Nurse Specialist

2 months ago

Woodford Green, Greater London, United Kingdom Haven House Children's Hospice Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Nurse Specialist to join our team at Haven House Children's Hospice. As a key member of our Integrated Care Team, you will provide direct care to children and young people with palliative care needs, working in collaboration with our multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care.

Key Responsibilities
  • Clinical Practice
    • Provide high-quality nursing care to children and young people with palliative care needs, promoting a person-centered approach within the team.
    • Contribute to care plans and assessments to ensure safe and effective care delivery.
    • Liaise with the lead for mental capacity assessments and ensure timely completion.
    • Ensure care is planned and delivered in accordance with Care Quality Commission Inspectorate standards.
    • Stay up-to-date with clinical guidelines, policies, and procedures, contributing to their development and implementation.
  • Collaboration and Communication
    • Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to service users, care staff, and other team members.
    • Work collaboratively with colleagues to identify issues with care strategies, policies, and procedures, contributing to their evaluation and improvement.
    • Be aware of allocated resources and manage time effectively in your role.
  • Clinical Governance
    • Participate in audit, service user feedback collection, and research as required.
    • Report clinical and non-clinical incidents in accordance with policy.
  • Education and Professional Development
    • Identify own learning needs and ensure professional development is maintained, contributing to the appraisal system.
    • Attend all mandatory training as required by the service.
    • Mentor pre-registration nursing students, providing feedback to students' assessors.
    • Contribute to overall staff and service development by updating the evidence base for the team on clinical practice.
    • Educate and train parents/carers, junior staff, and students to meet the healthcare needs of service users.
  • Professional Practice
    • Adhere to Haven House policies and NMC Code of standards of conduct, performance, and ethics for nurses and midwives.
    • Keep clear and accurate records.
    • Maintain confidentiality at all times, in conjunction with Data Protection and Caldicott guidance.
Person Specification

Qualifications

  • Essential
    • RN Child/Adult/LD
  • Desirable
    • ENB 998/Teaching/Mentoring qualification
    • Palliative Care/Symptom Management in Life Limiting Illness or similar module

Experience

  • Essential
    • Experience of working independently as well as part of a team.
    • Ability to teach clinical skills to parents/care staff.
    • Ability to work alone in a variety of settings.
    • Self-motivated.
    • Literate and Numerate in English.
    • IT/Computer literate: able to word process and use basic spreadsheets.
    • Flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priorities.
    • Understanding of a range of paediatric conditions including life-limiting, life-threatening, and end-of-life care needs.
    • Understanding of infection control procedures.
    • Understanding of personal health and safety responsibilities.
    • Good understanding of the meaning of clinical supervision/mentoring.
    • An understanding of equality within the workforce and how it can impact on this post.
    • Able to work unsocial hours as required.
  • Desirable
    • Experience of a broad range of paediatric nursing needs and complex needs care, technology-dependent child, childhood cancer.
    • Experience of caring for children/young people who require end-of-life support.
    • Technical paediatric nursing skills such as care of enteral feeding tubes, tracheostomies, emergency medication for seizures, etc.
    • IV competent.
    • Ability to teach clinical skills to parents/care staff.
    • Understanding of a range of paediatric conditions including life-limiting, life-threatening, and end-of-life care needs.
    • Access to vehicle and clean driving license.

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