality of life for the whole family.

Working in collaboration with the matron, senior community children's nursing (CCN) leads and the wider CCN teams and specialists, the successful candidate can expect a warm welcome from a team that are kind, compassionate, inclusive and supportive. We value each others knowledge, skills and contributions and we understand the importance of both listening to each other and working together to deliver services efficiently and effectively. Through collective innovation, we constantly seek to achieve high standards of care that our children, young people and their families deserve and that we as a team can be proud of.

We know that we have an exciting future working within our fast developing children's community service and if you would like to be part of it, we would really love to hear from you.

Please see attached job description and person specification for main responsibilities. For additional information related to this post or to arrange an informal discussion please contact:

Deborah Flatman, Matron Tel: 07879 491732

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse (Child)
• First Degree in relevant subject / equivalent qualification or experience
• Leadership & management qualification or equivalent experience
• Teaching & Mentorship Qualification
• Evidence of continued professional development and training.

Desirable

• MSc Palliative Medicine for Health Care Professionals
• Advanced communication course
• NMC recorded V300 Non-Medical Prescribing qualification.
• Community Health Degree with Community Children's Specialist Practitioner qualification (SPQ)

Previous Experience

Essential

• Evidence of a wide experience of children's nursing
• Recent experience of caring for children and young people with medical complexities, life-limiting and/or progressive illness at Band 6 level with experience in palliative / end of life care.
• Experience of managing a nursing caseload and of working within the Community Setting.
• Excellent interpersonal, written & verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage complex & difficult emotional situations.
• Knowledge & experience of collaborative multi-disciplinary working.
• Sound knowledge and experience of safeguarding children & vulnerable adults

Desirable

• Previous experience of leading & managing a team.
• Previous experience of managing and advising on symptom control.

Evidence of Particular : Knowledge, Skills & Aptitudes

Essential

• Ability to evidence / demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust Framework
• Clear understanding and commitment to clinical governance, risk management & the patient safety agenda relating to children & young people.

Desirable

• Research and Audit experience
• Knowledge of developing integrated care pathways

Specific Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel independently throughout Lincolnshire and across the region as and when required
• Able to work flexibly, prioritise and respond to changing demands in workload including evening / night visits, weekends if required and participate in the 24/7 on-call service.
• Commitment to developing children's palliative care & contribute to the wider children's community service improvement

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Trust-wide

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